Patent ID: 6419091
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A container for multiple generally cylindrical batteries, the container comprising:a base having a generally flat bottom wall and an encircling side wall which extends upwardly from the bottom wall, the side wall slopes outwardly from the bottom wall, wherein the side wall has a plurality of semicylindrical segments which define an array of battery pockets, the array being exactly two pockets wide and two or more pockets long, the pockets being defined by the semicylindrical segments which open into an unobstructed central portion of the array which receives more than one cylindrical battery such that batteries are received abreast within the base and at least one pair of batteries touch one another, between two opposed semicylindrical segments of the side wall; and a cover extending along a hinge from the base upper side wall, wherein the cover is pivotable about the hinge to selectably cover and close the base.