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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2015
Applicant:
Macneil Ip Llc, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
Inventors:
Allan R. Thom, Burr Ridge, IL (US);
Frederick W. Masanek, Jr., Barrington, IL (US);
Assignee:
MACNEIL IP LLC, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 21/0223 (2013.01); B65D 21/0235 (2013.01);
Abstract
Mating engagement surfaces on the bottom panel and lid on each of two or more containers permit the containers to be helically stacked on an axis. As stacked, a front face of one container is displaced from front faces of adjacent ones of the containers by a predetermined angle preselected to be more than zero but less than ninety degrees.