Patent ID: 8136692
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A container system having an elongated substantially cylindrical receptacle having an axis and bounding an interior receptacle space and at least one plug-type closure with an inserting portion having a circumferential wall and a bottom wall, said inserting portion inserted into an open end of the receptacle and into the interior receptacle space with said bottom wall serving to close the open end of the receptacle, said closure having a peripheral lip extending from an upper end of the circumferential wall which prevents complete insertion of the closure into the open end of the receptacle, said container system comprising: a planar stabilizing member extending in a lateral direction and a longitudinal direction, said stabilizing member having an aperture therein bounded by an internal surface, said aperture extending through the thickness of the stabilizing member in a direction approximately perpendicularly to the lateral and longitudinal directions of extension of said stabilizing member, said inserting portion of the closure inserted within said aperture, said aperture corresponding to a size and a shape of said bottom wall of said closure, said stabilizing member is sandwiched between the lip of the closure and the open end of the receptacle, the stabilizing member contacting a support surface, said stabilizing member bearing against the receptacle when the closure is received in said aperture and thereby preventing the receptacle from rolling.