Dispensing container with display compartment

• US 4,574,947 A
• Filed: 09/11/1984
• Issued: 03/11/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/1984
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Alexander W. Hutchings
• Original Assignee: Alexander W. Hutchings
• Inventors: Hutchings, Alexander W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Shoap, Allan N.
• Assistant Examiner(s): GEHMAN, BRYON P
• Application Number:
  US06/649,438
• Time in Patent Office: 546 Days
• Field of Search: 206/45.31, 206/45.34, 206/44.11, 206/216, 220/340, 220/334, 220/345, 220/377, 220/23, 220/94 R, 229/17, 222/130, 222/556
• US Class Current: 220/505
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 21/0237 Rigid or semi-rigid containers provided with a recess on their external surface for accommodating a smaller container

Abstract

A dispensing container incorporating front, rear and end walls, a bottom wall, and being normally opened at the top. The container is configured so that the upper edges of the walls thereof define vertically spaced apart upper and lower parallel edge portions interconnected by an intervening inclined portion. A closure of complementary contour to the configuration of the upper open end of the container is provided, with there being a hinged closure flap in normal covering relation to the container upper edge portion. By reason of the configuration of the container, a relatively reduced volume is presented beneath the closure flap for facilitating content dispensation. An independent chamber-defining member is slidably received upon said closure for creating an article display compartment. The container and chamber-defining member are fabricated of transparent plastic material.

Claims

1. A dispensing container having a front wall, a rear wall, end walls connecting said front and rear walls, and a bottom wall, said container being normally open to the top, the upper edges of the front, rear and end walls being configured to provide upper and lower horizontal portions with there being an intervening, interconnecting inclined portion, a closure member for closing the normally open top of said container having upper and lower horizontal planar portions with an intervening inclined planar portion complementary to the configuration of the upper and lower horizontal and inclined portions configured by the upper edges of said front, rear, and end walls for operative disposition thereon, a chamber-forming member having an upper wall, side walls depending therefrom and an outer end wall, said chamber forming member being normally open in its bottom portion and in its opposite or inner end portion, the edges at the inner ends of said last-mentioned side walls being complementary to the degree of inclination of the inclined portion of said closure member, means for detachably engaging said chamber-forming member on said closure member for operatively cooperating therewith for effecting development of an enclosed chamber for article reception and display.

2. A dispensing container as defined in claim 1 wherein the side walls and the outer end wall of the chamber-forming member are of such height as to present the upper wall thereof in substantial planar alignment with the upper horizontal planar portion of said closure member when said closure member and said chamber-forming member are in operative disposition.

3. A dispensing container as defined in claim 1 or 2 wherein the chamber-forming member side walls are provided with inwardly opening grooves in the lower end portions thereof, and said closure member is provided with outwardly projecting tongue-forming side edges on the lower horizontal planar portion thereof for engagement within said grooves for maintaining said chamber-forming member in operative position.

4. A dispenser container as defined in claims 1 or 2 wherein said chamber-forming member being fabricated of transparent material for facilitating display of the contents thereof.

5. A container as defined in claim 1 wherein said upper planar portion of said closure member is hingedly engaged to the inclined planar portion of said closure member for constituting a closure flap.

6. A container as defined in claim 5 wherein latching means are provided upon said closure flap and the adjacent wall portion of said container for retaining said flap against accidental opening.

7. A container as defined in claim 1 or 2 wherein said closure member is provided with a flange depending from the inclined portion and lower planar portion thereof, said flange being located spacedly inwardly from the extremity of the adjacent edges of said planar portions for disposition within the interior of the container and in abutting relationship to the adjacent portions of the proximate walls of said container.

8. A container as defined in claim 7 wherein adhesive tape members are provided for interengaging said closure member and said container.