Abstract: A bakery tray having a substantially rectangular floor has a retainer wall extending along a periphery of the floor. The retainer wall includes a front wall opposing a rear wall, and a first side wall opposing a second side wall. Two feet are spaced apart horizontally on the first side wall, and two feet are horizontally spaced apart on the second side wall. A first pair of nesting pockets are disposed along the exterior surface of the first side wall above the feet on the same wall; and a second pair of nesting pockets are disposed along an interior surface of the second side wall above the feet on the same wall. When bakery trays of a like configuration are stacked, the feet on the first side wall of a top tray seat within the nesting pockets on the second side wall, and the feet on the second side wall seat within the first nesting pockets on the first side wall of a bottom tray.

Abstract: A multi level bakery tray comprising a generally rectangular bottom, and generally rectangular opposed side and end walls extending upwardly from the bottom. Two pairs of feet are disposed along a lower edge of the end walls while a pair of deep pockets and a pair of shallow pockets are disposed along an upper edge of the end walls. When multiple trays are stacked in a like orientation the shallow pockets receive the feet in a high position. When trays are oriented 180.degree. the deep pockets receive the feet in a low position. Blind stacking and unstacking is accomplished by cooperation between sloped surfaces of the feet and pockets, between the feet and the upper edges of the end walls, and between a drag rail formed beneath the end walls and a shoulder formed on the side walls. Cross nesting is also accomplished by rotating a tray 90.degree. and placing it on a lower tray in a third position lower than the high and low positions.

Abstract: A stackable and nestable container having a bottom surface, a first pair of opposed end walls integrally joined with the bottom surface and extending upwardly away therefrom, and a second pair of opposed side walls integrally joined with the bottom surface and extending upwardly away therefrom. The first and second pairs of opposed end walls and side walls are integrally joined with each other along common end surfaces thereof to form with the bottom surface a substantially rectangular open top container. Each of the end walls and side walls includes a pair of column sections, and each of the column sections includes a recessed portion, an inner shelf and a lower column support. Each of the end walls and side walls further includes a pair of stacking sections, and each of the stacking sections includes a stacking foot and a stacking shelf.

Abstract: A closable, stackable packing container made of insulating material for the storage of perishables and transport thereof without the need for refrigeration in transit comprises a tray (1) and a lid (2) to tightly close the container. Projections (9) on the wall and correspondingly shaped and positioned recesses (10) in the tray and in the lid are asymmetrically arranged. The container may be used in a transit mode wherein projections (9) fit within and mate with corresponding recesses (10) in lid (2) so that the container is substantially airtight. Or, the container may be used in a storage mode wherein lid (2) rests on top of projections (9) and is then spaced from the rim to allow circulating refrigerating air to flow into the tray and around the contents to cool them. A plurality of containers may be stacked in either mode.

Abstract: An organizer, the organizer being configured in such a manner as to have improved stacking and nesting capabilities, a projecting handle and other advantages described herein. The organizer may be used in conjunction with a bucket.

Abstract: A package tray configured for use with at least one other such tray in forming reclosable enclosed packages includes a recess portion having an upper edge, a flange portion projecting from the upper edge and having upper and lower sides, at least one snap fastener of a first type located on the flange portion, and at least one snap fastener of a second type located on the flange portion in spaced relationship to the at least one fastener of the first type. Each of the first and second type fasteners is configured to be fastenable on both said upper and lower sides of said flange portion to opposing fasteners of like package trays. The first and second type fasteners are disposed on the flange portion so that when multiples of the package trays are placed in vertically stacked relationship, at least one opposing pair of the fasteners on adjacent trays engage each other to secure the trays together in one of a nested and an opposing relationship.

Abstract: A stack of containers is formed from a container system. The system includes a plurality of open-topped containers each adapted to be selectively stackable or nestable with like containers. First containers are of relatively large plan. Second containers are of smaller plan. Thus, large containers can stack or nest with large containers. Small containers can stack or nest with small containers. Additionally, small containers are adapted to allow two smaller containers to form a layer in the stack which includes at least one larger container. The smaller containers are supported at the edges of the large container and reach toward the middle, where they engage one another to form a locked cantilever-style bridge.

