US3202294A - Shift type nesting and stacking receptacle - Google Patents

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US3202294A
US3202294A US337426A US33742664A US3202294A US 3202294 A US3202294 A US 3202294A US 337426 A US337426 A US 337426A US 33742664 A US33742664 A US 33742664A US 3202294 A US3202294 A US 3202294A
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Joseph A Rogus
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F5/00—Show stands, hangers, or shelves characterised by their constructional features
    • A47F5/01—Show stands, hangers, or shelves characterised by their constructional features made of tubes or wire
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B87/00—Sectional furniture, i.e. combinations of complete furniture units, e.g. assemblies of furniture units of the same kind such as linkable cabinets, tables, racks or shelf units
    • A47B87/02—Sectional furniture, i.e. combinations of complete furniture units, e.g. assemblies of furniture units of the same kind such as linkable cabinets, tables, racks or shelf units stackable ; stackable and linkable
    • A47B87/0207—Stackable racks, trays or shelf units
    • A47B87/0261—Independent trays
    • A47B87/0269—Independent trays without separate distance holders
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D21/00—Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
    • B65D21/02—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
    • B65D21/04—Open-ended containers shaped to be nested when empty and to be superposed when full
    • B65D21/048—Identical stackable containers specially adapted for retaining the same orientation when nested, e.g. the upper container being fixed or slightly rotatable during the nesting operation

