Including Abutment Or Retaining Means To Hold Closure In Open Position Patents (Class 220/831)
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Publication number: 20110210136Abstract: A container of the present invention includes a main body, a lid and a lock mechanism. The main body is adapted for foods or drinks to be contained therein. The main body has an opening. The lid covers on the opening. The lock mechanism is disposed between the main body and the lid. The lock mechanism can be locked or opened so as to selectively seal the main body. Accordingly, the container can be locked by user. Villain can not open the container arbitrarily. Safety of using the container is improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2010Publication date: September 1, 2011Inventor: Chiu-Sung WANG
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Publication number: 20110095031Abstract: A cooking vessel assembly comprises a cooking vessel and a removable lid. The cooking vessel has a base and a continuous sidewall. The sidewall connects to the base, projecting upwardly from the base and terminates at a peripheral edge. The removable lid has a covering portion and a handle. The handle has a griping portion, a connecting section, and a supporting section. The connecting section connects the handle to the lid covering portion. The gripping section extends from the connecting section. The supporting section extends from the connecting section in a direction generally opposite of the gripping section and has a cooking vessel retaining portion. A gap is formed between the connecting section and the supporting section. The cooking vessel retaining portion receives the peripheral edge of the cooking vessel to secure the lid to the cooking vessel in an open position to allow access to the base of the cooking vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2010Publication date: April 28, 2011Applicant: WKI HOLDING COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Michael Welk, Tara Marie Marchionna, Paul Katz, Kirsten Jane Climer, Diana Beatriz Sierra, Bikramjeet Sohi, John Chap, Davin Stowell
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Publication number: 20100276438Abstract: A hinged lid for a food container is provided. The lid structure includes a rim with an attached cover member. The lid structure also includes a mounting structure for mounting the lid structure to a food container. A tamper evidence latch is provided to releasably secure the rim in a closed configuration overlying the open end of the food container. The rim engages an upper rolled lip of the food container sidewall when the lid structure is in a closed configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Inventors: George ZEILER, Gregory L. Webb
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Patent number: 7823747Abstract: A casing includes a base, a flip cover pivotably attached to the base, a first member fixed to the flip cover, and a second member fixed to the base. The flip cover is rotatable around an axis of rotation with respect to the base. The first member forms a tip toward the base along a direction perpendicular to the axis of rotation. The second member extends an elongated arm, the elongated arm being crushed by the tip of the first member in an opening process of the flip cover with respect to the base so as to block the flip cover from opening with a rush.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2006Date of Patent: November 2, 2010Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yao-Che Peng, Jung-Chang Tai
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Patent number: 7762438Abstract: A closure body has a closure deck with a dispensing orifice. A lower peripheral skirt depends from the closure deck and is configured to be mounted on a container. A closure cap has an upper wall and a wall flange which depends from the upper wall. A hinge structure joins the wall flange to the lower peripheral skirt. A latch recess is defined within the lower peripheral skirt. A latch protrusion is located on the wall flange of the cap and positioned respectively positioned above the latch recess when closure cap is in a closed position. The latch protrusion and the latch recess define interfitting mating formations which engage to secure the cap to the closure body when the closure cap is in an open position.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2009Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: Polytop CorporationInventor: Clifford W. Skillin
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Publication number: 20100122987Abstract: An apparatus for containing liquid chemicals includes a dual chamber container and at least one covering member. The dual chamber container includes a base, a neck portion, and a pair of chambers configured between the base and the neck portion. Each chamber of the pair of chambers is adapted to contain a liquid chemical. Each covering member is capable of being detachably attached to the neck portion for covering an opening of a chamber of the pair of chambers. The each covering member includes a body member and an attachment means disposed on an inner surface of the body member. The attachment means is capable of detachably attaching the inner surface of the body member to the neck portion of the dual chamber container for covering of the opening the chamber of the pair of chambers.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2009Publication date: May 20, 2010Inventor: Gene Anthony Washington, II
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Publication number: 20100038372Abstract: Packaging for pourable or flowable products including a packaging cover positioned in a plane having an opening, wherein the opening is closed in the packing cover by a sealing element, and the sealing element has a sealing frame and a sealing cover which can be at least partially separated from each other for emptying, and which are positioned approximately in the plane of the packaging cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2009Publication date: February 18, 2010Inventor: Christian Bratsch
