Abstract: This invention relates to the provision of a package having interengaging members which, when engaged with similar such members, nest within each other. Load applied to the top of such a package is transferred down an interengaging member into a similar interengaging member on the base and further to a similar interengaging member on a package below. A stack of such packages will allow the load of the stack to be transferred directly through the interengaging members to the support base on which the stack resides.

Abstract: A box or container assembly formed of plastics material and particularly adapted for use in a beverage syrup supply system is covered by opposed lid members whose exposed surface contains an organization of channel-defining projections for stacking superposed containers optionally in columnar- or cross-stacked array. A hinge arrangement effects release from the container of any lid subjected to an excessive lateral force and enables the lids, when open, to be held against the container body with minimal lateral flair for compact nesting. Various forms of access openings are described for accessing a syrup bag spigot and for attaching same when the container assembly forms part of a beverage syrup supply system.

Abstract: A portable container for golf balls including three elongated elements, each of the three elongated elements having a top end and a bottom end. The container includes a base having a top face, a bottom face, a front side, and a rear side; the base being secured to the bottom end of each of the three elongated elements. A top element having a top face, a bottom face, a front side, and a rear side is secured to the top end of each of the three elongated elements. A plurality of dimples and corresponding cavities are used for securing together a plurality of the portable containers for golf balls. A clip for fastening to a belt or other object may be secured to one of the three elongated elements for detachably securing the portable container for golf bails to an animate or inanimate object.

Abstract: A connector for detachably securing together stacked molded plastic trays, which connector has a resilient tab projecting from a lower tray which slides into a slot in the tray above. Each slot has a rib rising from the tray bottom along one edge of the slot and a leaf spring integrally molded with the tray side wall opposite the rib. When the tab is inserted in the slot, the spring urges the tab against the rib and a lip on the tab hooks over the top edge of the rib.

Abstract: A folding crate for holding packages includes a base having a substantially planar support surface for supporting packages and a plurality of side walls positioned along the sides of the base. A hinge pin member having a generally oval or elliptical cross-sectional shape is located along each side of the base. The hinge pin member is oriented in such a manner that the major axis of the cross-section is positioned substantially perpendicular to the plane of the support surface while the minor axis of the cross-section is located substantially parallel to the plane of the support surface. The bottom end of each of the side walls is provided with a knuckle for mounting the side walls on the base and a through hole is formed in each knuckle for loosely receiving one of the hinge pin members. The knuckle on each side wall also includes a slotted opening for allowing the side wall to be mounted on the hinge pin member.

Abstract: The stackable low depth bottle case of the present invention includes four side walls and a bottom portion. A plurality of upwardly projecting hollow columns extend upwardly within the side walls. The columns, walls, and bottom portion define a plurality of bottle retaining pockets. The bottle retaining pockets have flat surfaces to permit retention of bottles without base indentations and to permit rotation of petaloid bottles. The columns extend upwardly from the base portion a distance approximately one third of the height of the bottles to be retained. The columns may be hollow to permit empty cases to stack top to bottom. The lower surface of the bottom portion has circular concave portions with central retaining openings to facilitate stacking of loaded cases top to bottom. When a case is disposed on a lower filled case, the bottle tops of the lower case are guided toward the central retaining openings by the circular concave portions.

Abstract: An apparatus for interlocking the top layer of corrugated cardboard cartons in a palletized load of said cartons while also providing edge protection, load containment, a flat even surface to stack additional palletized loads upon, and the ability to stack palletized units of boxed product while not damaging the stacking tabs used in produce corrugated cardboard carton designs. The apparatus has two sides at substantially right angles to each other that meet to form an edge. Material is removed from at least one side to create a plurality of slots for receiving the stacking tabs in the tops of the corrugated cardboard cartons. The apparatus is placed on the edge of the upper layer of cartons on a palletized load to interlock the cartons for greater load stability and to reduce load failure.

