Claims
- 1. A stackable covered storage container, comprising:
- a container comprising a bottom wall having sides and ends, and further comprising side walls and end walls extending upwardly from the sides and ends of said bottom wall to form an open mouth of the container;
- said bottom wall having a substantially flat central portion, and having at least one end panel sloping upwardly from an end of said central portion to form a beveled surface joining said end of the central portion to the adjacent end wall;
- a closure configured to fit on said open mouth of said container;
- said closure including a central panel having sides and ends, and configured to receive the bottom wall central portion of a like container stacked on the closure; said closure having a peripheral rim flanking said sides of said central panel to extend above a portion of the side walls of the like container stacked on the closure, said peripheral rim thereby obstructing sideways sliding movement of the stacked like container; and
- a ramp portion sloping upwardly from said closure central panel adjacent one end of said central panel to receive said bottom wall beveled surface of a stacked like container in complementary fit,
- so that the complementary ramp portion and beveled surface permit sliding relative movement of a stacked container along siad one ends to remove a container from the stack, and said peripheral rim obstructs such movement along said sides.
- 2. A storage container as in claim 1, wherein:
- said beveled surfaces of said bottom wall extend beyond said ramp portions of the closure on which the container is stacked, so that said end walls of the stacked container are approximately aligned with said peripheral rim of the closure.
- 3. A storage container as in claim 1, wherein:
- said end panel of the container bottom wall comprises one of a pair of mutually spaced apart end panels at the ends of the bottom wall, said pair of end panels forming a pair of beveled surfaces separated by said substantially flat central portion so that each beveled surface is disposed between the bottom central portion and a contiguous end wall of said container; and
- said ramp portion of the closure central panel comprises one of a pair of mutually spaced apart ramp portions sloping upwardly from the central panel at opposite ends of said central panel to provide a complementary fit to said beveled surfaces on the bottom wall of a like container stacked therein, so that said beveled surfaces and said ramp portions permit relative sliding movement of stacked containers along either end of the closure and said peripheral rim obstructs sideways sliding movement of the stacked containers.
- 4. A storage container as in claim 1, wherein:
- said peripheral rim extends around the exterior of said closure; and further comprising
- a pair of said ramp portions disposed on said exterior in mutually spaced apart relation at opposite ends of said central panel so that said central panel is between said ramp portions;
- said ramp portions being spaced inwardly from said peripheral rim; and
- said bottom wall having a pair of said beveled surfaces in spaced apart relation to said bottom wall central portion and complementary to said ramp portions of said closure, so that said beveled surfaces and said ramp portions permit relative sliding movement of stacked containers along either end of the closure, and the beveled surfaces promoting sliding movement of the container over the peripheral rim of the subjacent closure.
- 5. A stackable covered storage container, comprising:
- a rectangular container having a bottom wall defining sides and ends, and having side walls and end walls extending upwardly from said bottom wall to terminate at upper edges forming an open mouth of the container;
- a closure of rectangular shape configured to fit on the open mouth of said container;
- said closure having an outer surface including a central panel flanked by a pair of ramp surfaces in mutually spaced apart relation along a first rectangular axis and each diverging from said central panel;
- said ramp surfaces being located inwardly in spaced relation from respective edges of said rectangular cover;
- said closure having a peripheral rim extending upwardly on said outer surface and flanking said central panel;
- said bottom wall of said container having a substantially flat central region configured to fit in alignment over the central panel of a like closure on which said container is stacked;
- said bottom wall having a beveled surface at opposite ends of said central region, each beveled surface resting on a respective ramp surface of the like closure as the bottom wall is aligned above the central panel of the like closure on which the container is stacked, so as to centrally position a stacked plurality of said containers; and
- said peripheral rim on the closure extending above the sides of said bottom wall of the stcked container to abut a portion of said side walls, thereby obstructing sideways movement of the like container stacked on the closure;
- whereby one or more containers can be withdrawn from the stack by sliding movement along said ends to move said beveled surfaces along confronting ramp surfaces, but said peripheral rim engages the side walls of adjacent stacked containers to prevent sideways sliding movement.
- 6. A stackable container as in claim 5, wherein:
- each beveled surface joins opposite ends of said bottom wall to the contiguous end walls of said container; and
- said beveled surfaces extend outwardly beyond the corresponding inwardly located ramp surfaces of the like closure when the container is stacked, allowing the outer end of each beveled surface to be spaced vertically apart from said outer surface of the central panel on the closure of an underlying stacked container,
- so that the stacked containers may be separated by grasping the vertically spaced apart outer ends.
- 7. A stackable coverable storage container, comprising:
- a container comprising a bottom wall having sides and ends, and further comprising side walls and end walls upwardly from the bottom wall to form an open mouth to receive a closure fitting onto said open mouth;
- said bottom wall having a substantially flat central portion, and having at the ends a pair of mutually spaced apart sloping end panels separated by said central portion, each sloping portion forming a beveled surface joining the bottom central portion to an adjacent end wall of said container; and
- said side walls extending substantially upwardly from the sides of said bottom wall without joining beveled surfaces.
- 8. A container as in claim 7, wherein each said beveled end surface extends upwardly from said substantially flat central portion and joins the contiguous end wall in elevated relation to said central portion.
- 9. A closure for removable attachment to the open mouth of a storage container having a bottom wall, side walls, and end walls extending upwardly from the sides and ends of the bottom wall to form said open mouth, said closure comprising:
- a closure member having a peripheral rim configured to fit on the open mouth of said storage container;
- said closure member having an outer surface and said peripheral rim protruding outwardly therefrom, and having a panel within said peripheral rim;
- a pair of ramp surfaces mutually spaced apart at opposite ends of said closure member and flanking a central portion of said panel;
- said ramp surfaces being spaced inwardly and downwardly from the peripheral rim, and being raised above the panel to receive and support the bottom wall of a like container stacked on said closure, so that at least a portion of the bottom wall of the stacked container is supported above the pael of said closure to facilitate removing the stacked container from the supporting closure;
- said ramp surfaces being located within said rim of the closure;
- said ramp surfaces having slopes confronting each other in spaced apart relation on opposite ends of said central portion of the panel; and
- said peripheral rim extends upwardly from each side of said closure member and flanks said central portion,
- so that the ramp surfaces engage and support a complementary bottom portion of a container stacked on said closure while permitting relative sliding movement along said ramp surfaces to clear said peripheral rim, and said peripheral rim blocks relative sideways sliding movement of said stacked containers.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation, division, of application Ser. No. 299,297, filed Sept. 3, 1981 abandoned.
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