Container

Abstract

A container for housing granulated products is disclosed. The container has a body portion having a recessed base, at least one wall, a closure adapted to be releasably sealed on the body portion, and a circumferential channel which circumnavigates the recessed base. The channel is adapted to receive a scoop bucket so that the contents of the container can be easily removed.

1 . A container comprising: 
 a. a body portion having a first at least one wall and a recessed base;    b. a closure adapted to be releasably sealed on said body portion;    c. a circumferential channel defined by said body portion first at least one wall and said recessed base, wherein the channel circumnavigates the perimeter of said recessed base; and    d. a scoop having a handle coupled to a bucket, wherein said bucket is adapted to be received by said circumferential channel.    
   
   
       2 . The container in  claim 1 , wherein a radius of said bucket is substantially equal to a radius of said channel.  
   
   
       3 . The container in  claim 1 , wherein a radius of said bucket is smaller than the radius of said channel.  
   
   
       4 . The container in  claim 1 , wherein said body portion is generally cylindrical in shape.  
   
   
       5 . The container in  claim 1 , wherein said body portion is generally oval in shape.  
   
   
       6 . The container in  claim 1 , wherein said body portion has front, back and side walls which connect to each other by rounded corners and terminate at a circular top portion.  
   
   
       7 . The container in  claim 6 , wherein said circular top portion connects to said rounded corners by an inwardly sloping shoulder.  
   
   
       8 . The container in  claim 1 , wherein said body portion has a generally cylindrically first portion and a generally cylindrical second portion, and wherein the diameter of said second portion is smaller than the diameter of said first portion.  
   
   
       9 . The container in  claim 8 , wherein the cylindrical first portion and the cylindrical second portion connect to each other by an inwardly sloping circumferential shoulder.  
   
   
       10 . The container in  claim 8 , wherein the cylindrical first portion connects to said recessed base by a rounded corner.  
   
   
       11 . The container in  claim 1 , said body portion further comprising a heel intermediate said recessed base and said first at least one wall.  
   
   
       12 . The container in  claim 1 , said closure further comprising: 
 a. at least one closure side wall;    b. a top wall coupled to said at least one closure side wall; and    c. an upwardly extending protrusion extending from said top wall, said protrusion being shaped and sized to be received by a recessed base of another container.    
   
   
       13 . The container in  claim 12 , said body portion further comprising an outwardly extending circumferential first flange located proximate a top edge of said first at least one side wall, and said closure further comprising an inwardly extending second flange located on an inner circumference of said second at least one side wall that engages said first flange for releasably securing said closure to said body portion.  
   
   
       14 . The container in  claim 1 , said closure further comprising: 
 a. at least one closure side wall;    b. a top wall coupled to said at least one closure side wall; and    c. a recessed portion shaped and sized to receive a heel of another container.    
   
   
       15 . The container in  claim 14 , said body portion further comprising an outwardly extending circumferential first flange located proximate a top edge of said first at least one side wall, and said closure further comprising an inwardly extending second flange located on an inner circumference of said second at least one side wall that engages said first flange for releasably securing said closure to said body portion.  
   
   
       16 . The container in  claim 1 , wherein said recessed base is shaped and sized to receive an upwardly extending protrusion of another container.  
   
   
       17 . A container comprising: 
 a. a body portion having at least one wall and a recessed base;    b. a closure adapted to be releasably sealed on said body portion;    c. an arcuate inner surface defined by said at least one wall and said recessed base, wherein the arcuate inner surface circumnavigates the perimeter of said recessed base and has a radius; and    d. a scoop having a handle coupled to a bucket, wherein said bucket has a radius that is substantially equal to the radius of the arcuate inner surface.    
   
   
       18 . The container in  claim 17 , wherein said body portion has a generally cylindrically first portion and a generally cylindrical second portion, and wherein the diameter of said second portion is smaller than the diameter of said first portion.  
   
   
       19 . The container in  claim 18 , wherein the cylindrical first portion and the cylindrical second portion connect to each other by an inwardly sloping circumferential shoulder.  
   
   
       20 . The container in  claim 19 , wherein the cylindrical first portion connects to said recessed base by a rounded corner.