CONTAINER WITH CUP LINERS AND CUP HOLDERS

• US 3,788,487 A
• Filed: 10/21/1971
• Issued: 01/29/1974
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/1971
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Theodore R. Dawson
• Original Assignee: Theodore R. Dawson
• Inventors: Dawson, Theodore R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Schultz, William H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Frankel, Abraham
• Application Number:
  US05/191,330
• Time in Patent Office: 831 Days
• Field of Search: 312/43,42 211/49,59,44,49D,1,125 248/145.3 206/56K,65K 229/1.5H 221/312A,97,303,92,45,33 224/45G 296/22
• US Class Current: 211/49.1
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 1/065 for nested articles, e.g. cups, cones

Abstract

This container has an elongated, cylindrical cavity for positioning cup liners and either a cavity or a pintle for positioning cup holders neatly.

Claims

1. A container with cup liners and cup holders, each cup holder having a handle, said container having a. a body, b. at least one elongated liner cavity in the body with i the longitudinal axis of the cavity vertically oriented, and ii a continuously extending vertical slot in the face thereof, iii said liner cavity open at the top and said slot extending to the top, iv a plurality of inverted, nested cup liners serially stacked in the liner cavity;

c. at least one cup holder positioner on said body, i said cup holder positioner parallel to said cavity, and ii a plurality of cup holders serially stacked on the positioner;

d. fixing means on the body for holding the body in the desired orientation, e. so that a cup holder may be moved upward to disengage it from the positioner, then jammed over a cup liner with the cup holder handle passing down the slot to assemble the cup and then the assembled cup lifted vertically from the liner cavity.

2. The invention as defined in claim 1 with the additional limitation of f. said liner cavity being generally cylindrical in shape.

3. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein said fixing means is f a base by which the body stands on a table.

4. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein said fixing means is f. a tab attached to the body along a back face of the body having g. nail holes in the tab.

5. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein said cup holder positioner is in the form of f. an elongated cylindrical holder cavity in the body, having i a longitudinal axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the liner cavity, ii a transverse dimension less than the transverse dimension of the liner cavity, and iii is open at the top;

g. a continuously extending vertical slot interconnecting the cavity and the face of the body, h. said slot extending to the top of the cavity.

6. The invention as defined in claim 5 wherein said fixing means is j. a base by which the body stands on a table.

7. The invention as defined in claim 5 wherein said fixing means is j. a tab attached to the body along a back face of the body having k. nail holes in the tab.

8. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein said cup holder positioner is in the form of f. a pintle having f. an axis parallel to the axis of said liner cavity, and ii is attached to the body at the bottom of the pintle.

9. The invention as defined in claim 8 wherein said fixing means is g. a base by which the body stands on a table.

10. The invention as defined in claim 8 wherein said fixing means is g. a tab attached to the body along a back face of the body having h. nail holes in the tab.