Patent ID: 6779654
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: B65D,F42B

Abstract:
An assembly for housing shotgun shells having a generally cylindrical shape with a first and a second end, the assembly comprising:a container having a floor having two side lateral edges and a front and a rear lateral edge, two side walls mounted at the side lateral edges of the floor and a rear wall attached to the rear lateral edge of the floor so as to extend between the two side walls wherein the floor, the two side walls and the rear wall define a first recess and wherein the container has a first opening formed adjacent the front lateral edge of the floor between the two side walls, and a second opening formed adjacent the first opening and opposite from the floor, wherein the first and second openings are sized so as to permit shotgun shells to be positioned in the first recess via the first or second opening and wherein the container is dimensioned so that the shotgun shells are arranged in a first orientation within the container so that the axes of the cylindrical shotgun shells extend in a direction substantially parallel to the direction of the two side walls; a cover comprising a front panel, a rear panel, and two side panels attached to four edges of a base panel such that the two side panels and the front and rear panels define an opening adjacent a plane located opposite from the base panel such that the cover defines a partially enclosed space that is sized to receive the container wherein at least one dimension of the opening is larger than the corresponding dimension of the partially enclosed space adjacent the base panel wherein when the container is positioned within the partially enclosed space of the cover, the cover encloses the first and second openings in the container so as to prevent the shotgun shells positioned within the first recess from dislodging from the first recess; and wherein the cover and the container latch by frictional engagement when the container is near the fully inserted configuration wherein such frictional latching and the insertion of the container into the partially enclosed space of the cover are facilitated by the at least one dimension of the opening of the cover being larger than the corresponding dimension of the partially enclosed space adjacent the base panel and wherein the frictionally latched cover and container collectively define a housing that retains the shotgun shells in the first orientation until a user wishes to remove the shotgun shells.