Patents Assigned to Ferrero offene Handelsgesellschaft mbH
  • Patent number: 5638974
    Abstract: The invention relates to small container (2.1, 2.2), in particular of plastic, including at least one cylindrical, in particular circular cylindrical section with a means (16.1a to c, 16.2a and b, 18.2a and b) located in the region of cylindrical peripheral area of this section for producing a form-locked slide-insertion-connection with at least one further such small container. The invention is characterized in that the container is rollable in the peripheral direction perpendicular to the insertion direction with its means (16.1a to c, 16.2a and b, 18.2a and b) for producing the slide-insertion-connection on a similarly formed means (16.1a to 16c, 16.2a and b, 18.2a and b) of a further such small container and is always held in a form-locked manner in the radial direction during this rolling movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1997
    Assignee: Ferrero offene Handelsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventor: Horst Mann