Patent ID: 8844758
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. An interlocking assembly of containers, closures and a holding apparatus, the assembly comprising: a plurality of containers, each container including a container body having a first end formed to include an access opening, a second closed end, and a base located at the second end, the base including a walled first connection hub having a plurality of spaced apart first locking members formed thereon; a plurality of closures configured to be repeatably removed from and securely fastened to the first ends of the containers to selectively open and close the access openings, each closure including a walled second connection hub having a plurality of spaced apart second locking members formed thereon, the second locking members of closures being configured to engage the first locking members of an adjacent container body upon insertion of the closure into the base of the adjacent container, mating of the first and second connection hubs, and upon rotation of the adjacent containers relative to each other to lock the adjacent containers together in a stacked orientation, the locked first and second locking members preventing unintentional rotation and disengagement of the closure relative to the adjacent container; and a holding apparatus including at least one third connection hub having a plurality of spaced apart locking members formed thereon, and wherein at least one of the first locking members on the first connection hub of the containers or at least one of the second locking members on the second connection hub of the closures cooperate with the locking members of at least one third connection hub to secure at least one of the containers and the closures to the holding apparatus, thereby securing at least one or a plurality of containers in the stacked orientation to the holding apparatus, the locked first and second locking members and locking members on the connection hub preventing unintentional rotation and disengagement of the closure or container relative to each other and relative to the adjacent holding apparatus while configured to be repeatably secured and removed, and wherein the closures are repeatably coupled to the containers, respectively, by child resistant closure fasteners, and wherein the first locking members include a threaded portion formed on the containers and the second locking members include a threaded portion formed on the closures.