With Disparate Support For Displaced Closure Patents (Class 220/379)
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Patent number: 6164483Abstract: A storage container with self-retaining lid includes a lid and a storage container. The structure for attaching the lid can be molded on to the bottom of the storage container, molded to the top of the lid, or molded to the lid and the bottom of the storage container. There are several preferred embodiments of the self-retaining lid. In a first preferred embodiment, the lid has a rim with a recessed cavity for receiving a lip of the storage container. In second and seventh preferred embodiments, a bottom of the storage container has a lip which is sized to be inserted into a sealing cavity of the lid. In a third preferred embodiment, a bottom of the storage container has a plurality of balls which are disposed to mate with a plurality of sockets. In a fourth preferred embodiment, a plurality of hooks are molded into at least two sides of the container and sized to receive the peripheral edge of the lid.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 1999Date of Patent: December 26, 2000Inventor: Jack A. Walker
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Patent number: 6158607Abstract: A new storage container with attachable lid for preventing the lid from being lost when removed from the container. The inventive device includes a container having a generally cylindrical configuration. The container has an open upper end, a closed lower end, and a cylindrical side wall therebetween. A lid portion is adapted for selective snap engagement to both the open upper end and the closed lower end of the container.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 1998Date of Patent: December 12, 2000Inventor: John L. Wallberg
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Patent number: 6152318Abstract: A storage container with self-retaining lid includes a lid and a storage container. The structure for attaching the lid can be molded on to the bottom of the storage container, molded to the top of the lid, or molded to the lid and the bottom of the storage container. There are several preferred embodiments of the self-retaining lid. In a first preferred embodiment, the lid has a rim with a recessed cavity for firmly receiving a lip of the storage container. In a second preferred embodiment, a bottom of the storage container has a lip which is sized to be firmly inserted into a sealing cavity of the lid. In a third preferred embodiment, a bottom of the storage container has a plurality of balls which are disposed to mate with a plurality of sockets on the lid. In a fourth preferred embodiment, a plurality of hooks are molded into at least two sides of the container and sized to receive the peripheral edge of the lid.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 1999Date of Patent: November 28, 2000Inventor: Jack A. Walker
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Patent number: 6138854Abstract: The object is to provide a lid (11) that does not cause environmental pollution. The lid (11) comprises a lid body (12) formed of a plastic sheet and a pull-cap (14) formed of a plastic sheet. The lid body (12) covers a top end opening of a cylindrical container body (15) and has an opening-for-drinking (16). The pull-cap (14) has a sealing portion (20) for covering the opening-for-drinking (16) of the lid body (12) and for sealing the periphery of the opening-for-drinking (16), and a pull-tab portion (21) formed integrally with the sealing portion (20). The sealing portion (20) has an easy-to-peel layer. A holding groove portion is formed in the lid body (12) at a location different from the location of the opening-for-drinking (16), and a pull-cap holding section for holding the pull-cap (14) peeled off is formed at the holding groove portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 1999Date of Patent: October 31, 2000Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.Inventors: Masamichi Kaneko, Hidetoshi Konno, Elmar Mock
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Patent number: 6123210Abstract: A nursing bottle contains a cap which is also designed and positioned to further have a propping function whereby an infant can suck on a nipple by merely grasping the nursing bottle, but without lifting it. By providing a secondary location for fixing the cap to the bottle, the possible loss of the cap can be avoided.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 1998Date of Patent: September 26, 2000Inventor: Jae-Hoon Kim
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Patent number: 6105810Abstract: Cookware lid and handle assemblies include a lid which may include a whistle knob assembly which provides an audible indication upon reaching cooking temperature. The whistle knob assembly includes a steam deflector portion to reduce burn danger to the user, and has a simplified structure and assembly method. The vessel includes a pair of side handles, and the lid includes a pair of finger protectors which may overlie the side handles. Each set of side handle and finger protector have a unique mating relationship. As such, in the mated position a lid rim rest upon a vessel rim. The lid may be rotated 180 degrees to rest non-mating finger protector and side handles. This lack of mating relationship causes the lid to be spaced upward, permitting venting or draining of the interior. The finger protectors may also fit within a handle aperture in the side handle.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 1998Date of Patent: August 22, 2000Assignee: Dart Industries Inc.Inventors: Robert H. C. M. Daenen, Jean-Pierre F. M. Geelen, Jean-Marie DeCraim, Johan M. J. K. Mortier
