Patent ID: 6065646
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A package for containing a product for use with standard dispensing equipment comprising:a generally parallelepiped container including first and second lateral, generally parallel, opposite side panels and first and second longitudinal, generally parallel, opposite side panels, each side panel being interconnected with adjacent side panels, and each side panel having a lower edge and an upper edge, the container further including a bottom panel extending from and interconnecting the lower edges of each of the lateral and longitudinal side panels, and a top panel extending from and interconnecting the upper edges of each of the lateral and longitudinal side panels;a dispensing neck extending generally upwardly from the top panel, the dispensing neck having an open end, a predetermined length, a predetermined width and a predetermined height; anda cover member removably disposed over the open end of the dispensing neck, the cover member having a predetermined length, a predetermined width and a predetermined height, the bottom panel having a recessed area, the recessed area including a first groove extending between the first and second longitudinal side panels of the package and having a width at least slightly greater than one of the longer and the wider of the dispensing neck and the cover member, and a second groove extending between the first and second lateral side panels of the package and having a width at least slightly greater than the other of the longer and the wider of the dispensing neck and the cover member, an intersection of the first and second grooves being generally aligned with the dispensing neck, the recessed area further having a height at least slightly greater than the height of a combination of the dispensing neck and the cover member disposed on the dispensing neck whereby when a plurality of such packages are stacked one on top of another within standard dispensing equipment, the dispensing neck and the cover member of each underlying package is received within the recessed area of an overlying package such that none of the weight of any overlying package is borne by the cover member and dispensing neck of an underlying package and so that a package can be displaced in any one of a first and second lateral and a first and second longitudinal direction from the stack of packages for dispensing from the standard dispensing equipment.