Patent ID: 7172072

Claim:
An arrangement of containers, said arrangement comprising: a plurality of nestable containers, each container defining at least two compartments and including a main body portion having a substantially circular shape, the main body portion including a bottom wall, an upstanding sidewall, and a circumferential flange extending from the sidewall, and at least two independent lobular portions adjacent to the main body portion and extending outwards from the circumferential flange; a number of containers within said plurality of nestable containers having a common theme, each container of said number of containers including a main compartment defined at least partially within said main body portion and depicting a primary attribute of an image corresponding to said common theme and at least one independent well adjacent to said main compartment; each of said at least two lobular portions being shaped to depict a secondary attribute of said image corresponding to said common theme; wherein said number of plates containers include a first container depicting a first image and a second container depicting a second image different from said first image, said secondary attribute within said lobular portions of said first container being a first physical feature of said first image and said secondary attribute within said lobular portions of said second container being a second physical feature of said second image, said first physical feature being different from said second physical feature; said at least one well of said first and second containers are similarly shaped to allow said plurality of containers to be nestable.