Patent ID: 7959017

Claim:
A bin system for holding products and interlocking with another bin, comprising: at least one support arranged on one of a floor and a frame having a longitudinal length configured to accept at least one bin, the at least one support comprising: a horizontal center portion having a mating surface for receiving the at least one bin; and first and second vertically extending walls arranged at each longitudinal edge of the horizontal center portion, the first and second vertically extending walls extending substantially perpendicularly away from the mating surface; and engagement means arranged on the mating surface; and the bin comprising: a housing having a front end, a rear end, a top and a bottom, and including a bottom section, side walls, and a rear wall defining a space for holding products, said housing having first vertically extending interlocking means in said bottom section and second interlocking means on a top of at least one of said sidewalls configured to vertically receive and mate with said first interlocking means; mounting means projecting from said bottom section and configured to engage the at least one support connected to one of a floor or a support frame, the mounting means configured to mate with the engagement means; a door pivotably arranged at said front end of said housing and being pivotal between a fully open position providing access to said space from said front end and a fully closed position preventing access to said space through said front end; and a spring arranged between said door and said housing and dimensioned such that an urgency of said spring resiliently holds said door in said fully closed position, wherein said second interlocking means is capable of receiving said first interlocking means such that said bin is capable of interlockedly receiving the another bin from above, when the another bin has said first interlocking means, said first and second interlocking means being arranged and dimensioned for preventing longitudinal and lateral movement between said first and second interlocking means when said first interlocking means is engaged with said second interlocking means.