Patent ID: 9327890
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: A47B,B65D

Claim Text:
1. A 5-gallon water bottle stacker for vertically stacking two or more narrow neck 5-gallon water bottles, the bottle stacker comprising: a body having at least one sidewall separating a top surface from a bottom surface; at least one bottom recess defined in the bottom surface shaped like a top surface of a 5-gallon water bottle and adapted to interface a top surface between a narrow neck and a bottom surface of a lower bottle to be stacked, the at least one bottom recess comprising an inclined support face that extends to the through hole, wherein the support face is inclined from the bottom surface to at least one through hole; at least one opposing top recess defined in the top surface shaped like a bottom of a 5-gallon water bottle and adapted to engage a bottom surface of an upper 5-gallon water bottle to be stacked, the at least one opposing top recess comprising a flat support face and at least one sidewall; the at least one through hole connecting the at least one bottom recess and the at least one top recess together, the at least one through hole being sized to receive the narrow neck of the lower 5-gallon water bottle to be stacked; and a first pair of opposing mating members on the at least one sidewall extending between the top surface and the bottom surface substantially parallel to an axis of the at least one through hole, the first pair of opposing mating members comprising a dovetail protrusion and a dovetail slot within the body opposite the dovetail protrusion.