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Patent number: 6036061Abstract: A device for retaining the blank or sealing lid of a split cap used to cap a fluid container having an invertible spout. The device includes various means for ensuring that the blank will be retained in close proximity to the user so that it will not be lost. This is achieved by modifying the blank either to enable affixing it directly to the container, or to configure it to be easily attached to a site close to the container. The retaining device includes a threaded section affixed to the blank for coupling the blank to the standard vent port of a container. Optionally, the retaining device includes a tethering hole located in the gripping flange of the blank to enable tethering of the blank to the container or to a shop hanger. Alternative designs of the retaining device include placing attachment devices on the underside of the blank and on the container, such as hook-and-loop couplings, male/female nipple sets, and magnetized components.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 1998Date of Patent: March 14, 2000Inventor: Thomas F. O'Donnell
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Patent number: 6006943Abstract: The present invention is directed to a cooking instrument that has a lid which may be secured to a vessel. The present invention is also directed to a method for securing a lid to a vessel. The cooking instrument includes a vessel, a lid, a first flange, and a second flange. The vessel has a base and a wall. The wall extends upward from the base to define a first opening, and the wall has an outer surface which is substantially cylindrical. The lid is adapted to cover the first opening of the vessel. The lid has a top and a rim. The rim extends downward from the top to define a second opening, and the rim has an inner surface which is substantially cylindrical. The first flange and the second flange enable the lid to be secured to the vessel. The first flange is attached to the outer surface of the vessel, and the second flange is attached to the inner surface of the lid. The base of the vessel may be placed a predetermined depth inside the second opening of the lid.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 1998Date of Patent: December 28, 1999Inventor: Jack W. Laney
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Patent number: 5944209Abstract: An outdoor assembly exposed to rain water has an enclosure and a cover. A first mounting means for the cover installs the cover to form a barrier to rain water for the enclosure rendering it drip proof or water proof. A second mounting means for the cover on the enclosure installs the cover to form a rain shield for the enclosure. The first mounting means allows opening or rotation of the cover about a vertical axis thus allowing access to the enclosure. The second mounting means releasingly engages the cover with respect to the enclosure generally at a right angle to the vertical direction, thus providing a rain shield for the enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 1998Date of Patent: August 31, 1999Assignee: Lucent TechnologiesInventor: Bassel Hage Daoud
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Patent number: 5884797Abstract: A hingeless lid for use with a container can be closed by a child while reducing the likelihood of a freefalling lid. The hingeless lid can be used with a toy box or any application that includes a horizontal and vertical lid position, and especially where it is desirable to reduce the likelihood of a freefalling lid. The hingeless lid of the invention includes a plurality of hingeless couplers, each coupler including a container portion having a plurality of ridges and pivots and a lid portion having a plurality of W-shaped members depending downwardly from the bottom surface of the lid. The W-shaped members include a first plurality of saddles for engaging the ridges and a second plurality of saddles for engaging the pivots. The engagement of the saddles and the ridges retains the lid against back-and-forth horizontal movement when the lid is in a closed position.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 1996Date of Patent: March 23, 1999Assignee: Fisher-Price, Inc.Inventor: Ronald M. Asbach
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Patent number: 5868268Abstract: A storage container with self-retaining lid includes a lid and a storage container. The structure for attaching the lid can be molded on to the bottom of the storage container, molded to the top of the lid, or molded to the lid and the bottom of the storage container. There are several preferred embodiments of the self-retaining lid. In a first preferred embodiment, the lid has a rim with a recessed cavity for firmly receiving a lip of the storage container. In a second preferred embodiment, a bottom of the storage container has a lip which is sized to be firmly inserted into a sealing cavity of the lid. In a third preferred embodiment, a bottom of the storage container has a plurality of balls which are disposed to mate with a plurality of sockets on the lid. In a fourth preferred embodiment, a plurality of hooks are molded into at least two sides of the container and sized to receive the peripheral edge of the lid.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 1997Date of Patent: February 9, 1999Inventor: Jack A. Walker