Abstract: A medium-sized portable container for holding and dispensing such fluids as aircraft engine oil is formed from durable, corrosion-resistant polymeric material such as high density polyethylene. The container, which has a generally rectangularly parallelepipedal shape, is positioned with its longest dimension parallel to the ground to enhance stability and permit stacking. The container is divided into two compartments, one holding the fluid to be dispensed and the other enclosing an electrically driven pump and other dispensing equipment. Controls are provided to shut off current flow automatically when the dispensing pump is not operating.

Abstract: A pile up tray includes a base piece shaped as a cask, cast to be a bottom of the tray in which a rising double marginal flange is provided and to which at least one other piece is jointed. The other piece forms at least part of the side walls of the tray. The cask is placed inside of the piece or pieces that form the side walls of the tray, overhanding with respect to the lower edge of the pieces that form the side walls of the tray, so that during the piling of a number of trays up, the bottom part of each tray is placed into a mouth of the lower tray. The side walls of the tray can be provided with folding flanges which fold towards the inside of the tray and are fixed to the side walls by glue, to provide the tray with more resistance to compression.

Abstract: A height extension for use on top of a crate having a wall structure which extends the height of the wall structure of the crate to more stably retain containers. The extension of the present invention can be used with nestable and stackable crates to increase the heights of the crates without expensive replacement of the crates. It is particularly well suited for use with crates holding taller or differently shaped bottles. The extension also does not interfere with the nesting and stacking capabilities of the crates so that handling is not effected in any way since crates equipped with extensions are compatible with existing crates.

Abstract: A stackable plastic container including a body having a generally rectangular cross section including a base wall, sidewalls and end walls, the width of the sidewalls being greater than the width of the end walls. The body has a top wall with an integral neck defining a dispensing opening. The bottom wall has spaced longitudinally extending integral portions defining a longitudinal recess extending lengthwise of the bottom wall and generally parallel to the sidewall. The top wall of the body includes a centrally located longitudinally extending projection extending upwardly and defining spaced longitudinally extending generally horizontal portions lengthwise of the sidewalls such that when one container is stacked on another, the longitudinally extending portions of the top wall are engaged by the longitudinally extending spaced projections on the bottom wall of a container stacked thereon.

Abstract: An integrated interbox connector to permit vertical stacking of cargo carriers includes a plate movably connected to the carrier and positionable between in a stored position situated within a wall of the carrier and a connecting position situated on top of the roof of the carrier, the plate carrying a lug for engaging interlocking apertures provided on the bottom of a vertically adjacent cargo carrier. The lug can be secured to the interlocking aperture by a pin engaging a hole in a fixed lug or by a tab causing rotation of a rotatable lug.

Abstract: A re-usable tray for securely containing both small and large perishable goods, while providing a unique means for ventilating and circulating fluids is described. The ventilating means efficiently permits the transfer of fluids between the interior and exterior of the tray. The tray may be combined with a cover to form a container. The container may contain blueberries and other small perishable goods, wherein the ventilating means is not blocked by these goods. Further, the ventilating means provides for drainage to minimize condensation build up. The container also has ribs extending from the sides, front and back of the container providing rigidity and support to the container. The ribs have slits that provide additional ventilation to the container. The container also has a support means for preventing the top and bottom of the container from bending or curving into the interior storage area of the container.

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 reusable plastic container and a method of cleaning and sterilizing the same is described. The plastic container can be collapsed for transportation and sterilization when not in use. The container includes structural end frames which are made from the same material from which the remainder of the container is made. A band can be used when it is in its erected position to hold the same in such position. When collapsed, a container is flat and all parts of the same are exposed for easy washing and sterilization.

Abstract: A container for the sale of edible foods which, when empty, can be combined with other containers to serve as a children's toy. Each container has top and bottom ends and a laterally extending flange at the top end. The container has respective, mutually interlocking connection parts comprising pegs and complementary openings or recesses which enables a plurality of containers to be assembled together. The openings or recesses are in the flange and the pegs are on the bottom of the container, and the openings impart a clamping force on the pegs when two containers are interengaged so that the containers fit tightly together.

