Patent ID: 7721891
Filing Date: 2010-05-25
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A nest and stack container system, comprising: (a) a large container; and (b) two small containers, each of the two small containers being substantially half the size of the large container and being stackable on the large container in a slip-proof and stable manner and wherein a floor of the larger container and upper edges on a longitudinal side of each of the small containers are arranged in such a way that the large container can also be stacked on two adjacently arranged small containers, wherein the small and large containers each comprise: (i) two slightly oblique, outwardly facing longitudinal side walls and two face side walls, wherein the face side walls of the small containers and the longitudinal side walls of the large container each comprise two vertically extending bulges that form feet, and (ii) a circumferential boundary region positioned at an upper end of each container, wherein a top of the boundary region is provided with a rim that faces outwardly from an upper container edge and is inwardly graduated along the face side walls of the small containers and the longitudinal walls of the large container to form a support surface along the face side walls of the small containers and along the longitudinal walls of the large container, wherein the support surfaces comprise upwardly projecting latching tongues and the feet comprise profiles on their bearing surfaces that form latching grooves, such that the latching tongues engage with the latching grooves when the large and small containers are stacked.