Closure Situated By Resilient Distortion And Retained By Preformed Configuration (e.g., Detent) Patents (Class 220/834)
  • Publication number: 20100193397
    Abstract: A container with child-resistant fastening means, the container comprising base (31), a lid (32), and a hinge (33) connecting the base (31) to the lid (32) and about which the lid (32) is movable between an open position and a closed position, the fastening means comprising first interlocking means (31A, 32A) for resisting opening movement of the lid (31) in a first direction (D) relative to the base portion (31) and which is releasable upon relative movement between the lid (32) and base (31) in a second direction (B), and second interlocking means (31B) which resist relative movement of the lid (32) and base (31) in the second direction (B) and which is releasable upon pressure (C) being applied to release means (42A, 42B) in two spaced apart locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: MEAD WESTVACO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter A. Farrar, Anthony H. Fraser
  • Publication number: 20100072218
    Abstract: A blister package is provided including a blister for holding and dispensing articles. The blister package includes a backing and a blister defining an opening and having an integral, re-closable closure for selectively covering the opening. The closure may include snap elements that can be snap-fitted into notches in the blister for securely retaining the blister in a closed position. Optionally, the closure may joined to the blister by an integral, flexible fastener, which may be a strap and/or a living hinge. A method of packaging an article in a blister package includes: (a) forming a plastic blister, (b) forming an opening in the blister, and (c) forming a closure integral with the blister for covering the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: DISPLAY PACK, INC.
    Inventors: Marc R. Meyer, David H. Bult, Timothy J. Riegling, Andrew J. Blackmore
  • Publication number: 20100051636
    Abstract: The invention relates to a container (100) for loosely stored products, comprising a container body (10) having a connecting means (16), the container further comprising a cover (11) having a connecting means (19), said connecting means (19) of the cover (11) having a hinge (21), wherein said connecting means (19) of the cover (11) is engaged with said connecting means (16) of the container body (10) from below.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: AIRSEC S.A.S.
    Inventors: Valere Logel, Dominique Bois
  • Publication number: 20090236356
    Abstract: An exemplary cover assembly includes a bezel, and a spring-loaded cover. The bezel includes an opening, a pair of slots, and a pair of pins. The opening is defined in the bezel for accessing a device installed thereto. The slots are defined adjacent opposite ends of the opening respectively. The pins are formed adjacent the slots respectively. The spring-loaded cover covers the opening of the bezel, includes a pair of fixing plates formed thereon slidably received in the slots of the bezel. Each of the fixing plates defines an arcuate groove that slidably receives the corresponding pin of the bezel, where the cover is capable of being pivoted open and shut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2008
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicants: HONG FU JI PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD
    Inventors: JING YANG, HSUAN-TSUNG CHEN, JIN-CAI SHAN, QING-HUI MI, GUANG-YAO LEE
  • Publication number: 20090134179
    Abstract: A container for packaging food for transporting and selling to consumers is provided. The container includes a base having a pair of inwardly recessed pockets for capturing a pair of extending latching portions on a lid. The pair of extending latching portions has concave grooves allowing the extending latching portions to flex inwards from an initial position for insertion into the pair inwardly recessed pockets. When the pair of extending latching portions are inserted into the pair inwardly recessed pockets, the pair of extending latching portions expand back to their initial position and protrusions within the pair of inwardly recessed pockets retain the pair of extending latching portions creating a tight fit and preventing the lid of the container from being easily disengaged from the base of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: Peninsula Packaging, LLC
    Inventors: Allen Kidd, Stephen P. Zapatka
  • Publication number: 20090014457
    Abstract: A container system includes a receptacle configured to hold wipes that has an open first end and a closed second end. The receptacle is formed of a metal material. The container system also includes a closure having a base portion and a cover portion. The closure is formed of a plastic material. The base portion is coupled to the open first end of the receptacle. The cover portion is selectively movable relative the base portion between an open position and a closed position. A first hermetic seal is provided between the cover portion and the base portion and a second hermetic seal is provided between the receptacle and the closure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventor: Kyle M. Bennett
  • Patent number: 7419067
    Abstract: A cup and lid in combination. The cup includes a side wall, a closed bottom and an open top. One of the side wall and the lid includes a recess defined therein, and the other of the side wall and the cup lid includes a connector that is adapted to be temporarily secured in the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Halo Cups, Inc.
