Molded containers for storing lubricating oils

Abstract

A molded plastic container including at least one frontal wall, a top wall having at one end thereof a capped neck extending upwardly therefrom and which meets the at least one frontal wall at a vertex portion at an end opposite to the neck, a bottom wall, and a generally horseshoe-shaped, concave recess in the vertex portion. The recess has dimensions sufficient to receive an inverted capped neck of an adjacent molded plastic container, thereby enabling nesting of the containers.

1 . A molded plastic container comprising at least one frontal wall, a top wall having at one end thereof a capped neck extending upwardly therefrom and which top wall meets the at least one frontal wall at a vertex portion at an end opposite to the neck, a bottom wall, and a concave recess in the vertex portion, the recess having dimensions sufficient to receive an inverted capped neck of an adjacent molded plastic container, thereby enabling nesting of said containers.  
   
   
       2 . The container of  claim 1 , wherein the top wall has a downward slope from the neck to the vertex portion.  
   
   
       3 . The container of  claim 1 , wherein the recess has the shape of an incomplete circle, of about 3000.  
   
   
       4 . The container of  claim 1 , which has a volume of about 1 liter.  
   
   
       5 . The container of  claim 1 , containing lubricating oil.  
   
   
       6 . A carton containing a plurality of molded plastic containers of  claim 1 , wherein the capped neck of each of the containers is nested in a recess of an adjacent container in inverted relationship thereto.  
   
   
       7 . The carton of  claim 6 , containing 12 molded plastic containers.