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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2006
James S. Blythe, Libertyville, IL (US);
Toby R. Thomas, Pleasant Prairie, WI (US);
Robert Peterson, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Donald A. Lehman, Chicago, IL (US);
Reiner Jargosh, Albuquerque, NM (US);
James S. Blythe, Libertyville, IL (US);
Toby R. Thomas, Pleasant Prairie, WI (US);
Robert Peterson, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Donald A. Lehman, Chicago, IL (US);
Reiner Jargosh, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Reynolds Consumer Products Inc., Lake Forest, IL (US);
Abstract
A modular container assembly comprises first, second and third containers. Each of the containers includes a continuous body portion and a rim. The rim encompasses and projects laterally outwardly from the body portion. The rim has a first feature projecting generally upwardly therefrom and a corresponding second feature being adapted to be releasably engageable with another one of the first feature. The rims of the containers are substantially identical. The containers are releasably engaged to each other by fitting respective upwardly-projecting features into the corresponding feature of another container or into the upwardly-projecting feature of another container. At least one of the first, second and third containers is inverted with respect to the remaining containers so as to form a modular container assembly.