Abstract: A sheet container has, formed in the bottom face of the container body, a non-attached part where the film layers are left partially unattached to each other. An filled part is formed by enclosing a filler between the film layers at the non-attached part. A side part of the filled part is a side bulging part bulging toward the skirt part. The side bulging part presses a pressed part above the lower edge of the skirt part from the inside toward the sideward. The lower edge of the skirt part is disposed inwardly from the pressed part.

Abstract: A can bottle in a bottomed, cylindrical configuration, which is constructed of a metal material has a cylindrical side wall and a bottom joined to and integrated with the side wall. The said bottom includes domed portions that flex and extend downwardly and outwardly, and flexed support legs formed by extending a plurality of peripheral edge sites of the domed portions arranged at uniform angles further downwardly and outwardly in a flexed fashion. The bottom satisfies a condition: 1.04?R3/D?1.67 where R3 (mm) is the radius of curvature that defines the curvature of the domed portion at the bottom, and D (mm) is the diameter of the cylindrical side wall. In addition ribs are formed at possible grounding sites of the flexed support legs at said bottom in a direction crossing the radial direction.

Abstract: A mounting assembly for supporting a fuel supply on a vehicle, which is adapted for operable support and positioning of an auxiliary fuel supply. The vehicle may vary significantly, but is primarily structured for use on mine haul vehicles, bulldozers, and other heavy duty vehicles, wherein the operation thereof is enhanced through the provision of an auxiliary, or alternate fuel supply such as, but not limited to, liquid natural gas (LNG), selectively powering the engine as determined by an improved electronic control system. The mounting assembly comprises a containment structure including at least one fuel tank and a housing structured to enclose the fuel tank. A base supports both the housing and the fuel tank and a shield assembly protects the fuel tank against impact in the working environment of the vehicle.

Abstract: A molded bottle for liquids is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the bottle includes a hollow body portion adapted to store liquids therein, with an opening on a top of the body portion to access an interior of the bottle. In addition, the bottle includes a sidewall that extends outward around a bottom periphery of the body portion, where the bottle is supported by an edge of the sidewall when the bottle is placed on a planar surface. The sidewall is configured to flex when the bottle is pressed down onto the planar surface to form a vacuum between the body portion and the planar surface to prevent the bottle from moving.

Abstract: This invention provides a self-supporting container (10; 110; 210; 310) having at least one wall (36; 336), a base (52; 152; 252; 352) and a top (50; 350). The top has a closable spout (54) whereby the container is suitable for storing and transporting materials such as a drinks and other liquids. The wall is made of plastics material and includes at least one wall air chamber (26; 226; 326). The base has at least one base air chamber (84, 86), the at least one base air chamber having a dimension (2d) which is greater than a dimension (w) of the base whereby the base of the container is concave. The concave shape of the base makes the container more stable in use. There is also provided a blank for making the container, and a method of manufacturing the container blank.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a large capacity self-standing container at a low cost. A container comprises a lower container member and an upper container member joined at joint portions. The container has a content space formed by a lower container face and an upper container face, and lower flanges. The lower container face has a concave bottom container face at the bottom, which forms a concave bottom face wherein an object to be contained is fixed. The container is structured so that when at least one of the lower flanges and the bottom container face are arranged on a horizontal plane, a line perpendicularly projected to the horizontal surface from the gravity center of the container passes an area framed by a contact portion between the at least one of the lower flanges and the horizontal surface and a contact portion between the bottom container face and the horizontal surface.

Abstract: A storage bin support system for providing a leg structure to better support the storage bin and allow for easier access underneath. The storage bin support system generally includes a bin for holding the particulate material, wherein the bin includes a roof, sidewalls, and a base, and wherein the roof includes an inlet for filling the bin and wherein the base includes an outlet for emptying the bin, and a supporting framework for supporting the bin above a ground surface in an upright position, wherein supporting framework includes an outer framework and an inner framework interconnecting the outer framework with the base. The outer framework is spaced along an outer perimeter of the bin and the inner framework includes a plurality of upper angled supports comprising an upper end and optionally a plurality of lower angled supports comprising a lower end.

Abstract: A container comprising a pail, removable cover, and a gasket disposed between the cover and the pail is disclosed. The pail has an angled bead at the proximal end of the pail and a plurality of satellite rings that extend circumferentially around the pail and form a wall junction with the pail. The wall junction has a substantially constant wall thickness. A bail ear is formed to connect at least two of the satellite rings to define an opening between the bail ear and the body. The pail also includes a shock absorbing wall section.