Abstract: A refill pack for storing and dispensing pipette tips into an empty tip rack. The refill rack comprises a hand-gripable carrier for an array of pipette tips releasably secured relative to the carrier such that after hand positioning the array of tips on the empty tip rack, the carrier may be released from the tips which are then free to be seated on a lower end of a pipette and removed from the tip rack.

Abstract: A tray which is formed from a piece of resilient material, has a matrix of cells for holding food products such as apples. The tray has a plurality of arched ribs formed on the piece of resilient material for reinforcing the tray, each rib joining a predetermined pair of adjacent cells and having a compound surface structure to provide enhanced strength of rigidity.

Abstract: A stackable tray comprising a body formed of rigid plastics material and consisting of a bottom wall integrally formed with opposite side walls and opposite front and rear walls; the front wall, at least, defines an access area to allow removal of articles from the bottom wall when the tray is in a superposed stacked relationship with similarly constructed trays; the front wall has an upper edge defining an enclosed tubular section extending from side wall to side wall to reinforce the tray when in a stacked relationship with similarly constructed trays and to counteract sagging of the bottom wall due to weight of articles placed thereon.

Abstract: A reusable and returnable container system for packaging, shipping and displaying goods comprises a tote having an opening in a bottom surface and an upper opening. The opening in the bottom surface has an abutment for supporting a tray inside the tote. The tote is preferably stackable and nestable with like totes. The tray is adapted to carry goods and is insertable into the tote for resting on the abutment. The tote is easily separated from the tray without first removing the goods. Each tray can be transferred to a shelf for displaying the goods for selection by consumers. After the tray has been emptied, each tray can be stored in a stack of nested totes for returning for re-use.

Abstract: A pyramidal display stand for displaying a multi-tiered arrangement of flowers. The display includes a plurality of bedding trays mounted to a multi-tiered frame. The bedding trays are securely seated on the frame by symmetrically distributed tabs on the frame tiers cooperating with depressions built into the bottom of the trays. The bedding trays can be designed to include numerous geometric shapes including circular, rectangular, oval, hexagonal, and semicircular. Runoff water is collected by a slidably mounted collecting drawer attached below the bottom bedding tray or mounted in the bottom tray itself.

Abstract: A petri dish for the culturing of microorganisms includes a rectangular dish having a floor plate and an endless peripheral dish wall which extends upwardly therefrom, and a two-position lid. The lid includes a ceiling plate, an endless outer peripheral lid wall extending downwardly therefrom, and an endless groove generally adjacent to the outer peripheral lid wall, which corresponds in shape to an upward end of the dish wall. When the lid is oriented in a first position entirely overlying the dish, the upward end of the dish wall is prevented from being fully inserted into the groove so that gas flow is permitted between the lid and the dish. When the lid is turned 180 degrees and placed in a second position entirely overlying the dish, the upward end of the dish wall extends into the groove. This has the effect of severely restricting or preventing gas flow between the lid and the dish.

Abstract: A package component for protectively supporting and displaying implements such as frying pans having a generally continuous periphery comprises a tray-like base having an upper surface provided with a plurality of spaced, parallel ribs, each defining an implement or pan receiving pocket which merges into a generally horizontally extending land having an underside formed with an implement or pan receiving surface generally complementary to the shape of each of the implement or pan receiving pockets.

Abstract: A nestable and stackable tray for transporting and storing articles having a mechanism for easily adjusting the distance between the floors of trays which are nested or stacked. By adjusting the distance between the floors of nested or stacked trays, the trays can be selectively made to stack at different heights to thereby accommodate differently stacked articles. In a first preferred embodiment, two bail members employed and each preferably hingedly connected to an opposing sidewall. The bail members are movable between three positions: a nested position, a high-stacked position and a low-stacked position. Movement between the different positions is accomplished by rotating and laterally moving the bails. In a second preferred embodiment, the tray has opposing sidewalls of different heights, that is, one set of opposing sidewalls are taller than the other set. Bail members are hingedly connected to each sidewall and are selectively movable between two positions: a nested position and a stacked position.

