Patent ID: 7822371

Claim:
A toner container, comprising: a longitudinal container body for containing toner, the container body having a first end and a second end distal to the first end in a length direction of the container body; an end attached to the first end of the container body, including a toner outlet for discharging the toner contained in the container body, the end structured to be held by a toner-container holder of an image forming apparatus, the end having a generally flat face and a concave portion, different from the toner outlet, at the generally flat face; and a standing inhibiting unit at the end of the toner container and protruding from the generally flat face, the standing inhibiting unit to inhibit the toner container from being stood on a horizontal plane with the end directed vertically downward with respect to the container body, the standing inhibiting unit located at a central region of the end but a center of the standing inhibiting unit being displaced with respect to a center of the longitudinal container body.