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Patent number: 5819984Abstract: A package is provided with a container having a wall defining a dispensing aperture establishing communication between the interior and exterior of the container. A plug is provided for at least generally occluding the dispensing aperture. The plug includes a post, an exterior flange on the post, and an interior bead on the post spaced from the exterior flange to define a groove between the flange and bead. The plug can be inserted in the dispensing aperture and retained therein by engagement of the container wall by the plug flange and bead. A tab extends from the container and defines a storage aperture for receiving the plug for storage after removal of the plug from the dispensing aperture. The tab may also include an aperture for receiving a hook by which the package can be hung in an inverted orientation.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 1997Date of Patent: October 13, 1998Assignee: AptarGroup, Inc.Inventor: Kurtis W. Krueger
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Patent number: 5730451Abstract: A miracle top garbage cart (10) which comprises a container (12) having an open top (14) for the insertion and removal of garbage. A lid (16) covers the open top (14) of the container (12). A structure (18) is for retaining the lid (16) to the open top (14) of the container (12). This allows the lid (16) to slide across the open top (14) and then swing down to an open position and then swing up and slide back on the open top (14) to a closed position, so that the lid (16) will never be removed from the container (12) to get lost and damaged.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 1996Date of Patent: March 24, 1998Inventor: Lawrence Walker
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Patent number: 5690242Abstract: A sharps disposal container cap securement arrangement includes a container with a neck having an opening at a top thereof through which sharps may be placed for disposal within the container, a cap adapted to screw downward over and around the neck of the container to close the opening and to provide a fluid-tight seal therewith once the cap is screwed down on the neck, an annular lock collar rotatably mounted around an exterior surface of the neck of the container, detents formed on the exterior surface of the neck of the container and on the collar for supporting the collar on the neck for movement between a lowered unlocked condition and a raised locked condition in response to the lock collar being rotated between first and second positions relative to the neck, and cooperative series of one-way teeth formed on the collar and on the cap for securing the cap to the collar and thereby preventing unscrewing of the cap from the neck of the container once the cap is screwed down on the neck providing the fluiType: GrantFiled: March 25, 1996Date of Patent: November 25, 1997Assignee: Winfield IndustriesInventor: Vance D. Campbell, Jr.
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Patent number: 5662236Abstract: In a waterproof case in which a hood (1) contains a connector (P) to prevent the connector from being exposed to water, a cap (4) is for closing an opening portion 10a of the hood and has an end which is rotatably held to the hood through a mounting linkage (5) so that the opening portion can be opened and closed one at a time. A lever (6) is rotatably mounted to the hood at an end thereof. A locking linkage (7) is rotatably mounted at an end thereof to an intermediate portion which is between both ends of the lever. When the lever is rotated by operating the other end with the other end of the locking linkage engaged with the other end of the cap in the state of closing the opening portion, the cap is kept to a condition in which the opening portion is closed.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 1995Date of Patent: September 2, 1997Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, LimitedInventor: Kazuomi Sato
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Patent number: 5595317Abstract: A prop for propping the lid of a trash bin in a partially open position includes a frame having an elongated slot. The prop is mounted on a trash bin by inserting the lid hinge rod of the bin through the slot. When mounted on a trash bin, the prop can be moved in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the lid hinge rod, the rod sliding laterally in the slot. The prop can thus be moved between a position in which it supports the lid in a partially open position and a position in which the lid can be swung fully open. When the prop is in the former position, two arms, one or both of which may be integral to the frame, extend generally perpendicularly away from the axis of the hinge rod. In this position, one arm contacts the rear wall of the bin and the other contacts the lid of the bin. When the prop is moved to the other position, one of the arms disengages the portion of the bin with which it was it contact. The lid can then be freely swung to any position.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 1995Date of Patent: January 21, 1997Inventor: Tony Hodge
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Patent number: 5558219Abstract: A diskette transporter is disclosed. The transporter includes a top cap which operationally engages a bottom container in a transverse direction that provides an additional plane of support and pushes the diskettes upward to different heights in order to facilitate easier selection and review. Further, the transporter includes a living hinge which allows the user to review any labels on the computer media in the bottom container prior to selection and removal.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 1995Date of Patent: September 24, 1996Assignee: Tenex CorporationInventors: Robert Staubitz, Timothy Repp