Abstract: A bottle carrier case having a crenelated side wall, for transporting bottles of beverage. The case has locating means on the bottom of the case for stably stacking the case and has openings provided in the concavities for easily removing the case from overlying bottles. The bottle carrier case is able to both directly stack and cross-stack up to about 50% of its overall depth.

Abstract: A low depth, nestable display crate for bottles, preferably of single serve capacity, is integrally molded from plastic and comprises two basic components--a floor and a wall structure extending up from the floor and extending around the periphery of the floor. The floor preferably has an open lattice design and includes container support areas. The bottom surface of the floor is configured for accommodating the tops of bottles in a similar crate underneath. The wall structure comprises a lower wall portion adjacent the floor and a plurality of integrally formed pylons arranged around the periphery of the crate. The lower wall portion is of double-walled construction with the hollow pylons integrally formed the double-walled lower portion. The pylons are angled toward the interior of the crate and tapered to be smaller in cross section at the top and larger near the lower wall portion so as to allow pylons of empty crates to nest within one another.

Abstract: A shipping container adapted to be stacked upon a like container includes upper surfaces associated with a pair of opposed walls of the container which surfaces include locating means adapted to cooperate with complimentary locating means provided on lower surfaces of a stacked container when those containers are put into vertically stacked longitudinal or transverse alignment, and complementary locating means, as aforesaid, associated with lower surfaces further including complementary guide means to enable stacking to be achieved by relative sliding between a pair of like containers until said upper and lower complementary locating means of the stacked containers are engaged whereafter further relative movement between containers is restricted.

Abstract: A refill pack for storing and dispensing pipette tips into a tip rack, comprising a support plate with an array of holes containing disposable pipette tips arranged in an organized array and a carrier for hand positioning the support plate over the tip rack for release of the array of pipette tips into the tip rack.

Abstract: A stackable culture tray for growing young plants includes pots which are moulded in parallel rows to a cover plate so as to be oriented downwardly relative to the cover plate, the bottoms of the pots including holes, the cover plate including a circumferential edge extending downwardly. A first row of pots has, instead of the two outermost pots, two supports and the last row has, instead of the two pots located second from the end, two supports which are hollow and open at the bottom and are oriented upwardly. Each of the two pots in the first row located second from the end includes a supporting ring at its bottom and each of the two outermost pots in the last row includes a supporting ring at its bottom. The upper end of each support has a centering shoulder.

Abstract: In a sterilizing container for medical and surgical instruments comprising a box with a bottom part and a cover for sealing the bottom part in a germ-tight manner, the side walls of the bottom part of the box have openings covered on the outside with germ-tight but sterilization gas permeable filter layers which are held in position by retaining plates mounted on the side walls, the cover of the box being locked to the bottom part by a locking structure formed at one end of the box at which the cover and bottom part includes retaining structures receiving a safety tag which covers the locking structure when the cover is closed in such a way that the safety tag is firmly positioned in front of the locking structure and the locking structure is only accessible by destroying the safety tag.

Abstract: A shipping crate suitable for containing loose materials and for vacuum molded fabrication from thermo-formable polymer materials is constructed with denticulated end walls for alternative column stacking or nesting. Spades and receptacles in side and end walls, respectively, are spaced for meshing and interlocking laterally adjacent containers in parallel columns. End wall denticulations provide column stacking support surfaces above the crate contents when alternate end stacked and nest stacking when ends with the same dentil sequence are vertically aligned.

Abstract: A stackable, nestable, multi-level tray or basket useful for storing and transporting baked goods is provided which includes a floor and a pair of upstanding side walls configured for stacking identical trays as well as allowing the stacking of a tray with smaller, overall dimensions. The structure enables identical trays to slide on to each other in stacked or nested configurations. A multi-level tray includes sidewalls with a plurality of upright stacking posts extending from the floor to a vertical strip of material. Each stacking post flares out at its top end to a cantilevered, extending flat portion. Trays of smaller overall dimensions than the disclosed tray can be advantageously stacked on these extending flat portions.

