Patent ID: 6530476
Filing Date: 2003-03-11
Classification: B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
An interface arranged to be positioned on a stacked array of containers having container tops, the interface comprising:a stacked array of containers having a layer of exposed container tops of a first size; and a coupling member positioned on said layer of exposed container tops of the first size, said coupling member having a contoured surface configured with a plurality of indentations formed therein, wherein a first set of the plurality of indentations are properly spaced to mate with said layer of exposed container tops of the first size, said first set of the plurality of indentations having openings of the first size and being sufficiently deep to prevent relative lateral displacement of the coupling member with respect to said layer of exposed container tops of the first size and a second set of said plurality of indentations including openings of a second size, larger than the first size, and arranged to receive container tops of the second size.