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Patent number: 5462190Abstract: A fuel cap tether apparatus on a motor vehicle having a body panel with an access opening or port therein, a fuel tube including a neck behind the access opening, a fuel door mounted on the vehicle for pivotal movement between open and closed positions exposing and concealing, respectively, the access opening, and a fuel cap closing the fuel tube neck and removable therefrom in response to twisting of the fuel cap relative to the fuel tube neck. The fuel cap tether apparatus includes a string-like flexible tether having a first end rigidly connected to the vehicle and a second end connected to the fuel cap such that the latter is rotatable relative to the tether and a hook on the fuel door disposed laterally outboard of the body panel surrounding the fuel tube access opening when the fuel door is in its open position. After the fuel cap is removed, the tether is hung in the hook and the fuel cap released.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 1995Date of Patent: October 31, 1995Assignee: General Motors CorporationInventors: Shelly L. Lienhart, Roger J. Rademacher
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Patent number: 5429265Abstract: A cover for use with a bucket mounted tool carrier, the cover being useful as a seat and an object holder when used in conjunction with the bucket mounted tool carrier.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 1995Date of Patent: July 4, 1995Assignee: Portable Products, Inc.Inventors: Paul R. Maire, Robert W. Fierek
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Patent number: 5406808Abstract: My two-liter bottle cooler includes a container and a lid. The container has a chamber with an enclosed bottom and an open top. The container has multiple walls displaced from each other creating annular pockets. The annular pocket that is nearest the chamber is filled with a freeze gel and the outer annular pocket is filled with an insulating foam. The open top of the container has external threads and the mouth of the lid is internally threaded with mating threads. The lid can be screwed onto the container to hold a two-liter bottle in place within the chamber. The dome of the lid has a hole with the neck of the two-liter bottle passing through the hole so that beverage contained within the two-liter bottle can be poured directly from the bottle as it is held in the cooler. The hole in the dome is internally threaded so that the cooler can also function as a container without an inserted two-liter bottle. In the latter case, a pour spout is provided with a threaded plug and a spout.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 1994Date of Patent: April 18, 1995Inventors: Alvin A. Babb, Don R. Babb
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Patent number: 5388712Abstract: A molded plastic container top has an upper surface from which extends an extensible dispensing tube with a liquid dispensing orifice. The orifice is closed by a removable closure in the form of a cap-like, hollow, open-ended body. A plug is formed integrally with the upper surface and extends upwardly therefrom. Extending upwardly from the plug is an integral, cylindrical, rod-like stopper extension. In the preferred embodiment, the plug is axially fluted, with three radial vanes, dimensioned to be received into the interior of the closure to retain the closure thereon with a frictional fit. The stopper extension is dimensioned to be received within dispensing orifice with a fluid-tight fit, so as to provide an alternative closure for the orifice when the dispensing tube is extended to bring the orifice into the proximity of the stopper extension.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 1993Date of Patent: February 14, 1995Assignee: Norvey, Inc.Inventor: Harvey Brody
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Patent number: 5328043Abstract: This invention relates generally to the field of baby bottles having disks for sealing the apertures of the baby bottles when the bottles are not in use. More specifically, this invention relates to a particular baby bottle that provides a slot at the base of the baby bottle for temporarily storing a sealing disk.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 1993Date of Patent: July 12, 1994Inventor: Sharon Ray
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Patent number: 5301376Abstract: A portable sink arranged for ease of transport and storage includes a central housing having respective lower and upper housings positioned on opposed sides of the central housing, wherein the upper housing includes a fluid reservoir structure arranged for orthogonal orientation relative to the central housing, with a faucet member permitting fluid flow therethrough upon pivoting of the faucet relative to a floor cavity within the upper housing floor. The lower housing includes an upper housing reservoir in communication with a sink within the central housing for storage and subsequent disposal of fluid within the lower housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 1993Date of Patent: April 12, 1994Inventor: Norbert G. Herbert