Abstract: Reusable plastic trays of a "low-depth" design for storing and transporting beverage containers and for nesting when empty. The side structure of the tray defined by a rail, whose upper rim is otherwise prone to be overridden in "shingling" relation by an adjacent tray when the trays are disposed for filling, is provided with cam means adapted to engage the side structure of an adjacent tray and thereby prevent a shingling relation from occurring. The disclosed tray design includes a strut arrangement on each rectangular side in which the lower end of each strut is inclined and adapted to engage a cooperatively inclined surface on the side structure to tend to urge the side structure in an inward direction, thus to prevent spreading of the side structure during nesting of the trays. The structural relationship between the cam means and the strut arrangement prevents interference of one with the other in the performance of their respective operations.

Abstract: A slide-on multi-level basket useful for storing and transporting baked goods is provided which includes a floor and a pair of upstanding side walls configured for stacking identical baskets at three different levels and presenting structure enabling other, identical baskets to slide thereon into stacked or nested orientations. A multi-level basket hereof includes a slideway or rail extending along each of the side walls, the side walls being divided into inner and outer panels. Each basket includes a thin web and a wide web spaced apart and respectively proximate a front end wall and a rear end wall. The thick and thin webs are complimentarily configured with a relieved portion and a slot in each of the side walls whereby the webs can slide along the rail of a next lower, identical basket enabling the upper basket to drop into either a nested or stacked relationship according to the relative orientation of the two baskets, when superposed over the next lower, identical basket.

Abstract: The present invention is a wire cake rack for supporting either tubular or rectangular cakes while they cool. The wire cake rack can be either a round cake rack for supporting tubular cakes, e.g. Bundt cakes or a rectangular cake rack for supporting rectangular cakes, e.g. pound cakes. The round cake rack is made with sides in the shape of an open top cylinder that are manufactured integrally with a bottom that is concentric with the sides. The bottom has a greater diameter than the diameter of the sides. The bottom has handles on diametrically opposite edges of the bottom. The rectangular cake rack is made with sides in the shape of an open top rectangular box that are manufactured integrally with a bottom that is axially aligned with the sides. The bottom extends a predetermined distance beyond the sides. The bottom has handles on the two edges of the bottom that are longer than the other two edges of the bottom.

Abstract: A mixing bowl set is disclosed comprising nestable bowls (2,4), each having a radiussed sidewalls (8), and a downturned upper rim flange (14). The rim flange (14) has a lower edge 20 which is spaced apart from the sidewall (8) a distance which varies from a maximun at the rearward end (24) of the bowl to a minimum at the forward end (26). Accordingly, a channel (22) is defined below the rim flange (14) which is wider at the rearward end, sufficiently so to admit the digits of a hand, whereby making the rearward portion of the flange (14) a handle for the bowl. A pourspout (28) is provided in the forward end of the rim flange (14) and is configured to be entirely below flange (14). Accordingly, there are no projections beyond the rim flange of the bowl throughout its entire circumference which could interfere with the nesting of one bowl into a like-configured larger bowl.

Abstract: A medical instrument sterilization container 90 has a housing 12, a removable tray 16 adapted for holding medical instruments and a removable lid 92. Lid 92 has no apertures or other inlets and is sealingly affixed to the housing 12 so that pressure induced positive drainage occurs providing for significantly improved drying.

Abstract: Stackable box for storing and transportation of a number of similar objects, where the front and rear walls of the box being tapered downwards and being provided with upwards tapered webs for transversal support of the objects, the box being provided with an interior shoulder on the interior surface of the walls in the lower portion such that one box may be stacked into another and rest on the shoulder of the lower box, the bottom of the box being such that the bottom of one box may rest on the surrounding flanges provided on the top of a lower box when having correct orientation.

