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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2014
Fisher Scientific Company L.l.c., Fair Lawn, NJ (US);
John T. Glaser, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Jack A. Rodriguez, Bernardsville, NJ (US);
Fisher Scientific Company, L.L.C., Fair Lawn, NJ (US);
Abstract
A product container includes a top portion defining an opening, a bottom portion defining a base, and a central portion including a plurality of sidewalls extending between the top and bottom portions. Three of the sidewalls include discrete planar facets that collectively define a narrowed waist portion, at which the product container has smaller dimensions or a smaller cross sectional area compared to the top portion and the bottom portion. The narrowed waist portion is configured to be gripped by a user for lifting the product container (even when wearing gloves), and a flat product label may also be placed on the product container at the narrowed waist portion. The narrowed waist portion provides a natural gripping location as well as clearance between abutting product containers when multiple abutting product containers are located on a shelf.