Abstract: A system for processing a simplified plastic container (C) that is to be filled with a hot product includes the step of blow-molding parison to form a container body, where the container body has a neck, a base, a side surface relatively free of structural geometry that surrounds an interior of the container body and, prior to being filled with the hot product, a projection (12) extending from the container body. After the container body is filled with a hot product in a production line, the neck of the filled container body is capped with a cap and then, the container body is cooled. During the cooling operation, the hot product is contracted so that the projection extending from the container can be pushed (P) into the container body like a traditional push-up so that the resultant, filled and cooled container body is relatively free of structural geometry.

Abstract: A kitchen utensil is disclosed as including a body member, a switch member, and a suction member, wherein when said suction member rests on a support surface, said switch member is swivellable relative to said body member and said suction member between a first position in which the space between said suction member and said support surface is of a first volume and a second position in which at least part of said suction member is moved away from said surface whereby the space between said suction member and said support surface is of a second volume which is larger than said first volume to releasably secure said utensil to said support surface.

Abstract: A container (10) with lower and upper parts of formed plastic sheeting, is constructed of two identical elements (12, 14) that can close and latch to each other to form a closed container by turning a second of the elements upside down to make it the upper element, and pressing it down against the lower first element. The lower element includes a base wall (20) which is the bottommost wall and which has a vertical axis (22), upstanding side walls (24), and a flange (30) extending radially away from the top of the side walls. Along a left half (34) of the lower element, the flange forms an upward projection(s) (42), and along the right half (36) of the lower element the flange forms an upwardly-opening groove (44). Each projection and groove extends in a zig-zag line along the flange.

Abstract: The invention provides a stable feeding/watering dish for pets which is facilitated by suction cups positioned on the bottom or substructure of the dish.

Abstract: A lightweight transportable container is disclosed in which the wall, roof, and floor of the container are laminated panels bonded together to form a rigid monolithic structure. The container is formed of nonmetallic materials, is stackable, and has a payload more than eight times greater than the tare weight of the container. The container is particularly useful in hostile and extreme temperature environments and is designed to withstand the application of numerous forces from various directions, such as those typically applied, for example, in ISO certification testing.

Abstract: A paper container includes a base disk and a peripheral wall having a ledge extending from a bottom edge of the peripheral wall to engage with a bottom face of the base disk, a side wall integrally formed adjacent to the ledge and having an inner surface to engage with a peripheral edge of the base disk, a knurl formed between the ledge and the side wall for engagement with a surface and a lip ring formed on a top edge of the peripheral wall such that an annular space is formed between the base disk and the peripheral wall.

Abstract: A container has a polygonal and generally planar floor panel having a plurality of edges, an upper face, and a lower face. Respective side walls extend upward from the edges of the floor panel and a plurality of ribs extend downward from the lower face of the floor panel adjacent the edge. An annular floor strip fixed to the ribs forms therewith an annular array of pockets having horizontally outwardly open mouths. In accordance with the invention closure strips engaged over the mouths horizontally close the pockets and are fixed permanently to the mouths of the pockets. The floor panel, side walls, ribs, and floor strip are unitarily formed of plastic.

Abstract: A food package including a tray and a sleeve surrounding the tray where the sleeve includes at least one end flap extending therefrom and mechanically secured to the tray. In this way, the tray may be effectively retained within the sleeve. The at least one end flap also provides for increased structural integrity of the sleeve.

Abstract: A food package including a tray and a sleeve surrounding the tray where the tray includes a rigid cover member secured thereto. The rigid cover member includes a first top surface and a second top surface elevated above the first top surface. The sleeve includes a front panel having an opening formed therein. The front panel of the sleeve is disposed adjacent the first top surface of the rigid cover member and the second top surface is received in the opening formed in the front panel so as to effectively retain the tray within the sleeve.

Abstract: A collapsible, fiber, bulk container which is made-up of a plurality of sidewalls joined by connectors to form a tubular body. The body is closed off by top and bottom members telescopically engaging said body. The bottom may be reinforced by a strut member to insure that the bottom does not warp and collapse. A reinforcing strap is also secured around the body.