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  • a simple but strong and efiicient construction comprised of wires welded together, together with cross wires which strengthen the bottom and continue upwardly to form the opposite sides of the receptacle with some of these wires also supporting tiering seats for stacking one receptacle above a second like receptacle.
  • Another feature of this invention is the provision of simple tiering seats of novel construction.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a receptacle embodying this invention
  • FIG. 2 is a fragmental perspective view, enlarged, taken at the upper left hand corner of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a side elevational view of two of the receptacles of FIG. 1 in nested position;
  • FIG. 4 is a fragmental end elevational view of two of the receptacles of FIG. 1 in tiered relationship;
  • FIG. 5 is a fragmental sectional View, enlarged, taken along the line 5-5 of FIG. 4;
  • FIG. 6 is a fragmental sectional view, enlarged, taken along line 6--6 of FIG. 5;
  • FIG. 7 is a fragmental sectional View, enlarged, taken along the line 7-7 of FIG. 3; while FIG. 8 is a fragmental sectional view taken along line 8-8 of FIG. 7.
  • the receptacle of this invention has a generally planar bottom it) having parallel side frame members 11 along opposite sides of the generally rectangular bottom 10.
  • the bottom structure comprises a plurality of parallel cross wires 12 which in the present embodiment support and are welded to a plurality of longitudinally extending Wires 13 forming an open bottom.
  • the bottom might be a closed pan in which case the members 11 would be side members of the pan.
  • the side members 11 are integral parts of a continuous wire extending entirely around the bottom of the receptacle and having end portions 11a at right angles to the portions 11, and raised to prevent articles falling out of the receptacle.
  • each of the longitudinal extending wires 13 extends beyond the point of fastening to the last cross wire 12 followed by a sharp bend to provide upturned ends 13a all of which are fastened to the end wire 11:: by welding.
  • each of these wires is bent downwardly at 12 1 just Where it extends outwardly under the side frame member 11, such bend having a vertical extent approximately equal to the diameter of the side frame member wire 11 minus the diameter of the wire 13.
  • Each cross wire then extends as indicated at 12b a predetermined distance laterally beyond its associated side frame member 11 and is then bent upfihifihd Patented Aug. 24, 1965 Wardly to form a side wall portion 120.
  • the side wall portions lie generally in vertical planes parallel to each other and laterally outside of the associated side frame members 11 by the above mentioned predetermined distance.
  • the bends 12a permit the tops of wires ill. and 13 to lie at approximately a common level indicated at C, FIG. 7. This permits loads to rest evenly on the bottom right out to the side wall portions 12c.
  • a top side Wall member 14 extends along each of the two opposite sides 'of the receptacle parallel to its associated side frame member 11. These members 14 are rigidly secured as by welding to the upper ends of the side wall portions 120 of the cross wires. Preferably, but not necessarily, each of these top side wall members is bent at the end approximately 180 as indicated at 14:; and then runs backwardly along itself as indicated at 16b parallel to the top side wall member 14. Preferably, but not necessarily, these top members 14b extend to a point near the center of the receptacle and there one end is bent at 140 to overlap the meeting end and thus give a smooth grip when receptacles are to be lifted.
  • the side wall portions 120 of the cross Wires are inclined to the vertical so as to permit the nesting of two or more like receptacles vertically above each other. While these side wall portions 12c could be flared outwardly slightly, it is preferred to incline them upwardly from the bottom and toward the end of the receptacle as indicated in FIGS. 1 and 3. Here all of the wires except the ones at the right-hand end of the receptacles are inclined upwardly and toward the right. These end Wires at the right-hand end of FIGS. 1 and 3 indicated as 120 are inclined upwardly and toward the left so as to give a better finish to the receptacle at that end.
  • Novel tiering seat members 15 are provided near the top of the receptacle and near the opposite ends of the side wall portions.
  • each of these seat members is formed of a metal bracket having its opposite ends welded to its associated top side wall member 14. All of these seat brackets from the ends located in thesame direction or on the same hand, right or left, seen as the left-hand in FIGS. 2 and 6, extend laterally inwardly at 15a from the point of securement to the top side wall member, are then bent approximately at 90 as indicated at 15b to extend generally parallel to the top side wall member and there having an upper edge 15c inclined slightly downwardly toward the right.
  • the angle A in FIG. 6 is approximately 30 to the horizontal.
  • Each upper edge is then preferably recessed downwardly at 15d toward a tiering seat 152.
  • the bracket is again bent about 90 laterally outwardly at 15 and the outer end of the bracket is rigidly secured as by welding to the top side member 14-.
  • the piece 15 provides a bracket wall extending steeply upwardly from the seat 156.
  • each bracket has an ear 15g overlying seat 15e to prevent an upper tiered receptacle from escaping upwardly. There is clearance between this ear and 15c and 15d to permit movement of a wire 12b to and from a seat l5e.
  • a lower tiering support point 12d on the bottom of each of the cross wire portions and located directly beneath the coacting upper tiering seat 15c permits the stacking of like receptacles vertically directly above each other.
  • the dot-dash line X in FIG. 3 indicates that these points are vertically directly in line. While four of the seat members 15 are shown, it will be understood that more might be used, if desired.
  • Flat spots may be provided at 12d if one desires a better tiering support when one receptacle is stacked on top of the other.
  • a first control is shown in FlG. 4 where the iii 1- ited space 7.6 between the side wall portions 120 of the upper receptacle and the top side wall members 14 of the lower receptacle limit the lateral movement of the upper receptacles relative to the lower one.
  • a second control is indicated by the limited sp it? in FIG. 4 between the bottom side frame member ll of the upper receptacle and the bracket wall 15 of the lower receptacle.
  • a third control is the ear 15g lying inside of side wall wire 12 of the upper receptacle as seen PEG. 6. The lower receptacle is prevented from escaping directly upwardly by ear 15g overly ng wire portion 1252 as seen in Flt 6.
  • All four of these coasting parts at the four corners of the receptacle are located in the same direction, toward the 1" 'nt of brackets 15 in FIGS. 1, 3 and 6, and cooperate in the same manner simultaneously so that the upper receptacle moves downwardly to the nested position in the lower receptacle shown in FIG. 3.
  • the space ind'cated at Y in FEGS. 3 6 is sutlici nt to permit a plurality of receptacles to nest together until this space is fully occupied by the wires 12c of several nested baskets.
  • each of the wire portions 120 and 120 is bent slightly or wardly forming an offset as seen at 2 in FIGS.
  • the shape of the seat members 15 renders it easy for an operator to find the proper tiering position of one receptacle on top of another, and the movement of the upper receptacle from tiering position to nesting position in the lower receptacle is accomplished by a very slight upward and horizontal shifting movement after which tie upper receptacle may be simply dropped down to its nesting position as shown in MG. 3.
  • each said seat member is formed of a seat bracket having its opposite ends welded to its associated top side wall member
  • each said seat bracket includes rigid therewith an ear overlying said seat in position to prevent a tiered like receptacle escaping from said seat vertically upward, said ear and said adjacent top side wall member preventing a tiered like receptacle from esca ing laterally, and there being clearance between said ear and the adjacent downwardly inclined upper edge to permit movement of a cross wire tiering point to and from said seat.
  • a receptacle as defined in claim 2 wherein said inclined upper edge is recessed downwardly adjacent said seat at an angle greater than 45 to the horizontal, whereby to prevent a cross wire at said tiering point being accidentally jolted out of tiered position on said seat.
  • each of said top side wall members comprises a top wire extend ing endwise beyond the end ones of said side wall portions of said cross wires and there bent 180 in a downward direction and back parallel to said top wire and in the same vertical plane as said top wire and rigidly secured to said side wall portions of said cross wires, whereby to strengthen the top portion of said receptacle and to space the bottoms of two like receptacles when nested.

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SE354/65A SE307321B (zh) 1964-01-13 1965-01-12
DEM63754A DE1253144B (de) 1964-01-13 1965-01-12 Behaelter zum Aufeinanderstapeln und Ineinanderschachteln
BE658173D BE658173A (zh) 1964-01-13 1965-01-12
FR1781A FR1420345A (fr) 1964-01-13 1965-01-13 Perfectionnements apportés à des réceptacles à emboîtement
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US3503521A (en) * 1968-03-07 1970-03-31 Mid West Metallic Prod Inc Columnar suspendible and nestable receptacles
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US2970714A (en) * 1959-12-21 1961-02-07 Mid West Metallic Prod Inc Wire receptacle construction
US3022900A (en) * 1960-01-11 1962-02-27 Union Steel Prod Co Stacking crates or receptacles
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US3409163A (en) * 1967-11-13 1968-11-05 Warren H. Lockwood Egg and milk crate construction
US3503521A (en) * 1968-03-07 1970-03-31 Mid West Metallic Prod Inc Columnar suspendible and nestable receptacles
US7048131B2 (en) * 1998-04-09 2006-05-23 Gay Kenneth F Open frame shelf assembly

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