    Inventors: Tony Bouie, Ray Zuckerman
  • Publication number: 20080149506
    Abstract: A cosmetic container has a base and a cap. The base has a sidewall half. The sidewall half has a first end, a second end, a lower pivot element and a lower engagement element. The lower pivot element is formed on the first end. The lower engagement element is defined on the second end. The cap is mounted pivotally on the base and has a sidewall half. The sidewall half is mounted pivotally on the lower pivot element of the base and has a first end and an upper engagement element. The upper engagement element engages detachably with the lower engagement element of the base and is formed on the first end of the sidewall of the cap. The sidewall half of the cap contacts a table surface on which the cosmetic container is put to prevent the cosmetic container from falling down.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventor: Ching-Kai Kuo
  • Publication number: 20080093364
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a closure for mounting on a reagent vessel, the closure comprising a main body comprising a hole to be mounted around the opening of a vessel, such as a reagent container, a top wall attached by its edges to the top edges of the main body, at least one incision dividing the top wall into at least two parts, a flange attached to and extending outwards from the top edge of the top wall, and a hinge area connecting the top edge of the main body to the flange and the top wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventors: Vesa Nuotio, Henrik Johansson, Matti Hassinen
  • Patent number: 7059492
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a moisture proof resealable non-cylindrical container and cap assembly for consumer packaging including candy, tobacco products, pharmaceutical products, electronic products, such as nard drives or circuit boards and coffee samples. The moisture proof resealable non-cylindrical container may be made of plastics, such as polypropylene and polyethylene. In addition, the non-cylindrical container has a cap, which includes a thumb tab to facilitate the opening and closing of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Capitol Plastic Products, LLC
    Inventors: Jean Pierre Giraud, Michael Bucholtz
  • Patent number: 7017776
    Abstract: A container. The container has an aperture through which contents may be accessed. The aperture is sealable with a cover. The seal is opened or closed with a slider. The slider rides in a track which is congruent with the perimeter of the aperture. A portion of the track diverges from congruency to form an auxiliary track in which the slider may be parked. When parked, the cover may be opened or closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Matthew Todd Hupp
  • Patent number: 6981607
    Abstract: A container cap assembly comprises a one-piece integrally molded annular cap body hinged to a one-piece integrally molded lid. The cap body has a lower section with internal female threads for cooperation with matching male threads on a container and an annular upwardly extending flange. The lid has a downwardly extending flange. The flanges have interlocking sealing surfaces which extend outwardly at an acute angle to the vertical so that the lid flange will snap over the cap body flange in the closing mode and retain the lid in a closed and sealed position relative to the cap body until the lid is forced upwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Snapware Corporation
    Inventors: John M. Lown, Todd S. Ray
  • Patent number: 6802231
    Abstract: The invention relates to a closure member for an opening in an assembly on a housing for a bicycle gear box. Said closure member, consisting of a rubber elastic material, is captively connected to the housing by an extension and can be swung open and closed in a similar manner to a hinge. The confirmation can be optically improved by the formation of an upper lip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: SRAM Corporation
    Inventor: Robert Wessel
  • Patent number: 6554181
    Abstract: A reclosable pouring element with a base member and a closure lid which serves at the same time as the opening device. A flange surrounding the opening surface of the pouring element is fixedly connected to a flat gable top composite packaging. The closure lid has lateral bearing pins which are supported in corresponding recesses of the base member, in which a safe connection between the base member and the closure lid and a reliable opening/closing function of the flat gable top composite packaging is provided. The recesses in the base member are arranged on the package side so that the closure lid can be clamped from the package side into the recesses for receiving the bearing pins provided in the base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: SIG Combibloc GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Dammers, Holger Schmidt
  • Patent number: 6360909