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Patent number: 5251770Abstract: A container and pressure sealing closure combination in which the closure includes a rim portion engaging the mouth of the container, a substantially rigid central portion and an annular toggle portion pivotally connected to and interconnecting the rim portion and central portion, whereby upward movement of the central portion in response to internal pressure of the contents of the container pivots the toggle portion to urge the rim portion substantially radially outwardly against the mouth, thereby effecting a seal. In a preferred embodiment, the inner surface of the container mouth includes a plurality of axially-extending channels for conducting pressurized gaseous contents of the container between the closure and the container to the ambient. The outer surface of the mouth includes an annular recess which receives a plurality of radially inwardly projecting ribs on the rim portion, thereby effecting engagement between the closure and container.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 1992Date of Patent: October 12, 1993Assignee: Broadway Companies, Inc.Inventors: Harold D. Bartley, William R. Gaiser
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Patent number: 5224620Abstract: A magnetic fuel tank cap is provided for closing off the filling inlet tube of a motor vehicle which consists of an externally threaded cylindrical shank, which threadably engages with the filling inlet tube of the motor vehicle. A head is secured to the shank and is larger than the shank. When the head is turned to drive the shank into the filling inlet tube, the head will seal the filling inlet tube. A magnet is on top of the head for releasably connecting the head, when inverted, to a metallic part of the motor vehicle after the shank is removed from the filling inlet tube. In other embodiments adaptors are provided to releasably connect the head of a conventional fuel tank cap to the metallic part of the motor vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 1992Date of Patent: July 6, 1993Inventors: Sahr A. A. Nyorkor, George Spector
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Patent number: 5211299Abstract: A baby bottle is formed with a truncated conical cap. The truncated conical cap includes an annular ring adjacent a top wall of the cap, and wherein the bottle portion of the organization includes a truncated conical cavity directed coaxially into the bottle from the bottom wall formed with a plurality of projections for receiving the groove therewithin for storage of the cap structure during periods of non-use.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 1992Date of Patent: May 18, 1993Inventor: Keith J. Manfredonia
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Patent number: 5201418Abstract: A system for safely and conveniently disposing of contaminated hypodermic needles comprises a disposal container for accumulating contaminated hypodermic needles which had been disposed therein after having been initially collected within a tray containing a supply of needle-retaining material. The needle-retaining material is a soft material, similar to art gum eraser material, which is soft enough for a needle to penetrate yet sticky enough to retain the needle when the needle is released from the syringe. The tray comprises a base, a pair of side walls, a handle extending from one side wall for easy transport of the tray, and the supply of needle-retaining material. The needle-retaining material in the tray may be presented in two different forms, either as a contiguous supply of strips in the tray or as individual small cup-like depressions each containing a small amount.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 1992Date of Patent: April 13, 1993Inventor: Ronnie Hanlon
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Patent number: 5176277Abstract: An end closure for a container having a substantially planar first lid portion including an engaging element for engaging an upper rim of a container to be closed, a second substantially planar lid portion rotatably mounted to an upper surface of the first lid portion, the second lid portion having an opening defined therethrough, and an openable lid portion defined in the first lid portion. The openable lid portion includes a flexible hinge extending along first and second edge portions thereof and a frangible coupling extending along the remaining edges thereof including an edge segment which extends between and interconnects the first and second edge portions of the flexible hinge.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 1992Date of Patent: January 5, 1993Assignee: Specialty Packaging Group Inc.Inventor: Dave Schuermann
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Patent number: 5165563Abstract: A cover 10 for a waste disposal container 12 is disclosed. The cover 10 includes a body configured to cover an opening 68 defined by a waste disposal container 12. The body 14 has an orifice 20 therethrough for permitting access to a waste disposal container 12 upon which the cover 10 is placed. A lid 26 is threadably removably attachable to the body 14 for blocking the orifice 20 and preventing access to a waste disposal container 12 upon which the cover 10 is placed. A plurality of posts 36,38,40,42 are provided on the top 16 of the planar body 14 for releasably holding the lid 26 in a fixed storage position on the body when the lid 26 is not in its operative position of the body.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 1991Date of Patent: November 24, 1992Assignee: Baxter International Inc.Inventor: Jon J. McKendry
