Patent ID: 8607981

Claim:
A container comprising: a bottom having two opposed side edges and two opposed end edges; a pair of opposed sidewalls extending upwardly and outwardly from said bottom side edges; a pair of opposed linear offset shoulders extending upwardly and outwardly from the bottom end edges and extending out to downwardly projecting stacking protuberances; a pair of opposed end walls including said downwardly projecting stacking protuberances extending upwardly and outwardly from said offset shoulders; a plurality of radius wall corners that connect the sidewalls and end walls at their respective intersections; a top rim horizontal surface that is substantially planar, smooth and parallel to said bottom projecting outwardly a predetermined distance from upper edges of the side walls providing ergonomic hand clearance under and along the full length of said top rim horizontal surface; a pair of opposed top rim vertical surfaces adjacent to said sidewalls that are substantially planar, smooth and perpendicular to said top rim horizontal surface connected to and projecting downwardly a predetermined length from said top rim horizontal surface providing a channel for ergonomic grasping along their entire lengths; a pair of opposed top rim vertical surfaces adjacent to the end walls that are substantially planar, smooth and perpendicular to said top rim horizontal surface connected to and projecting downwardly from upper edge of said end walls a sufficient distance to provide a labeling surface that remains visible when a plurality of containers are in a nested configuration; a pair of opposing open through cavities located in-between said top rim planar vertical surface adjacent to said sidewalls and said side walls that project out through radius top rim corners of sufficient girth, depth and a number of reinforcing ribs to support said container and contents when only one said open through cavity is hung from a single vertical surface; the pair of opposing stacking protuberances are substantially planar and project downwardly a predetermined length along the full length of the bottom edge of said end walls providing open cavities between said linear offset shoulders and said stacking protuberances; and a pair of opposing stacking interlock open cavities are set in said top rim horizontal surface at a distance corresponding to said stacking protuberances.