    Abstract: A closure for sealing a product container. The closure includes a body, a frangible seal and a lid. The body includes a flange which projects downward from the seal and a skirt which projects upward from the seal. The flange is engagable with the interior surface of the container and the skirt retains a reclosable lid in its closed position. The frangible seal covers an opening in the body and has a tear strip which is defined by a pair of spaced-apart grooves. An integral finger grip is located at one end of the tear strip. The finger grip has a pair of upwardly-angled gripping tabs which are attached to the tear strip by a spacer. The lid is tethered to the skirt and includes a lifting tab. The tether and the lifting tab are located in respective notches in the upper edge of the skirt when the lid is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Mike Bridge
  • Publication number: 20010035423
    Abstract: The present invention provides a container comprising: (a) a semi-enclosed container body including a tubular structure having two open ends and a bottom panel enclosing one end of the container body, the other end of the tubular structure opposite from the bottom panel forming a substantially continuous outwardly-extending peripheral flange; (b) a lid for selectively converting the semi-enclosed container to a closed container; and (c) a closure means for sealing the lid to the container body, the closure means comprising a mechanical interlocking seal and a slideable mechanical closure for sealing the mechanical interlocking seal. The container is preferably stackable and self-supporting, and the mechanical interlocking seal includes at least one interlocking bead and groove pair located on the lid and flange. The container may also be collapsible via folding of the tubular structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 1999
    Publication date: November 1, 2001
    Inventors: CATHERINE JEAN RANDALL, MATTHEW TODD HUPP, JENNIFER KAY KERFOOT
  • Patent number: 6164488
    Abstract: A container having an integral lid hinged about the wall of the container to selectively close and seal the same on demand. Integral walls extend from the bottom portion of the device to form the container, the top portion terminates in a rim and a sealing ridge. Integral to one of the walls of the container is a lid formed by a crease within one of the walls, which crease defines the bottom end of the lid. The lid's top end is matched to the shape of the top portion of the container for conforming and locking therewith in the closed position, the lid extending above the top portion of the cup, forming a spout and a lid, at least one aperture formed in the lid to facilitate dispensing of the contents from the container when the lid is in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: Flip Cup Company, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Kurt Solland, Glenn H. Tobias
  • Patent number: 6003713
    Abstract: An opening arrangement for packaging containers designed so as to prevent splashing or spraying of liquid contents on reclosure of the opening arrangement. The opening arrangement (1) has a closure device (4) with a front end depressable into the pouring opening (5) of the opening arrangement, and a rear compression portion (10) of greater cross sectional area than the pouring opening (5). The compression portion (10) includes arrest heels (14) facing towards the pouring opening (5), the arrest heels, on reclosure of the opening arrangement, coming into contact with the wall surface (3) located around the pouring opening (5) and preventing any possible residual contents (9) thereon from causing splashing in connection with the reclosure operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
    Inventor: Jackie Derving
  • Patent number: 5975346
    Abstract: A container for holding paint or other liquids and a method for making same. The container includes a body having a bottom wall and a side wall extending from the bottom wall along the periphery of the bottom wall which terminates in an upper rim. The container also includes an annular retaining ring secured to the upper rim. The annular retaining ring forms an outlet/inlet through which a liquid can be placed or removed from the container. The container further includes a lid pivotally and detachably mounted to the annular retaining ring for movement between an open position and closed position with respect to the outlet/inlet and for removing the lid from the annular retaining ring. The lid, body and annular retaining ring are individually molded and secured together by simple fastening means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: The Sherwin-Williams Company
    Inventors: Anthony Joseph Imperato, Donna Elizabeth Ward
  • Patent number: 5960987
    Abstract: A container having an integral lid hinged about the wall of the container to selectively close and seal the same on demand. Integral walls extend from the bottom portion of the device to form the container, the top portion terminates in a rim and a sealing ridge. Integral to one of the walls of the container is a lid formed by a crease within one of the walls, which crease defines the bottom end of the lid. The lid's top end is matched to the shape of the top portion of the container for conforming and locking therewith in the closed position, the lid extending above the top portion of the cup, forming a spout and a lid, at least one aperture formed in the lid to facilitate dispensing of the contents from the container when the lid is in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Flip Cup Company, LLC
    Inventors: Kurt Solland, Glen H. Tobias