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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 20, 1999
Stanley J. Hoium, Jr., Columbia Heights, MN (US);
David J. Schouweiler, Minneapolis, MN (US);
J. R. Johnson Supply, Inc., Roseville, MN (US);
Abstract
A flat (,) for containing a plurality of nestable pots (,). Flat (,) includes a like plurality of “cells” (,) each sized and configured to frictionally hold one of the pots (,). Each cell (,) includes a frame (,) and a plurality of “struts” (,), each strut including a top portion (,) and a bottom portion (,). The top and bottom strut portions have different angles, so that only the strut bottom portions, which are angled at approximately the same angle as the sides of the pots (,), actually grip the pot(s); whereas the strut top portions (,) angle away from the pots and do not frictionally grip same. Preferably, the strut bottom portions (,) grip the bottom portion of the lower pot (of a stack of nested pots) in register with the “dead space” (,) between the nested pots. The result is that only the bottom/outer pot (,) of a stack of nested pots is frictionally held by the struts, and the inner/upper pot(s) (,) can be readily removed without having to also remove or disturb the lower pot (,) in the stack.