Abstract: A box-shaped container of plastics material, particularly a storage and transport container includes a bottom with a flat upper side and a bottom side which is stabilized by stiffening ribs. Flat webs extending in a plane parallel to the plane of the bottom extend along the rim of the bottom. The flat webs form in the manner of a frame a center field of the bottom. The stiffening ribs in the center field intersect each other in the manner of a grid. The flat webs form support surfaces of the container and rest spaced apart from the plane of the bottom on stiffening ribs arranged transversely of the rim of the bottom. Pocket-shaped free spaces are formed between the bottom side of the container bottom, the upper sides of the flat webs and the transversely extending stiffening ribs, wherein the free spaces are completely open to the side of the rim of the bottom.

Abstract: A box-shaped container of plastics material, particularly a storage and transport container. The container includes a bottom which has a plane upper side and an underside which is stabilized by means of stiffening ribs. Flat webs extend along a bottom edge of the container in direction of the plane of the bottom. The flat webs are supported at a distance underneath the bottom plane by means of additional stiffening ribs which extend transversely of the bottom edge. The flat webs form the bottom surface of the container. Pocket-like free spaces are defined between the underside of the bottom, the upper sides of the flat webs and the transversely directed stiffening ribs. The free spaces are completely open at the bottom edge. The inwardly directed border edges of the flat webs are spaced at a distance from the stiffening ribs on the underside of the bottom which extend parallel to the inner edges, so that downwardly open passages are defined in the pocket-like free spaces at the inwardly directed border edges.

Abstract: A container for bulk material and the like, and the method of manufacture therefor. The container comprises a bottom wall with side walls extending upwardly from the bottom wall and oriented such that when the side walls are substantially vertical, the bottom wall is at an angle to the horizontal. An upper wall is connected to the side walls, the upper wall having an opening defined therethrough to enable the container to be filled or emptied. A support for holding the container in a substantially upright position is provided. The support includes a first foot integrally formed with the bottom wall and extending therefrom to lie in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the bottom wall, and a second foot removably attached to the first foot in a first configuration, and detachably engagable with the first foot in a second configuration different from the first configuration to lie in a plane perpendicular to the first foot.

Abstract: A pail assembly including a plastic pail and a plastic lid which can be snap fit sealed to the top of the pail. To reduce excessive outward doming of the lid and the pail floor caused by internal pail pressures, due for example to chemical reactions of hazardous material contents, rib structures are formed on and extend across the interior surfaces of both the floor and the lid. To prevent this doming the floor is also formed to be bowed upwardly at its center with a small curvature radius. A large radius connection of the floor to the pail sidewall better distributes impact stresses. A locating ring channel is formed on the lid surface and is dimensioned to receive therein the feet of two different size pails when the pails are loaded and stacked. Ribs on the outside and inside of the channel resist the tipping of the pails of either size when alternatively stacked thereon.

Abstract: A collapsible, fiber, bulk container which is made-up of a plurality of sidewalls joined by connectors to form a tubular body. The body is closed off by top and bottom members telescopically engaging said body. The bottom may be reinforced by a strut member to insure that the bottom does not warp and collapse. A reinforcing strap is also secured around the body.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for automatically constructing a polypeptide of high purity, up to 50 amino acids in length, using only single couplings. The apparatus includes an activation system for receiving protected amino acids, one kind at a time, having a common vessel (an activator vessel) in which to activate each of the amino acids. Also included is a reaction vessel for containing a resin used in solid-phase peptide synthesis for attaching a peptide chain thereto. A transfer system is also provided, which operates under control of a computer, to transfer the activated species from the activation system to the reaction vessel and to transfer amino acids, reagents, gases, and solvents from one part of the apparatus to another. The activator system also includes a temperature controlled concentrator vessel in which an activator solvent is replaced by a coupling solvent to enhance the coupling of the activated species to the peptide chain in the reaction vessel.

Abstract: An inflatable beverage container defined by concentric inner and outer cylindrical walls which further define an annular chamber therebetween, the cylindrical walls terminating in a semi-rigid inverted "V shaped" upper lip which defines a top end of the container, and a planar base which circumferentially defines the bottom end of the container, the container further having an inflatable handle in fluidic communication with the annular chamber, the container additionally having an integral apparatus for introducing air into the annular chamber for inflation or deflation thereof for easy storage.