Patent ID: 8851287

Claim:
A container stacking system for stacking containers, the container stacking system comprising: a first stackable container having a first stacking pattern including a first upper plurality of protrusions secured to and extending from an upward facing surface of the first stackable container and a first lower plurality of protrusions secured to and extending from a downward facing surface of the first stackable container; a second stackable container having a second stacking pattern including a second upper plurality of protrusions secured to and extending from an upward facing surface of the second stackable container and a second lower plurality of protrusions secured to and extending from a downward facing surface of the second stackable container; a third stackable container having a third stacking pattern extending from both an upward facing surface and a downward facing surface of the third stackable container; a first universal member located between the first and second stackable containers when the first and second stackable containers are in a stacked configuration, the first universal member having a first arrangement of openings on a first side and a second side of the first universal member configured to receive at least a portion of the first lower plurality of protrusions on the first side and at least a portion of the second upper plurality of protrusions on the second side, the first lower plurality of protrusions have a first depth and a first lateral pattern, the second upper plurality of protrusions have a second lateral pattern different than the first lateral pattern, and the thickness of the first universal member is greater than a combined height of the first lower plurality of protrusions and the second upper plurality of protrusions; and a second universal member located between the second and third stackable containers when the second and third stackable containers are in a stacked configuration, the second universal member having a second arrangement of openings configured to receive at least a portion of the second stacking pattern and at least a portion of the third stacking pattern.