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Patent number: 7617954Abstract: A dispensing closure for a container is disclosed. The dispensing closure includes a closure body including an upper wall having a dispensing orifice. The closure body further includes an upper peripheral skirt depending from the upper wall, a closure deck depending from the upper peripheral skirt, and a lower peripheral skirt depending from the closure deck. The lower peripheral skirt has a diameter larger than the upper peripheral skirt. The lower peripheral skirt is configured to be mounted on a container. A cap having an upper wall and a wall flange depends from the upper wall. A hinge body is also included. A first living hinge joins a first end of the hinge body to the lower peripheral skirt and is hingeably movable from an open position to a closed position in facing mating relation with the upper peripheral skirt. The hinge body and the upper peripheral skirt include interfitting mating formations to secure the hinge body in facing mating relation with the upper peripheral skirt.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2007Date of Patent: November 17, 2009Assignee: Polytop Corporation, A Rhode Island CorporationInventor: Clifford W. Skillin
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Patent number: 7559433Abstract: A trash can assembly has a shell, a lid fitted over the top end of the shell, a foot pedal positioned adjacent the bottom end of the shell, a link assembly coupling the foot pedal and the lid, and a locking member associated with the shell. The locking member engages the rod of the link assembly to maintain the lid in an open position without pressing the foot pedal.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2004Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignee: Simplehuman LLCInventors: Frank Yang, Joseph Sandor
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Patent number: 7549559Abstract: Resealable caps and tops for directional pour spout containers currently available for liquid and semi-solid products are either a spout and cap design, in which the tip is cut off to pour or squeeze out the container contents, or a non-spout, hinged top-and-bottom design, which defines a flat surface with an opening. These designs have many limitations. For example, the closure portion of a conventional spout closure can become detached, leading to production line delays, lost tips in transit, product recall at the store level, loss of shelf life and potential chocking hazards to children and pets. The non-spout hinged, top-and-bottom design does not offer the directional dispensing capabilities. This invention addresses the shortcomings of conventional caps and tops by providing a one-piece directional pour spout container cap in which the base has an upwardly directed spout and a hinged flip top cap is attached to the spout.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2005Date of Patent: June 23, 2009Assignee: Conroy Foods, Inc.Inventors: Leslee Ann Conroy, James Lawrence Conroy, William Patrick Conroy
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Publication number: 20090101645Abstract: A multi-section lid for a can containing edible material includes a lid base, a cover portion, and a tear strip. The lid base can attach the lid to the can. The lid base defines one or more openings that permit access to the edible material. The cover portion includes one or more doors to cover the openings. The tear strip portion is positioned between the lid base and the cover portion. The tear strip portion is connected to the lid base and the cover portion by a plurality of bridges. The mold for forming the lid includes cavities that define flow channels that permit the lid material to flow through bridge cavities to fill the cavities in the mold during formation of the lid such that the lid base, the cover portion, and the tear strip portion are the single integral component.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2008Publication date: April 23, 2009Applicant: MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATEDInventors: Tracie WILSON, Steve Gift, Tom Coulter, Duane Sawyer
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Patent number: 7359287Abstract: The invention relates to a watch housing comprising a body made in two parts (2, 3), connected one to the other. The one of the two parts (2) guarantees the function of a watch whilst the second part (3), connected to the bracelet, comprises means for attachment of an interchangeable module (M). Said module (M) is extended by an elastic tongue (20) and security means are provided to ensure that the tongue (20) is supported on the first part (2) whilst subjecting the above to a permanent force maintaining the same in the open position.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2003Date of Patent: April 15, 2008Inventor: Jean-Michel Baroche
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Patent number: 7341165Abstract: A lid for a container includes a side element extending from a front of the lid to a rear of the lid. A fulcrum point is formed at one end of the side element and is disposed adjacent to a rear of the lid. A rear surface of the lid includes a portion that projects upwardly and rearwardly to a furthermost rear point that is displaced rearwardly a predetermined distance relative to the fulcrum point. A counter-balance weight is positioned on the furthermost rear point of the lid. Wherein when the lid is raised, the weight of the lid and the counter-balance weight provide a force for raising the lid and to selectively maintain the lid in an open position. When the lid is lowered, the weight of the lid and the counter-balance weight provide a force for closing the lid.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2004Date of Patent: March 11, 2008Assignee: Universal Lid CorporationInventor: Vincent P. Tippmann
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Patent number: 7325718Abstract: A portable food dispenser includes one or more containers. A first container is capable of being only partially opened to provide access to food or a second container. The second container includes a cover that can be opened to provide access to food.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2004Date of Patent: February 5, 2008Assignee: LBP Manufacturing, Inc.Inventors: Matthew R. Cook, Kurt Wolf