Abstract: A bulk container integrally molded from a plastic material and providing substantially exclusive transfer of vertical loads thru the corners of a lower container during stacking, and increased volumetric capacity. The front, rear and side sections of the container are integrally formed with a bottom wall portion to form a containment volume with a plurality of corners. A plurality of nesting protrusions extend downwardly from the lower portion of the corners and a corresponding plurality of nesting recesses are formed in the upper portion of the corners so that two containers can be vertically stacked with each protrusion mated with a corresponding recess. The corners include reinforcing vertical column portions having inwardly spaced wall portions blending into containment wall portions. The containment wall portions extend outwardly from the inwardly spaced wall portions.

Abstract: A stackable container/storage bin combination is provided and includes at least one stackable container comprising an outer circumferential portion, a plurality of legs secured about the outer circumferential portion, each of the legs having a lower portion which extends below a lower edge of the circumferential portion for defining a notch with the lower edge, and an inner tray portion positioned within and secured to the circumferential portion, the inner tray portion defining at least one storage compartment with the outer circumferential portion, and at least one removable storage bin adapted to be received in at least one storage compartment.

Abstract: The use of two identical clips designed for use in holding stacks of JEDEC type trays for electronic devices in a manner to protect the devices comprises a platform supporting rails engagable with the end tabs on the trays to support the trays and the clips. A latch is provided to hold the clip in place and a handle is provided to grasp the stack of trays.

Abstract: A package for an article such as a garden tractor includes a bottom platform having first and second opposite major side surfaces, the first major side surface for receiving thereon the article. A top platform is substantially identical to the bottom platform and has first and second opposite major side surfaces. A plurality of load-bearing support members support the top platform on the bottom platform at a location spaced upward from the bottom platform when the package is in an assembled condition to at least partially define an article-receiving chamber therebetween. The first major side surface of the top platform faces in the same direction as the first major side surface of the bottom platform when the package is in the assembled condition, so that the top platform can serve as the bottom platform for another article package above. A plurality of connector members releasably interconnect the support members with the top and bottom platforms when the package is in the assembled condition.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for storing mechanical railway parts within individual cradles for transportation and storage. The cradles are designed to securely store and protect fragile parts while allowing for easy manipulation and recognition of the parts positioned within the cradles. Additionally, the cradles may be stacked to allow a greater number of mechanical railway parts to be shipped or stored in a given amount of space.

Abstract: A stacking drawer assembly (10) is disclosed comprising a base (14), lid (12), and drawer (16). A bottom surface (35) of the base (14) is provided with a central recess (38) and a pair of locking tabs (44) extend into the recess from a rearward recess sidewall (42) of the base (14). The lid (12) has a central raised pedestal (22) and a pair of spaced apart slots (50) extend through a rearward pedestal side (28). The base recess (38) is sized to receive the pedestal (22) of a second drawer assembly in stacking fashion, and the tabs (44) project through the slots (50) and latch over an inside surface edge defining the slots (50) to lock the stacked drawer assemblies together.

Abstract: A reusable container unit for flowable materials, having enhanced puncture resistance and leak containment characteristics, and being readily handleable by conventional fork lift or the like equipment, comprising a metallic, substantially closed and continuous first wall providing a containment vessel for flowable material, a metallic, substantially closed and continuous second wall providing a protective shell surrounding the vessel and spaced therefrom over at least a major portion of the outer surface thereof to provide protective spacing therebetween, spacer elements positioned between the vessel and shell for substantially maintaining the spacing therebetween, at least one aperture in adjacent portions of each of the vessel and shell and adapted to provide one or more access ports for of the vessel, individual closurer devices for each of the apertures, a tubular wall extending between and connecting the apertures forming each access port to provide a conduit for the flow of materials into and out of the

Abstract: A new and improved dining plate helper in the form of an upstanding annular shaped abutment located on the food containing surface of the plate inwardly with respect to the plate's peripheral edge. On the opposite side of the plate are contained one or more protruding members to serve as legs enabling a series of plates to be stored one on top of another in a stacking arrangement. In an alternative embodiment, additional food retaining members are located on the surface of the plate in a radially aligned circumferentially spaced manner. In yet another alternative embodiment, the plate includes a utensil retaining rim and the protruding member on the opposite side thereof permitting stacking of a plurality of similar plates defines a shallow bowl for retaining a liquid such as soup.

