Patent ID: 8028622

Claim:
A container system for containing a plurality of ink pads, comprising: a cover defining a cover mounting portion defining at least one cover mounting projection portion; and a plurality of bases, where each base defines a support wall portion defining a support surface, a first wall portion defining a first base mounting portion comprising at least one base mounting notch portion, and a second wall portion defining a second base mounting portion comprising at least one base mounting projection portion; whereby at least one of the ink pads is supported on each of the support surfaces; the at least one cover mounting projection portion of the cover mounting portion engages one of the base notch portions of the first base mounting portions to detachably attach the cover to one of the plurality of bases to define a cover chamber; the at least one base mounting notch portion of the first base mounting portions engages one of the base mounting projection portions of the second base mounting portions to detachably attach at least one of the bases to at least another of the bases to define at least one base chamber; and the container system operates in a stack mode in which the cover is detachably attached to a first one of the plurality of bases to define the cover chamber, where the at least one ink pad supported by the support surface defined by the first one of the plurality of bases is contained within the cover chamber, and the first one of the plurality of bases is detachably attached to a second one of the plurality of bases to define a first base chamber, where the at least one ink pad supported by the support surface defined by the second one of the plurality of bases is contained within the first base chamber.