Patent ID: 6742668
Filing Date: 2004-06-01
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A laboratory liquid storage container comprising:a body having at least two side walls, a first support wall surface and a second support wall surface angularly disposed in relation to said first support wall surface; said body having a first upper wall surface opposite said first support wall surface and a second upper wall surface opposite said second support wall surface, each side wall having a height between the first upper wall surface and the first support wall surface that is less than the maximum width of the sidewall measured perpendicular to its height; a neck extending upwardly about an axis from said first upper wall surface and defining a neck opening, said neck opening being asymmetrically positioned in said first upper wall surface adjacent said second upper wall surface; wherein said body can be positioned in a first resting position with said first support wall surface in a substantially horizontal plane and said neck disposed about a substantially vertical axis, and in a second resting position with said second support wall surface in a substantially horizontal plane and said neck disposed about an axis tilted from said substantially vertical axis; and wherein at least one of said side walls has volumetric graduation markings, respectively oriented for use with the container in at least one of said resting positions.