Abstract: A support unit, e.g. a setter, is designed for convenience of stacking both in use and in the stored condition. Each unit (10, 20, 20A) is of circular plan outline and has a rim (13) having alternate upwardly-and downwardly-disposed castellations (14 and 15 respectively) whereby a pair of units (20, 20A) can be stacked closely together with their upper castellations (24, 24A) contiguous and their lower castellations (25, 25A) contiguous or can be stacked in the `use` position with the lower castellations (25A) of an upper unit (20A) resting on the upper castellations (24) of a lower unit (20).

Abstract: A videocassette overlay tray comprised of a sturdy plastic composition which is inexpensive and improves sorting and storage functions of videocassettes in the duplication and manufacturing environment. The videocassette tray permits the storage of a large number of videocassettes before or after the duplication process, and the walls and recesses of the overlay tray are constructed so that the trays may be stacked one upon another in interfitting relationship with the tray fully retaining and protecting the videocassettes placed in fixed positions within the tray below. The trays are further constructed whereby each recess helps form a support apex, thus allowing a tray when full to be stacked one on top of another while resting on a storage platform or cart, and also is capable of being nested when empty in one of two possible nesting configurations.

Abstract: The specification discloses a medical instruments sterilization container (10) which includes a housing (12) and a removable lid (14). A removable tray (16) is adapted to hold various medical instruments to be sterilized. The container is formed of a polymer of relatively low thermal conductivity, with a material having a relatively high thermal conductivity being added thereto in order to substantially increase the overall thermal conductivity of the container to absorb radiant heat and rapidly conduct that heat throughout the container to reduce condensate within the container.

Abstract: A container (10) is capable of being stacked on or nested within a like container (10A). The container includes a bottom (14), with a front wall (11), a rear wall (12) and two side walls (13) extending upwardly from the bottom (14) to an upper rim (15) thereby forming the container (10) with an open top. The side walls (13) taper away from each other as they extend upwardly from the bottom (14) to the rim (15) and are each provided with outer depressions (20, 21) forming inner projections (22, 23). The top of each of the inner projections (22, 23) is formed as a ledge (32) which includes an upper step (33) and a lower step (34). A rib (35) extends upwardly from each lower step (34). Sockets (36) are formed in the bottom (14) and the socket (36A) of the like container (10A) is alignable with and receives the ribs (35) of the container (10) so that the containers (10, 10A) may be stacked.

Abstract: For the transport of blank stacks (22) to a packaging machine, there are reusable cassettes (21) which have chambers (23) for receiving a multiplicity of blank stacks (22). The cassettes (21) are filled with the blank stacks (22) in a paper factory and are emptied in the region of the packaging machine. The cassettes (21) are designed so that several emptied cassettes (21) can be nested in one another and returned as a space-saving unit to the paper factory. Furthermore, the cassettes (21) are designed so that they can be transported by overhead conveyors, without any manual labor being involved.

Abstract: A mushroom tray comprising a tray portion having opposing sidewalls, opposing end walls and a substantially flat bottom sheet having a parallity of channels formed therein and extending therealong, corrosion-resistant I-beams positioned within the channels for strengthening and stiffening the bottom sheet, and a parallity of clips for securing the I-beams to the underside of the bottom sheet. In a preferred embodiment, the trays include downwardly projecting legs which are shaped enable the trays to be stacked vertically. Also in the preferred embodiment, the trays are made of a polyolefin and the I-beams are made of aluminum. The end walls also preferably include I-beams for re-enforcement; the I-beams are totally enclosed in the end wall structure to minimize exposure to a corrosive atmosphere.

Abstract: An improved multi-level basket especially useful in storing and transporting baked goods is provided which enables similarly configured baskets to be oriented for stacking at three different levels. The multi-level basket hereof offers enhanced strength and stability by the raised rim and lowered base which protect the stacking and nesting members from wear or breakage during use. Complimentary baskets are vertically stacked or nested by placement of the baskets in superposed registry. The baskets are advantageously provided with lugs on their front wall for resisting lateral movement of stacked baskets constructed in accordance with the invention hereof.