Abstract: A wafer basket which is provided with a new type of locking and unlocking device for locking the top lid to the main body of the outer box and unlocking the same, wherein it is possible to unlock it by merely pressing a part of the locking and unlocking device inwardly; furthermore, the top lid and the bottom of the main body are shaped such that they fit and engage with each other.

Abstract: Apparatus for tilting mutually stacked boxes is useful when the top edge of a lower box in the stack is in guiding engagement with the bottom edge of an overlying box. The tilting device holds the boxes together in the stack and includes an element which is pivotally attached on or adjacent to a base supporting the stack, and which can be swung out from a first position in which the element extends substantially parallel with one side of the stack to another position in which the element forms an angle with this side. The element has mounted on the top thereof an abutment for abutting with a spring device operative to urge the gripping and holding device against the top edge of the uppermost box of the stack.

Abstract: An instrument tray assembly including a tray and an optional cover for the storage, transport and sterilization of medical instruments is disclosed. Each tray and cover is perforated to permit the flow of sterilizing medium therethrough, and each is comprised of materials which will withstand soaking and steam or gas autoclaving. Interchangeably disposed along the surfaces of the tray and cover are a plurality of support members, each including variously dimensioned notched receptacles for receiving medical instruments. Each tray may also include a set of handles which may be extended at a variety of angles, thereby avoiding contact and possible contamination between gloved hands and instruments, depending upon the orientation of each handle. Alternative embodiments for resilient instrument support members are disclosed. One embodiment includes resilient projections which are insertable directly into the perforations on the trays and covers. An alternative embodiment further includes a rigid extrusion.

Abstract: A transport container comprises two container components forming opposite side walls of the container for receiving opposite respective ends of tubular or rod-shaped workpieces. Each container component is in the shape of a half shell with a generally flat shell floor having first and second opposite edges and two opposite side edges, a circumferential shell wall open on the first edge, and foot supports extending from the shell wall at the second edge. Attachment elements are located on the side edges of the container components for attachment of tension devices for urging the container components towards each other.

Abstract: A stackable bottle case including a tray having a floor structure with a plurality of bottle support areas on an upper surface thereof and a plurality of upward recesses on a lower surface thereof, and a tray cover positionable in a covering position over the bottles supported on the support areas. The tray cover has a cover top structure which includes a bottom side, with a plurality of downward receivers in which the tops of the bottles on the support areas are received when the tray cover is in the covering position, and a top side, with a plurality of protuberances that are positioned to lockingly fit in the upward recesses on the lower surface of a similar stackable bottle tray which is stacked on the tray cover.

Abstract: Apparatus for engaging interlocking apertures provided on the bottom of intermodal cargo containers to permit vertical stacking of the containers. The apparatus is in the form of integrated interbox connectors movably connected to the containers and positionable between in a stored position situated within the walls of the container and a connecting position situated on top of the roof of the container to engage the interlocking apertures of a vertically adjacent container. A pin is provided for securing the interbox connectors situated in the connecting position to said interlocking apertures provided on the bottom of said vertically adjacent container.

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: The device includes a tray for bottles, particularly two-liter soda bottles, wherein the bottle retaining pockets include raised portions for engaging, and thereby being supported by, the caps of the bottles from a lower tray. The tray includes vertical channels with a stop element to allow rods to be inserted between the trays to support the trays at a given distance from one another in a display configuration. The tray further includes male and female elements for the locking nestable configuration of successive empty trays.

Abstract: A container for containing automatic transmissions or the like comprises first and second cases which are identical in shape. A first group of coupling portions are possessed by each case, which establish a coupling of the first and second cases when the first and second cases are mated in a front-to-front mating manner. A second group of coupling portions are possessed by each case, which establish a coupling of the first and second cases when the first and second cases are mated in a back-to-back mating manner. A third group of coupling portions are possessed by each case, which establish a coupling of the first and second cases when the first and second cases are mated in a front-to-back mating manner.

