Patent ID: 7980406

Claim:
A container assembly comprising: a first container having an opening and a rim that defines said opening; a second container having a wall formed with a slit unit; and a connecting unit including an upper hook section hooked removably onto said rim of said first container, a lower hook section extended removably through said slit unit for hooking said wall of said second container onto said lower hook section, and an intermediate section interconnecting said upper hook section and said lower hook section, wherein each of said first and second containers has a container bottom, said slit unit including a first slit and a second slit disposed above said first slit, said first slit being disposed such that said container bottom of said second container is at a level higher than said container bottom of said first container when said lower hook section is extended through said first slit for hooking said wall of said second container onto said lower hook section, said second slit being disposed such that said container bottoms of said first and second containers are substantially coplanar when said lower hook section is extended through said second slit for hooking said wall of said second container onto said lower hook section.