Beverage cruet

Claim 1

A cruet including: an inner receptacle of inverted generally frusto-conical wall shape having a closed bottom, a peripheral outwardly extending offset near its upper extremity, said offset providing an exterior downwardly facing shoulder of a width substantially equal to the thickness of the wall of said inner receptacle, said inner frusto-conical wall having an upper and outwardly tapering wall portion above said offset terminating in an outwardly curved lip which forms the top of the inner receptacle, said inner receptacle being formed of plastic which is of substantially uniform thickness throughout, an outer sleeve comprising a frusto-conical wall portion throughout the major portion of its height, an inwardly and upwardly curved portion at the upper end of said outer sleeve snugly encircling the portion of said inner receptacle below said offset with the upper edge of said outer sleeve engaging said shoulder, the thickness of said sleeve being substantially uniform and substantially equal to the thickness of said the inner receptacle, whereby a neck portion is provided is provided between said lips on said inner container and said inwardly and upwardly curved portion of said outer sleeve, the outer periphery of the curved lip being substantially equal to the inner diameter of the sleeve at its juncture with said inwardly and upwardly curved portion at the upper end of said frusto-conical wall portion, to permit nesting of one cruet into the other to prevent wedging together of stacked cruets.