US 12,492,040 B2
Stackable and nestable container
Erik Brinkers, Emmen (NL)
Assigned to Schoeller Allibert GmbH, Schwerin (DE)
Appl. No. 18/279,143
Filed by Schoeller Allibert GmbH, Schwerin (DE)
PCT Filed Mar. 30, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/058417
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 28, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/228810, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 21170467 (EP), filed on Apr. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0140646 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. B65D 21/06 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 21/06 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A container configured to be stackable and nestable with a second container constructed identically to or compatible with the container, the container comprising:
a base having a base underside; and
corner columns that are conically formed and hollow, the corner columns being open on the base underside and projecting from the base,
the corner columns configured to receive corner columns of the second container by insertion from the base underside of the container to nest the container with the second container,
the container comprising at least one sidewall that projects from the base, the at least one sidewall being double-walled, conically constructed, and open on the base underside,
the at least one sidewall configured to receive a second sidewall of the second container by insertion from the base underside of the container to nest the container with the second container, and
at least two of the corner columns of the container and the at least one sidewall being closable at the base underside with at least one slide element to facilitate stacking the container on the corner columns of the second container,
the at least one slide element being movable towards a center of the container to a first position and movable away from the center of the container to a second position,
the base and the at least one sidewall comprising at least one recess,
the at least one recess forming a stop at the base when the at least one slide element is positioned in the first position, and
an actuating element of the at least one slide element being positioned at least partly inside the at least one recess in the first position, and being actuatable from inside the container via the at least one recess.