1970 March 24 (issue date) / 1967 October 18 (filing date), Anthony N. Konstant and Burt E. Schell, Jr. (assignors to Speedrack Inc., an Illinois corporation), Patent 3,502,227 — Storage Rack (current US classification: 211‒177; international classification: A47f 5/10); pages 3 and 4:
A rack structure adapted to permit vertical stacking […] with the corner supports of a similar rack structure stacked vertically thereatop with the upper portions of said upper support members lying generally adjacent and inward of the lower portions of the lower support members of the overlying rack structure […]
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A rack structure adapted to permit vertical stacking with […] corner supports being designed to nest with the corner supports of a similar rack structure stacked vertically thereatop with the upper portions of said upper support members lying generally adjacent the lower portions of the lower support members of the overlying rack structure, […]
i do wish “thereatop” was a word, so i could castigate my vile opponents for ignoring the malignant effects of grading an entire hillside and removing “the aforementioned trees that had heretofore so peacefully reposed thereatop.”
2006 April 13 (issue date) / 2005 October 6 (filing date), Patrick Kennedy, United States Patent 20,060,075,974: Insect proof food and/or water dish (kind code: A1; application 244,582; primary class: 119/61.5; international classes: A01K 5/01 20060101 A01K005/01):
U.S. Pat. № 533,017 issued to Peeler discloses a singular stand having a receptacle filled with water and or insecticide surrounding the stand and adjacent to the base thereof. This singular stand presents a greater propensity for the platform resting thereatop to tip. This increases the likelihood that the food and/or water will be contaminated with the insecticide and further infested by insects.
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FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the feeder for use by animals of the present invention as shown in FIG. 2 including the adapter of FIG. 3 positioned thereatop; […]