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Patent number: 5154327Abstract: A sealable nozzle adaptor is described for use on a caulking tube. The adaptor incudes a nozzle portion, a base including a flexible skirt portion for engaging the leading end of the caulking tube, a cap for closing and sealing the open end of the nozzle, and an elongated pin secured in the cap and extending into the nozzle portion. The cap can be attached to the base with a flexible strip or cord to prevent loss. The adaptor slides over the leading end of the caulking tube and prevents air from leaking into the caulking tube.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 1991Date of Patent: October 13, 1992Inventor: Kyle D. Long
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Patent number: 5150804Abstract: In accordance with the preferred embodiment, the invention provides a rotationally resistive pail, pail support and coupling. The apparatus includes a pail, and a lid for closing the pail in a closing position, and for supporting the pail in a supporting and locking position. The pail has notches in the base of the pail. The lid has corresponding lugs for vertical interlocking and rotationally resistive engagement with the notches when the lid is in the supporting position. When the lid is in the supporting position, the lid supports the pail vertically and laterally, and the mating engagement of the lid and pail resists relative rotation between the lid and the pail.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 1991Date of Patent: September 29, 1992Inventors: Oscar Blanchet, Donald Mills
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Patent number: 5056424Abstract: A picnic cooking assembly includes a skillet, a cooking pan, and a kettle. The cooking pan nests within the skillet and the kettle nests within the skillet over the cooking pan. The cooking pan, inverted, fits over the skillet to form a food storage container. Moreover, the kettle is formed with a spout covered with a cap which is also securable to the kettle as a handle. Attached to the skillet is a handle which, when the cooking assembly is assembled, fits over and around the kettle, locking the cooking assembly together.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 1990Date of Patent: October 15, 1991Inventor: Kou Yen Lai
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Patent number: 5013873Abstract: A wireway for enclosing electrical conductors includes a longitudinally extending channel-shaped housing having a cover member removably hinged to the top wall of the housing. The cover may be swung between open and closed positions with the hinge constructed to permit removal of the cover to provide access to the interior of the housing. When removed, the cover may be retained on the front edge of the bottom wall of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 1989Date of Patent: May 7, 1991Assignee: Houshold Utilities, Inc.Inventors: Charles Deibele, Albert Deibele, Jr.
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Patent number: 4969572Abstract: An end closure for a container for grated or powered products having a push open lid portion for providing access to material within the container and a rotatable closure portion for selectively closing off the opening defined by the push open lid portion. The push open lid portion includes elements on the openable lid portion which cooperate with corresponding gripping elements defined on the undersurface of the end closure so the latter will engage the former to retain the lid portion in its open disposition.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 1989Date of Patent: November 13, 1990Assignee: The Specialty Packaging Group, Inc.Inventors: John vanKerkhoven, deceased, James Kick
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Patent number: 4957216Abstract: This invention relates to an improved can end construction for beverage cans having a score line defined panel therein for beverage dispensing and, more particularly, to an improved can end construction for releasably positioning a displaceable resealing cap assembly at a predetermined location on a container end closure.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 1989Date of Patent: September 18, 1990Assignee: Aluminum Company of AmericaInventor: Robert L. LaBarge
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Patent number: 4941594Abstract: The present invention is a dispensing-tube and cap holder for use in combination with an aerosol can and a dispensing-tube. The aerosol can includes a cylindrical container which has an annular sidewall, a top peripheral rim and a bottom peripheral rim, a valve and a cap. The valve is fluidly coupled to the cylindrical container. The cap covers the valve when the aerosol can is not in use. The dispensing-tube may be fluidly coupled to the valve. The dispensing-tube and cap holder includes a curved, rectangular sheet having a front surface, a rear surface, a top edge, a bottom edge and two side edges. The length of the two side edges is slightly shorter than the length of the cylindrical container. The dispensing-tube and cap holder also includes a sheath, a tube-tensioning mechanism and a cap-holding mechanism. The sheath is disposed on one of two sides of the curved, rectangular sheet and holds the dispensing-tube.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 1987Date of Patent: July 17, 1990Inventor: Edwin L. Larson
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Patent number: 4886176Abstract: A portable liquid insulated cooler having a plug removably mounted on the top wall through which a flexible tubing extends providing a straw for drawing the liquid contents from the container. A receptacle containing a coolant is removably mounted on the top wall of the cooler and depends therefrom into the liquid in the cooler. The cooler is provided with a handle having a storage compartment for the flexible tubing.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 1988Date of Patent: December 12, 1989Inventor: Betty P. Steakley
