Open container for transport and for presentation of goods

Abstract

An open container, in particular a plastic container, for transporting and displaying goods. The open container has a bottom, a rear wall protruding from the bottom, two opposite side walls protruding from the bottom, and a front wall provided with a cutout or a completely open end side. The open container can be mated with a further, identical container turned upside down to form a closed container. The side walls have side wall portions that may be trapezoidal or crenellated. The side wall portions are offset to each other laterally or in the transverse direction of the wall and overlap with corresponding side wall portions of the identical, upside-down container, preferably over the entire height of the side wall portions, and are fitted together.

1 . An open container for transporting and displaying goods, the open container comprising:
 a bottom;   a rear wall protruding from the bottom;   a first side wall protruding from the bottom;   a second side wall protruding from the bottom, the second side wall positioned opposite the first side wall; and   a front wall provided with a cutout or a completely open front side,   the first side wall comprising first side wall portions that are offset from one another laterally or in a direction transverse to a length of the first side wall,   the second side wall comprising second side wall portions that are offset from one another laterally or in a direction transverse to a length of the second side wall,   the first side wall portions and the second side wall portions configured to mate with corresponding side wall portions of a second open container that is configured identically to the open container,   the first side wall portions and the second side wall portions configured to mate with the corresponding side wall portions of the second open container when the first open container is in a first orientation and the second open container is in a second orientation that is inverted relative to the first orientation,   the first side wall portions and the second side wall portions of the first open container configured to mate with said corresponding side wall portions of the second open container in such a way that the first side wall portions and the second side wall portions overlap the corresponding side wall portions over an entire height of the first side wall portions, second side wall portions and corresponding side wall portions,   the open container configured to mate with the second open container to form a closed container.   
     
     
         2 . The open container according to  claim 1 , wherein the first side wall portions, second side wall portions and corresponding side wall portions are trapezoidal or crenellated. 
     
     
         3 . The open container according to  claim 1 , wherein the bottom wall is hingedly connected to at least one of the first side wall, the second side wall, the rear wall and the front wall. 
     
     
         4 . The open container according to  claim 1 , wherein the first side wall portions partially overlap in a longitudinal direction of the first side wall, and the second side wall portions partially overlap in a longitudinal direction of the second side wall. 
     
     
         5 . The open container according to  claim 4 , wherein:
 the first side wall is hingedly connected to the bottom,   the second side wall is hingedly connected to the bottom,   the first side wall portions overlap in the longitudinal direction of the first side wall in a first overlap region where the first side wall and the bottom are hingedly connected, the first overlap region forming a first reinforced portion, and   the second side wall portions overlap in the longitudinal direction of the second side wall in a second overlap region where the second side wall and the bottom are hingedly connected, the second overlap region forming a second reinforced portion.   
     
     
         6 . The open container according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the first side wall portions and the second side wall portions of the open container are configured to lie parallel next to the corresponding side wall portions of the second open container when the open container and the second open container are mated together, and   the first side wall portions and the second side wall portions each form a double side wall with the corresponding side wall portions when the open container and the second open container are mated together.   
     
     
         7 . The open container according to  claim 1 , wherein one or more of the front wall, the first side wall portions, the second side wall portions and the corresponding side wall portions have recesses. 
     
     
         8 . The open container according to  claim 7 , wherein the recesses form a honeycomb-shaped grid. 
     
     
         9 . The open container according to  claim 7 , wherein the first side wall portions and the second side wall portions each include inwardly-disposed wall portions and outwardly-disposed wall portions, the inwardly-disposed wall portions comprising at least some of the recesses, and the outwardly-disposed wall portions forming continuous side wall portions without recesses. 
     
     
         10 . The open container according to  claim 7 , wherein the front wall comprises at least some of the recesses. 
     
     
         11 . The open container according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the rear wall forms a rear-side container wall portion with one of the first side wall portions and one of the second side wall portions,   the rear-side container wall portion extends over an entire height of the open container, and   the rear-side container wall portion is configured to cover a front wall of the second open container when the open container is mated with the second open container.   
     
     
         12 . The open container according to  claim 1 , further comprising a third side wall portion that merges with the rear wall in an L-shape. 
     
     
         13 . The open container according to  claim 1 , wherein the first side wall portions and the second side wall portions collectively form an upper rim configured to support the second open container when the second open container is placed on top of the open container in a stacked arrangement. 
     
     
         14 . The open container according to  claim 13 , further comprising a latch at the bottom, the latch being configured to receive and secure an upper rim of the second open container when the open container is stacked on top of the second open container. 
     
     
         15 . The open container according to  claim 1 , wherein the open container is a plastic container.