Battery package with multiple support compartments
US6478158B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 15, 1999 |
| Grant date | Nov 12, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 15, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65D2585/88
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A retail package for round cell batteries is a transparent single sheet thermoformed clamshell having a cover connected along a hinge to a base which receives an array of upwardly extending batteries. The base has a side wall which extends upwardly from a flat bottom wall. The side wall has a lower section which is substantially perpendicular to the bottom wall and has a zero degree draft angle. Semicylindrical pockets are defined by the base wall lower portion and batteries are positioned in the pockets two abreast. Thus, each battery is engaged by a portion of the side wall and another battery. Hence, a partially emptied container will still retain most of the batteries upright. The cover has a downwardly extending skirt with an inwardly extending semicircular closure tab which engages beneath a lip formed on the base side wall. The lid closure may be released by pressing the base side wall. More than two rows of batteries may be accommodated within a package by providing the lower side wall with an intermediate segment which extends upwardly from the bottom wall within the container to divide the container into a plurality of compartments, each compartment having portions defini…
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