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 storage container or bin primarily constructed of extruded fluted plastic panels. The container includes two opposed pairs of generally parallel side walls, each side wall including at least one upright extruded plastic panel disposed with the flutes extending vertically to provide vertical column strength. A stacking and reinforcing loop of metal rod is positioned in direct load-bearing engagement with the upper edges of the side walls, with the rod being fixedly secured to each side wall by securing flanges which are integral with the fluted material defining the side walls and which snugly wrap around the top rod and are fixedly secured to the respective side wall. The top stacking rod is provided with a stacking bracket adjacent each corner of the container, which bracket is positioned outwardly and upwardly of the reinforcing rod to secure and cooperate with a lower corner of a second container when the latter is vertically stacked on the top stacking rod of the first container.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for stacking cartons for transport. The apparatus includes a plurality of straddles that engage with stacked cartons. Each straddle attaches to a top edge of a wall on an upper stacked carton and a bottom portion that extends from the top portion to a wall on a lower stacked carton. A cover fits over the upper stacked carton and contacts the straddles in a manner where the bottom portion engages with the upper and lower stacked cartons to prevent the cartons from slipping during transport. In another embodiment straps engage with handles on the side of the carton.

Abstract: An upwardly opening, generally rectangular tray for receiving and stacking therein at least one set of generally rectangular disc holders that define formations for receiving and releasably supporting compact discs. Cooperatively interactive guide formations are defined by the tray and by the disc holders 1) for permitting the disc holders to be moved relative to each other so that compact discs can be positioned in and selectively removed from the disc receiving formations of the holders, and 2 for facilitating the orderly stacking of the disc holders so that, when stacked, the disc holders extend juxtaposed one atop another with each disc holder extending substantially parallel to a bottom wall of the tray. An optional cover may be positioned atop an individual tray, or atop the uppermost of a set of stacked trays. Alternatively, a cover that is hinge-connected to the tray may be provided. Label mounting surfaces preferably are provided on the trays, on the disc holders and on the optional cover.

Abstract: An ovoid container which has two concave halves each with an open end and a closed end. As the open ends of the two halves are connected, the closed container takes on an egg or ovoid shape. The open ends are connected by combining an annular rib of one open end with an annular groove of the other open end. The two closed ends of the concave halves are joined by a press fit of protruding stubs from one closed end into corresponding depressions of the other closed end to form an egg cup that can also be used in a container for collecting eggs.

Abstract: A lottery ticket dispenser assembly including a plurality of modularly constructed dispenser units arranged in vertically stacked, interlocking relation. The dispenser units each include sets of rails which are engageable with complementary sets of rails on adjacent dispenser units to interlock the dispenser units for sliding movement relative to one another. Each dispenser unit also includes a door which, when closed, prevents the rails of adjacent dispenser units from being disengaged to prevent unauthorized personnel from disassembling the dispenser assembly.

Abstract: The container is a capable, hollow rectangular container having an open small end. Various supports for the printed circuit board combine to maintain a chosen position of the integrated circuit board in the container. The container is stackable and crushproof, while protecting an enclosed circuit board from physical or electrostatic damage.

Abstract: In accordance with this invention, in order that a document filing case can be piled on another document filing case in a folded state before use and can be constituted as a box with ease in use, a document filing case comprises: an upper wall member having one end portion pivotally connected to the front frame member, and the other end portion guided into longitudinal grooves formed in the rear frame member; a bottom wall member having one end portion pivotally connected to the rear frame member so as to oppose the upper wall member and the other end portion guided into longitudinal grooves formed in the front frame member; left and right side walls pivotally connected to either the upper wall member or the bottom wall member so that these side walls can rotate in a vertical direction from a folded state when the bottom wall member and the upper wall member rotate so that they are opposite to each other in a horizontal state; a rear wall attached on the rear frame member; and a front wall pivotally connected

Abstract: A stackable container having excellent resistance to impact breakage includes (1) a plastic tank for containing liquids having at least one opening in its upper end and upper and lower abutments extending around sidewalls, (2) a top member engaged to the upper end of the tank having a downwardly facing abutting edge resting upon said upper abutment and (3) a bottom member engaged to the lower end of the tank having an upwardly facing abutting edge resting upon said lower abutment and having a plurality of downwardly extending legs. Clip means cooperate with serrated areas on the tank and top member and with additional serrated area on the tank and bottom member to secure said top and bottom members to the tank.

