Appeal No. 96-3999
Application No. 08/395,719
APPENDIX
1. A first stackable container for seasonings, such as
salt, pepper and spices, comprising:
a hollow cylinder having an integral top wall and an
integral bottom wall, a tubular mouth member formed integral with
the top wall and centrally located on the top wall coaxial with
the hollow cylinder, said tubular mouth member having external
threads thereon and having a reduced diameter with respect to the
diameter of said top wail and extending upwardly from the plane
of said top wall;
said bottom wall having a circular well centrally formed
therein coaxial with said cylinder and extending upwardly into
the interior of said cylinder, and said well having a selected
diameter to receive the tubular mouth member of a second like
container to enable the first container to be stacked on top of
the second container;
a cover having an internally threaded annular skirt portion
removably mounted on said tubular mouth member in threaded
engagement therewith and with said skirt portion extending down
over said tubular mouth member, and in which the outer diameter
of the annular skirt portion of said cover and the inner diameter
of the well are selected to enable the first container to be
stacked over the second container in a close fitting sliding
interlocking relationship.
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