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Patent number: 4872597Abstract: The invention features a beverage container having a small and a large liquid dispensing opening. Each opening is operatively caused to be unsealed by the action of respective finger tabs. The two tabs act independently of each other despite being interleaved for the purpose of a compact design. The large opening features the unsealing of an entire lid portion of the container.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 1988Date of Patent: October 10, 1989Inventor: Hisao Hanafusa
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Patent number: 4838466Abstract: A holder for fluid dispensers, of the type having a removable lid and tubular dispensing stem, to hold the lid and stem in place during periods of non-use, said holder comprising a flexible sidewall with fasteners; an elastic bottom strap; an elastic top strap with fastener; and a stem receptacle. The holder will hold dispensers of varying circumference and diameters. The stem receptacle or pocket is provided with a top opening located directly beneath the top strap so that the top strap engages the dispenser lid and covers the top opening of the receptacle to both hold the lid and stem in place upon fastening. The lid may be provided on its top surface with a fastener of hook-loop material for engaging a mating fastener on the holder to prevent loss of the lid during use of the dispenser.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 1988Date of Patent: June 13, 1989Inventor: Carl A. Holmstrom
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Patent number: 4836179Abstract: A portable barbecue grill includes a bowl (12) and a cover (14) having a gripping handle (44) with a carrying handle (50) pivoted on the bowl to lock the cover to the bowl. A latch member (60) cooperates with the carrying handle to define a cradle for the cover. The gripping handle includes two pieces that can be snap-fitted together.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 1988Date of Patent: June 6, 1989Assignee: Weber-Stephen Products Co.Inventors: Erich J. Schlosser, James C. Stephen
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Patent number: 4773555Abstract: A chafing dish cover holder that is detachably supported on one of the horizontal side members of a chafer support frame. The chafing dish cover holder has an elongated upright oriented plate member having a flange extending downwardly from its top edge to allow it to be supported on the horizontal side member of the chafer support frame. A pair of chafer cover support arm assemblies extend from the top edge of the plate member and these form a resting position for the cover of a chafer when the cover is removed and oriented in an upright position.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 1987Date of Patent: September 27, 1988Inventor: Carlos Merino
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Patent number: 4662669Abstract: A special spent catalyst container is provided to safely and effectively transport, store, and dispense spent catalyst and residual reactor oil from a resid hydrotreating unit to a reclamation site or disposal area. In order to protect and safeguard the environment, the container is constructed of a catalytically resistant oil-impermeable steel with a special shape and arrangement to prevent spent catalyst and residual reactor oil from the resid hydrotreating unit from spilling, leaking, and accumulating on the nation's highways. The spent catalyst container has a rotatable truncated bin with a support frame to enhance the structural strength and integrity of the bin. The bin has monorail and bridge crane-receiving slots to alternatively receive the grab hooks of a monorail and a bridge crane to facilitate transport by both monorail and the bridge crane.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 1985Date of Patent: May 5, 1987Assignee: Amoco CorporationInventors: Michael E. Erickson, Roman T. Plichta, Daniel F. Rajanayakam
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Patent number: 4635613Abstract: A portable outdoor grill including a hemispherical bowl and a hemispherical lid with the bowl having outwardly-directed flanges supported on spaced side members of a cart. The side members have lid-supporting clips adjacent the bowl that support the lid in an upright position adjacent the bowl. The clips are held on the side members for limited longitudinal movement by offset ends on an article-support surface to be assemblable without the use of tools.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 1985Date of Patent: January 13, 1987Assignee: Weber-Stephen Products Co.Inventors: James E. Tucker, James C. Stephen, John Beecher, III
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Patent number: 4592483Abstract: A container and co-operating separate lid is provided where the lid includes a projecting portion for in a closed position extending downwardly into the container and in an opened position having a recess defining having a pair of legs so that the legs sit astride the edge of the container. The container can be rectangular with four opening directions or circular with the possibility of opening in any direction. The container can have an upper edge defining an inverted V-shape surrounding the opening for receiving the upper edge of a carton. In the circular arrangement the projecting portion on the under surface of the lid can include a flange which is elliptical so as to turn into locking engagement with projections on the inner surface of the container.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 1984Date of Patent: June 3, 1986Inventor: Raymond E. Scouten
