Title: Mesh covered nested display containers

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1. In a display container, the combination comprising:

a. an upright container, nestable with another of corresponding shape and size, having upwardly and outwardly tapered, transparent, lateral side walls, with free terminal upper edges defining the outline of an open upper end and a horizontal bottom wall closing the lower end of said container;

b. an elongated, tubular envelope of open work, flexible, resilient, thread-like mesh material open at one end and closed at its other end resiliently expandable radially thereof from a normally radially contracted untensioned, wrinkle-free condition substantially less than the diameter of said container, to an expanded, raidally tensioned, wrinkle-free condition at least equal to the maximum outside diameter of said container;

c. said envelope enclosing said container with its closed end extending horizontally below said bottom wall and the remaining portions thereof, in succession from said closed end of said envelope, extending in said radially evenly expanded, tensioned, condition over and yieldably against the outer surface of said lateral side walls and said upper free edges, and then downwardly into said container in a progressively contracted, but yieldably radially expandable, condition with said open end of said envelope terminating adjacent the bottom of said container, whereby said portion extending downwardly into said container will be radially expandable under the influence of another container of corresponding shape and size being nested within a container enclosed by said envelope.

2. The combination as defined in claim 1:

d. said tubular enclosure being approximately double the height of said container, and said portion thereof extending into said container in said retracted, untensioned condition being withdrawable to a progressively retracted condition in upward longitudinal extension of the expanded portion that is in yieldable engagement with the outer surface of said container, thereby providing an open-work portion adapted to extend over produce that may fill said container when said container is free for such withdrawal.

3. The combination as defined claim 1, including;

d. a second container nested within the container enclosed by said envelope; and

e. said contracted portion of said envelope within the container enclosed by said envelope heing radially 16 expanded to wrinkle-free condition under tension against said second container.

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Inventors: Bengert, Willis Ray (Pebble Beach, CA, US)

Application Number: 254544
Filing Date: 1972-05-18
Publication_date: 1976-02-03
Assignee:
Primary Class(es): 206/516 215/10, 215/12.1, 215/377
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

2206694	Jul, 1940	Greene	220/70.
2672981	Mar, 1954	Colgren	206/65.
3022605	Feb, 1962	Reynolds	206/45.
3100487	Aug, 1963	Bathish	206/65.
3369687	Feb, 1968	Walls	215/99.
3499569	Mar, 1970	Wentzel	215/99.

Other Refs: 392,331247,906868,840

May, 1933	UK
Aug, 1962	AU
Feb, 1953	DT

Primary Examiner: Summer, Leonard
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Townsend and Townsend