Abstract: A container apparatus for exposing an article to an external environment, the apparatus including a sidewall with an interior having an inner surface, the sidewall terminating in a first margin and an opposing second margin. The container apparatus also includes a capsule having an outer periphery and an inner void holding the article, the outer periphery is slidably engaged to the sidewall inner surface, the capsule having a split boundary separating the capsule into a plurality of partial capsule elements. The capsule having a closed state with the partial capsule elements being adjacent at the boundary while slidably engaged to the sidewall with the void separated from the environment and the capsule being able to have an open state without the slidable engagement as the partial capsule elements are separated at the boundary with the void open to the environment, thus exposing the article to the environment.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 20, 2015
Date of Patent:
August 15, 2017
Assignees:
Applied Design Corporation, The United States of America, As Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
Inventors:
Michael C. Messaros, Grady E. Barfoot, Jonathan C. Fragoso, Peter J. Savarie, William C. Pitt