Abstract: A skateboard box is made from two blanks which fold, mutually capturing each other, and join to form a compound box. The boxes are generally trapezoidal in cross-section and nest when two boxes are inverted relative to each other. When nested, the wheels of one skateboard fit into a compartment in the box of the other skateboard, thereby making a compact shipping unit. A window in the box displays graphics on the skateboard.

Abstract: A beverage case that can be nested or stacked is disclosed. The beverage case has two later sides of full height and two longitudinal sides. The longitudinal sides extend upwardly from the bottom of the case to a height less than one-half the height of the lateral sides, and have central panel sections of a length greater than the length of the lateral sides. The central panel sections each have an intermediate recess.

Abstract: A bakery basket includes a bottom, opposed side walls and a back wall joined together to form an upwardly open basket body. The side walls include a plurality of vertical support towers which are formed of an outwardly directed projection which defines a hollow opening on the interior of the basket. A slidable bail is positioned within the side walls on a horizontal support ledge therein. Each slidable bail includes one or more support lugs, such as an upper support lug and a lower support lug, and open areas adjacent each hollow opening in the side walls. Slidable bails are moveable in a variety of positions, including positioning the open areas aligned with the hollow openings, positioning the lower support lugs aligned with the hollow openings and positioning the upper support lugs aligned with the hollow openings. In this manner, the baskets may be stacked at one or more height levels and may also be nested together, depending on the position of the slidable bails.

Abstract: A stackable crate and stackable crate system, wherein each crate comprises: a pair of opposing sidewalls, a back wall coupled to the sidewalls, and a front wall coupled to the sidewalls. The front wall has a first substantially rectangularly shaped opening at the top portion and a second substantially rectangularly shaped opening at the bottom portion of the front wall, thereby defining in the front wall a central portion with the bottom edge of the central portion extending to form at each end a lower leg segment and the top edge of the central portion extending to form at each end an upper leg segment. A bottom side is planar as it extends away from the back wall but tapers upwardly to merge with the central portion. The bottom side is joined to the sidewalls and to the back wall to define a storage compartment in the interior of the crate.

Abstract: A unitary molded plastic bakery tray, with the end walls higher than the side walls to provide a 90 degree cross-nesting, and the end walls having interengaging feet and rails to provide for 180 degree oriented high stacking and like oriented low stacking. The bottom is either a flat planar surface with chamfered bottom edges or is raised so that the tray is provided with corner structure having chamfered bottom edges. Blind stacking structure is provided by an additional outer rail on each end wall and additional outer feet on each end wall for engaging the outer rail. Alternatively, blind stacking is provided by structure along each end wall having large feet and cooperating large recesses coplanar with inner small feet and cooperating inner recesses such that the large feet can span and smoothly slide over the small recesses during blind stacking.

Abstract: A stackable and nestable tray for shipping of weather stripping. The tray has a central weight bearing hub which also acts as a stop to pervent weather stripping which is coiled about the hub from shifting in a manner which would damage the weather strip. The tray has a generally rounded body portion which has a bottom wall and an upstanding side wall. A series of radially inwardly extending step-like protrusion are formed on the side wall with corresponding inwardly extending indentations on the opposite side of the side wall. The hub portion is hollow and includes a series of hollow radially outwardly extending protrusions with surfaces extending between the corresponding outwardly extending indentations in the hollow underside. The trays will stack one upon another in a first position and will nest into each other for return shipping when rotated to a second position.

Abstract: A unitary molded plastic bakery tray, with the end walls higher than the side walls to provide for a 90 degree cross-nesting, and the end walls having interengaging feet and rails to provide for 180 degree oriented high stacking and like oriented low stacking. The bottom is either a flat planar surface with chamfered bottom edges or is raised so that the tray is provided with corner structure having chamfered bottom edges. Blind stacking structure is provided by an additional outer rail on each end wall and additional outer feed on each end wall for engaging the outer rail. Alternatively, blind stacking is provided by structure along each end wall having large feet and cooperating large recesses coplanar with inner small feet and cooperating inner recesses such that the large feet can span and smoothly slide over the small recesses during blind stacking.