Abstract: A carrier moldable from plastic, aluminum, paper mache and the like for collecting and transporting empty containers such as soda bottles or cans.

Abstract: An integral double wall hopper for handling, storing and dispensing dry flowables such as capsules, tablets, and powders in the pharmaceutical industry, comprises an outer shell having a bottom wall and four walls extending upwardly from the bottom wall, an inner shell having a frustoconical bottom wall and four walls extending upwardly from the frustoconical bottom wall, a lip along the upper edges of the upwardly extending walls connecting the outer shell to the inner shell, four downwardly extending legs formed in the bottom wall of the outer shell forming supporting members for the hopper, a discharge opening molded in the center of the frustoconical bottom wall of the inner shell and in the bottom wall of the outer shell, and a closure member positioned on the discharge opening for opening and closing the discharge opening to dispense the contents of the hopper when desired.

Abstract: A filling tray is made in a rectangular shape having three side edges formed into two vertical end walls and a vertical back wall and the other side edge formed into oblique flanges and comprises two elongated grooves transversely disposed on the top thereof at two opposite ends, a plurality of ribs transversely and latitudinally formed on the bottom thereof, and two elongated rails formed on the top edges of the vertical end walls. By inserting the elongated rails of the filing tray into the elongated grooves of a similarly constructed filing tray, a plurality of filing trays of the same structure can be attached together, with one rising above or behind another, for arranging papers conveniently.

Abstract: An instrument storage tray is provided that is compartmentalized for the storage of instruments of various sizes and for the storage of instruments of given configurations. The tray has slots at the wall junctions and legs extending from the wall junctions configured for insertion of the legs of one tray in to the slots of another tray so that a plurality of trays may be transported at one time.

Abstract: A unitary container for storing and dispensing chain includes a box-shaped chain holder portion having a continuous top edge adapted for interlocking receipt of a selectively removable lid, a bottom wall, and first and second pairs of opposed side walls which extend between and connect the open top edge and the bottom wall. The container also includes a lid adapted for selectively easily removable attachment to the continuous open top edge of the chain holder position. The lid has an integral chain dispensing and retaining portion to permit access to and removal from the chain holder portion through the lid of desired lengths of chain, and is formed so as to deter chain removed from the chain holder from unintentionally slipping thereinto.

Abstract: A stackable container having excellent resistance to impact breakage includes (1) a plastic tank for containing liquids having at least one opening in its upper end and upper and lower abutments extending around sidewalls, (2) a top member engaged to the upper end of the tank having a downwardly facing abutting edge resting upon said upper abutment and (3) a bottom member engaged to the lower end of the tank having an upwardly facing abutting edge resting upon said lower abutment and having a plurality of downwardly extending legs.

Abstract: A storage bin system (10) includes a plurality of storage bins (11) which can be stacked upon each other or nested within each other. Each bin (11) includes a bottom surface (12) with opposed side walls (13, 14) and a rear wall (15) extending upwardly therefrom to form an upper rim (18). For stacking purposes, sockets (31, 32, 33) are formed near the top of the side walls (13, 14) and the rear wall (15) to be engaged by foot members (22, 23, 24) formed near the bottom of side walls (13, 14) and the rear wall (15). Each bin (11) has a generally open front defined by a short wall (16) having an upper lip (17) thereon. The foot members (22, 23, 24) are configured so as to readily receive caster assemblies (26) should it be desired to render the bin system (10) mobile.

Abstract: A mobile infectious waste container including a lid which is sealable to a container body. The container includes a target region projecting outwardly from the lid and an alignment region extending oppositely from the container's floor. Upon vertically adjacent positioning of a similar container, without offset, the alignment region and target regions cooperatively interfit to oppose relative transverse movement of the containers. The container includes a bumper which extends at least partially perimetrically thereabout. The bumper includes a substantially uniformly inclined contact surface and is dimensioned such that the bumper's height is at least twice the bumper's thickness.