Patent ID: 6029820
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A combination shipping/display container for interlocked stacking with a similar container during both shipping and display comprising:a container having opposing end walls, opposing side walls, a bottom wall, an open top, and a lid;said lid having a top and bottom for removably enclosing the open top of said container and including mating projections extending outwardly from said top and bottom of said lid;said bottom wall including a recessed portion so as to define an outer peripheral edge around said bottom wall of said container;one of said side walls including a recessed portion so as to define an outer peripheral edge around said side walls;one of said opposing side walls including a mating projection extending outwardly from said outside surface of said opposing side walls;said mating projection extending outwardly from the bottom of said lid to be received by and to enclose said open top of said container and said mating projection extending outwardly from the top of said lid being matingly received by said recessed portion in the bottom of another similar container for stacking said similar container during shipping and storage;said mating projections on said top of said lid further sized and shaped to be received by said recessed portion of said side walls of another adjacent stacked similar container during display; andsaid mating projections on said opposing side walls further sized and shaped to be received by said recessed portion of said side walls of another adjacent stacked similar container during display.