Patent ID: 6986437

Claim:
A multiple component container comprising a base defining a receptacle and having a closed bottom and a peripheral base wall extending upward from said bottom, said base wall terminating in a top edge remote from said bottom, and at least one separately formed ring having a telescopic fit with and being in fixed overlapped engagement with said base wall, said least one ring having a lower edge spaced at an intermediate height on said base wall below said top edge of said base wall and above said base bottom, said at least one ring having an upper edge spaced above said top edge of said base wall whereby said ring defines an upper extension of said base wall and extends the effective height of the container, said overlapped ring and base wall forming three visually distinct zones, a first zone comprising the base wall below the ring, a second zone comprising the overlapped base wall and ring, and a third zone comprising the ring above the base wall, wherein one of said base and said ring defines an outer component, the other of said base and said ring defines an inner component, wherein said base is a first color, and said ring is a second color different from said first color, whereby said first and third zones are respectively the colors of the base and the ring, said second zone is of a third color different from said first and second colors and defined by the overlapping colors of the base and ring, and wherein said three distinct zones of respective colors as viewed from a plane normal to the container base wall define aesthetic appearance characteristics providing a decorative effect.