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Patent number: 4591110Abstract: A storage and dereeling apparatus is provided for storing and dispensing magnet wire or other reeled material. The storing and dereeling apparatus includes a container member in which a reel of magnet wire is placed with the axis thereof vertically disposed; and the apparatus includes a cover member. The cover member is automatically indexed to either of two rotational positions; and the cover member is releasably latched in a storage and transporting position wherein the cover member is adjacent to the spool of wire, to a preferred dereeling position wherein a space is provided intermediate of the reel of wire and the cover member to allow dereeling of the wire, and to an alternate dereeling position wherein the space between the reel of wire and the cover member is somewhat larger.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 1985Date of Patent: May 27, 1986Assignee: Mossberg IndustriesInventors: Harold L. Wirts, Horace B. Corner
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Patent number: 4523574Abstract: An outdoor cooking kettle consisting of a generally hemispherical lower portion having a cooking surface therein and a generally hemispherical cover enclosing the cooking surface with the lower portion having diametrically-opposed handles extending outwardly from the surface thereof. The cooking kettle incorporates an arcuate member that is secured to the diametrically-opposed handles and defines a generally arcuate upwardly-opening slot receiving the cover and storing the cover in a generally upright position.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 1983Date of Patent: June 18, 1985Assignee: Weber-Stephen Products Co.Inventor: Erich J. Schlosser
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Patent number: 4279357Abstract: An improved garbage can assembly having a tab lock means for anchoring the garbage can lid to the garbage can handle is disclosed herein. Basically, the improved garbage can assembly comprises a receptacle having a mouth, a lid having a flange which is complementary to and engageable around the mouth of the receptacle, and at least one handle pivotally mounted on the side wall of the receptacle adjacent to the mouth for both securing the lid over the mouth of the receptacle, and providing a closed loop structure for forming a hand grip. A tab lock means integrally connected to the lid is inserted into the closed loop of the handle and serves to anchor the lid to the receptacle whenever the lid is not engaged to the mouth of the receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 1980Date of Patent: July 21, 1981Inventor: William W. Robinson
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Patent number: 4277259Abstract: An air-sampling cartridge is disclosed for collecting organic compounds such as N-nitrosamines from air for analysis. The cartridge is formed by joining two injection-molded plastic parts: a generally cylindrical cartridge body into which air-pervious packings of granular adsorbent materials may be loaded, and a cartridge cap which is ultrasonically welded to the body to partially close one end of the cartridge. The cap and body define a cartridge with an inlet and outlet shaped to facilitate connection of the cartridge to a pump used to draw air samples through the cartridge, to allow connection of two or more cartridges in series, and to accommodate standard-sized syringes used in removing trapped compounds from the cartridge for analysis.The cartridge also includes a retention clip integrally molded with the cartridge body and cap for permitting the cartridge to be attached to the clothing of a person during air-sampling.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 1980Date of Patent: July 7, 1981Assignee: Thermo Electron CorporationInventors: David P. Rounbehler, Robert S. Potts
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Patent number: 4222676Abstract: A container for substances for the cleaning and care of the human body. The container has a container body and a removable cap and is particularly adapted to receive liquid substances. The removable cap is provided with massaging means and closes off a filling opening of the container body. The cap has at least one opening extending from the inside to the outside and also has a removable closure.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 1978Date of Patent: September 16, 1980Assignee: Dr. Wachter Kurmittel GmbHInventor: Erich Roth
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Patent number: RE34263Abstract: An end closure for a container for grated or powered products having a push open lid portion for providing access to material within the container and a rotatable closure portion for selectively closing off the opening defined by the push open lid portion. The push open lid portion includes elements on the openable lid portion which cooperate with corresponding gripping elements defined on the undersurface of the end closure so the latter will engage the former to retain the lid portion in its open disposition.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 1991Date of Patent: May 25, 1993Assignee: The Specialty Packaging Group, Inc.Inventors: John vanKerkhoven, deceased, James Kick