System bin

• US 7,516,854 B2
• Filed: 12/02/2005
• Issued: 04/14/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Akro-Mils, A Division Of Myers Industries, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Akro-Mils, A Division Of Myers Industries, Inc.
• Inventors: Shamp, Travis, Brown, Jerrold
• Primary Examiner(s): NOVOSAD, JENNIFER ELEANORE
• Application Number:
  US11/291,951
• Publication Number:
  US 20070131632A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,229 Days
• Field of Search: 211/126.13, 211/126.12, 211/126.2, 211/126.4, 211/194, 211/184, 211/59.4, 206/507, 206/504, 206/509, 206/511, 206/512
• US Class Current: 211/126.13
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 87/0261 Independent trays
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 3/14 Display trays or containers combined with racks A47F5/0025; tray partitions A47F5/005; as racks and transportable with merchandise A47F5/108; made of cardboard A47F5/11; stackable A47B87/02; packing boxes used subsequently as display trays B65D
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 21/0212 Containers presenting local stacking elements protruding from the upper or lower edge of a side wall, e.g. handles, lugs, ribs, grooves B65D21/0211, B65D21/0215, B65D21/023 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 25/06 adapted to be fitted in two or more alternative positions

Abstract

A compartmented, stackable and nestable system bin includes a bottom having a rear wall, opposed end walls and a front wall integrally connected thereto. A plurality of spaced divider walls separate the bin into a plurality of compartments. A plurality of notches are formed in a top of each of the divider walls and the end walls and a plurality of grooves are formed in the underside or bottom of each of the compartments with sets of notches on the top of the bin being in vertical alignment with sets of grooves on the bottom of the compartments. The notches of a system bin receive a pair of dowels which support an upper system bin of identical construction when the upper system bin is in stacked relation thereon and the grooves of a system bin receive a pair of dowels positioned in notches on a lower system bin of identical construction when the system bin is in stacked relation on the lower system bin.

Claims

1. A system bin comprising:

a bottom having a rear wall, first and second opposed end walls and a front wall connected thereto;

a plurality of spaced divider walls extending between said front and rear walls to form a plurality of compartments;

at least two sets of longitudinally aligned notches formed in a top of each of said divider walls and a top of each of said end walls; and

at least two sets of longitudinally aligned grooves formed in undersides of said compartments, said grooves being in vertical alignment with said two sets of notches; and

wherein said notches receive a pair of longitudinally extending dowels which support an upper system bin of identical construction when said upper system bin is in stacked relation on said system bin and said grooves receive a pair of dowels positioned in notches on a lower system bin of identical construction when said system bin is in stacked relation on said lower system bin.

2. A system bin according to claim 1 wherein said front wall is lower in height than said rear wall to provide access to said compartments.

3. A system bin according to claim 1 wherein at least one of said compartments includes slots in each divider wall thereof and a partition wall is mounted in said slots to divide said one compartment into a plurality of spaces.

4. A system bin according to claim 3 wherein said partition wall is removable.

5. A system bin according to claim 1 wherein each of said compartments is narrower at a bottom than at a top thereof.

6. A system bin comprising:

a bottom having a rear wall, first and second opposed end walls and a front wall connected thereto;

a plurality of spaced divider walls extending between said front and rear walls to form a plurality of compartments; and

at least two sets of longitudinally aligned notches formed in a top of each of said divider walls and a top of each of said end walls;

at least two sets of longitudinally aligned grooves formed in a undersides of said compartments in vertical alignment with said two sets of aligned notches; and

wherein said notches receive a pair of dowels which support an upper system bin of identical construction when said upper system bin is stacked relation on said system bin and said grooves receive a pair of dowels positioned in notches on a lower system bin of identical construction when said system bin is in stacked relation on said lower system bin; and

wherein each said notch formed in said end walls has a retainer wall therein which prevents a dowel positioned in said notch from sliding longitudinally outwardly of said notch.

7. A system bin according to claim 6 wherein at least one of said compartments includes slots in each divider wall thereof and a partition wall is mounted in said slots to divide said one compartment into a plurality of spaces.

8. A system bin according to claim 7 wherein said partition wall is removable.

9. A system bin according to claim 6 wherein said front wall is lower in height than said rear wall to provide access to said compartments.

10. A system bin according to claim 6 wherein each of said compartments is narrower at a bottom than at a top thereof.

11. A system of bins comprising:

an upper bin and a lower bin;

each said bin including;

a bottom having a rear wall, first and second opposed end walls and a front wall connected thereto;

a plurality of spaced divider walls extending between said front and rear walls to form a plurality of compartments;

at least two sets of longitudinally aligned notches formed in a top of each of said divider walls and a top of each of said end walls;

at least two sets of longitudinally aligned grooves in undersides of said compartments, said grooves being in vertical alignment with said two sets of notches; and

a pair of longitudinally extending dowels received in said notches formed in a top of each of said end walls of said lower bin and in said grooves formed on an underside of said compartments adjacent said first and second end walls.

12. A system of bins according to claim 11 wherein each said notch formed in said end walls has a retainer wall therein which prevents a dowel positioned in each said notch from sliding longitudinally outwardly of said notch.

13. A system of bins according to claim 12 wherein at least one of said compartments includes slots in each side wall thereof and a partition wall is mounted in said slots to divide each compartment into a plurality of spaces.

14. A system of bins according to claim 13 wherein each said partition wall is removable.