IP Library Granted Patent US 11,834,257
Granted Patent B2
US 11,834,257 · App. 17/867,178 · Granted Dec 5, 2023

Stackable bulk container

Inventors: Clark Austin Holden (Springfield, MO); Deborah Nichole Holden (Springfield, MO); Rodney Arthur Mease (Reeds Spring, MO); Peter Joseph Brunn (Hilton Head Island, SC); Gregory Paul Stout (Stow, OH); Dwayne Holden (Springfield, MO)
Assignee: Custom Metalcraft, Inc.
B65D88/022B65D19/003B65D21/0209B65D88/02B65D88/54B65D2588/125
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,834,257
App. No.
17/867,178
Granted
Dec 5, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A stackable container system is configured to provide stacked receptacles for receiving bulk material therein. The stackable container system includes a first receptacle configured to provide a respective stacked receptacle. The first receptacle includes a receptable bottom, a receptable top, and a receptacle side extending along an upright container axis between the receptacle bottom and top, with the first receptacle presenting a container chamber. The receptacle top is configured to at least partly support another one of the stacked receptacles stacked relative thereto along the upright container axis. The receptacle top and the receptacle side have, respectively, a top peripheral margin and a side peripheral margin that extend laterally about the upright container axis, with at least part of the top peripheral margin being laterally outboard of the side peripheral margin. At least part of the top peripheral margin is interconnected to the side peripheral margin along a transition section that extends laterally between the receptacle top and the receptacle side.

Claims (26)

1. A stackable container system configured to provide stacked receptacles for receiving bulk material therein, said stackable container system comprising:

a first receptacle configured to provide a respective stacked receptacle and including a receptable bottom, a receptable top, and a receptacle side extending along an upright container axis between the receptacle bottom and top, with the first receptacle presenting a container chamber,

said receptacle top being configured to at least partly support another one of the stacked receptacles stacked relative thereto along the upright container axis,

said receptacle top and said receptacle side having, respectively, a top peripheral margin and a side peripheral margin that extend laterally about the upright container axis,

said receptacle top having corner sections that define at least part of the top peripheral margin so that the receptacle top has a generally square profile shape,

said receptacle side having rounded corner segments each associated with a respective corner section of the receptacle top and located below the respective corner section,

each of said corner sections having at least a portion thereof laterally outboard of a respective corner segment and operable to support the stacked receptacle when stacked relative to the first receptacle,

each of said corner sections being interconnected to the respective corner segments along a transition section that extends outboard from the receptacle side to the receptacle top,

said receptacle top including discrete pillars spaced apart from one another and a fill neck located between the pillars,

said pillars being located at least partly above the fill neck; and

a shutoff wall fixed inside at least one of the pillars to define a subchamber and seal off the subchamber from the remainder of the container chamber.

2. The stackable container system as claimed in claim 1 ,

said receptacle side including a rib extending vertically between the receptacle bottom and top.

3. The stackable container system as claimed in claim 1 ,

said pillars forming the corner sections of the receptacle top, with the corner sections being laterally outboard from the side peripheral margin and operable to support the stacked receptacle when stacked relative to the first receptacle.

4. The stackable container system as claimed in claim 3 ,

each of said pillars including a hollow structure that defines a respective part of the container chamber.

5. The stackable container system as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a pallet supported on the receptacle top and configured to support the another receptacle in a location stacked above the first receptacle.

6. The stackable container system as claimed in claim 5 ,

said receptacle top having corner sections that define at least part of the top peripheral margin so that the receptacle top has a generally square profile shape,

said corner sections being laterally outboard from the side peripheral margin and operable to support the stacked receptacle when stacked relative to the first receptacle.

7. The stackable container system as claimed in claim 6 ,

said pallet having pallet corners engaged with respective corner sections of the receptacle top.

8. The stackable container system as claimed in claim 5 , further comprising:

a second receptacle configured to provide a respective stacked receptacle and being supported on the pallet above the first receptacle.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 29, 2023
From: TANK HOLDING CORP.
To: ANTARES CAPITAL LP, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 065984/0768 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2023
From: CUSTOM METALCRAFT, INC.
To: TANK HOLDING CORP.
Reel/Frame 065817/0945 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 19, 2022
From: HOLDEN, CLARK AUSTIN; HOLDEN, DEBORAH NICHOLE; MEASE, RODNEY ARTHUR; BRUNN, PETER JOSEPH; STOUT, GREGORY PAUL
To: CUSTOM METALCRAFT, INC.
Reel/Frame 060552/0047 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16810330 · Mar 5, 2020
Provisional Application 62852077 · May 23, 2019
Related Publication 20220348403A1 · Nov 3, 2022