Abstract: Stackable and nestable tote containers folded to an upright configuration defining a generally tapered rectangular receptacle region from a flat blank of double faced corrugated plastic. The tote containers may be nested within one another in an aligned column, or may be selectively stacked on top of one another at an orientation of between 45 and 90 relative to one another, such that the receptacle region of the lower tote container is partially obstructed but may still be accessed. In one embodiment, a rectangular cross stacking tote container having a length greater than its width may be nested within a like tote container, or elevated to a position completely above the like tote container, rotated 90 in either direction such that apertures in the base and side wall panels are aligned with upwardly projecting exposed segments of the metal rim of the lower tote container, and lowered into a stacking engagement thereon.

Abstract: A stackable rectangular crate (1), especially for bottles (6), comprising a box-type part with a bottom (3) and sidewalls (4,5), two opposite sidewalls (4) of which are higher than the two other sidewalls (5). Two supporting elements (7), forming extensions of the higher sidewalls (4), extend downwardly from the bottom (3) and terminate in straight horizontal edges (8). The crate thus has an H-shaped profile. At the upper parts of the higher sidewalls (4) stacking elements are provided which comprise on the one hand shoulders (9) adapted to support the supporting elements (7) of another crate (2) stacked from above, and on the other hand projections (10) which extend upwardly from the higher sidewalls (4) and along the whole length thereof, and extend at the corners of the crate (1) by means of short sections (11) a short way along the lower sidewalls (5).

Abstract: A nesting and stacking storage container is disclosed. The storage container has two opposing end walls, two opposing side walls disposed between the end walls, and a generally rectangular bottom joining the end walls and the side walls. A handle device is disposed on both end walls and a securing device is mounted on the handle device to secure two storage containers top to top. The storage container also includes feet disposed at each corner on the outer surface of the bottom of the container to facilitate mounting containers top to bottom and to securely fasten two containers bottom to bottom. The feet prevent relative lateral movement between two containers.

Abstract: A stackable and nestable container for foodstuffs, includes a body formed as an integral unit defining an upwardly open recess, the recess having a bottom wall and a downwardly convergent side wall. The side wall has step portions at intervals around it, and non-step portions spaced from the step portions so that when two such containers are rotationally oriented in a first position with respect to each other, the step portions of the containers coincide to allow close nesting. Conversely, when the containers are rotationally oriented in a second position, the step portions of one container coincide with the non-step portions of the other to allow spaced stacking of the containers.

Abstract: A stackable and nestable beverage case is provided. A rib structure to afford rigidity and durability, tapered sides to facilitate removal of containers from the case and tapered surfaces to provide secure nesting of cases are provided.

Abstract: A multi-level stacking/nesting tray is disclosed in which the trays are configured to permit multi-level stacking through an interlocking stacking leg/slot configuration. A plurality of slots are formed at an angle from the vertical and are disposed in groups in two end locations of two opposing end walls of the tray. The slots in a selected group have progressively lower terminating points to thus permit varying levels of stacking/nesting. The slots are also configured so that the terminating point of each of the slots with a group lies along the same vertical line. Stacking legs are disposed on the exterior surface of the end walls of the tray at the location of the slots and are appropriately angled so as to permit insertion of the legs of a first tray into the corresponding slots of a second tray positioned below the first tray. By proper selection of a particular slot having the desired terminating point, various levels of stacking may be obtained.

Abstract: A stacking system consists of a tray-like component that accommodates articles in interior troughs and of a stacking component. The object is to provide a stacking system that can be adapted to different heights depending on the type of article being stored. The accommodating components can be stacked nested and the stacking components can be stacked nested. The top of an accommodating component engages the bottom of a stacking component and the top of each stacking component conforms to the bottom of each accommodating component. The distance between the top and bottom of each stacking component is independent of the height of any accommodating component.