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Patent number: 7246716Abstract: A disposable cup lid for placement onto the rim of a drinking cup has a cover portion having a drinking access port and a condiment opening, a rim portion, a reclosable and tearable fold-back condiment tab, a hinge, a post and a recess. The cup lid is structured in such a manner that when the condiment opening is not in use, the condiment opening is reclosable by the condiment tab.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2003Date of Patent: July 24, 2007Assignee: Amhil EnterprisesInventor: Terry Durdon
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Patent number: 7134569Abstract: A tear-back drink-through lid for a drinking cup sealingly engages the drinking cup at an annular mounting portion with a downwardly extending annular skirt. The tear-back section extends from the inner skirt to a hinge and has an outwardly extending raised protrusion. When the tear-back section is torn away from the lid and pivoted about the hinge, the raised protrusion is frictionally engaged by the end walls of the recess and retained within the recess. The recess further includes a straw slot formed therein defined by two sloping converging sidewalls extending from the upper surface the lid at different angles to form a frangible juncture at the deepest portion of the recess.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2005Date of Patent: November 14, 2006Assignee: Fort James CorporationInventors: Michael A. Freek, Michael G. Thomas
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Patent number: 7108447Abstract: A joint suitable for construction castings having a frame and a lid or cover, such as manholes, grates, trench drains, hatches and the like, and construction castings incorporating the same. No tools are necessary to separate the joint. A ball head located on a lid fits into a socket located on a frame or adjacent lid. To separate the ball head from the socket, the lid is lifted to a substantially vertical position and turned about ninety degrees. The lid can then be lifted away from the socket. When the joint is used in manhole or hatch assemblies, a latch may be used to hold the cover open and the cover may be opened and closed with a lever.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2004Date of Patent: September 19, 2006Assignee: Neenah Foundry CompanyInventors: Steven M. Akkala, Timothy J. Law
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Patent number: 7100791Abstract: A trash container with a lid is emptied by a mechanical lifting device. A latch bar is provided that is engaged by the lift when the container is inverted. The latch bar is mounted in openings on both sides of a wide recess on the front wall of the container. The outer ends of the latch bar extend through the openings into the inside of the container and are accommodated with a clearance portion of a lower stacked container when the containers are stacked together for shipment. The lid is initially assembled in an open position with the lid hanging down vertically. After closing the lid for the first time by rotation of the lid through 270°, a hinge stop prevents the lid from being rotated back to the original position. The hinge stop supports the lid in an open position that is rotated about 110° from the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2003Date of Patent: September 5, 2006Assignee: Buckhorn, Inc.Inventor: John R. Berger
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Patent number: 7051888Abstract: A closure device comprising a plastic lid which is articulated to a skirt that is designed to surround a neck of a container. A majority of the surface of the lid is made up of an external convex surface that is provided with a concave recess which is disposed more or less opposite an area in which the lid is articulated to the skirt. One section of the lid can rest against a heel which is provided close to an upper edge of the skirt so as to lock the lid in a position in which the device is completely open.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2002Date of Patent: May 30, 2006Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.Inventors: Gregory Antier, Niels Damkjaer
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Patent number: 6948633Abstract: A drink-thru lid for a drinking cup including an annular mounting portion for sealingly engaging the drinking cup, wherein the annular mounting portion includes a downwardly extending annular skirt. The lid further includes a tear-back section extending from the annular skirt to a hinge portion located in a medial portion of the lid. The tear-back section includes a raised protrusion extending outwardly from an upper surface of the lid. A recess is further formed in a medial portion of the lid on the opposite side of the hinge portion from the raised protrusion, wherein the tear-back section may be torn away from the lid on its sides and pivoted about the hinge portion until the raised protrusion is received within the recess for holding said pivotal flap open. The raised protrusion and the recess are shaped such that the raised protrusion is frictionally engaged by the end walls of the recess.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2003Date of Patent: September 27, 2005Assignee: Fort James CorporationInventors: Michael Freek, Michael Thomas
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Patent number: 6923335Abstract: A case capable of airtightly closing an opening of a mouth of a case body by screwing a lid on the case body; and rotating the lid smoothly in the circumferential direction when the lid is screwed on or unscrewed from the case body. The case including a case body having a mouth, and a lid detachably screwed on the mouth so as to close an opening of the mouth and connected to the case body via an opening and closing hinge so as to pivot in directions of opening and closing the mouth is provided with a rotary ring fitted and held around the mouth so as to rotate in a circumferential direction thereof and connected to the lid via the opening and closing hinge so that the lid rotates together with the rotary ring.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2003Date of Patent: August 2, 2005Assignee: M.F.V. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro Fujita, Michitoshi Takeda
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Patent number: 6875405Abstract: A tube rack comprises a base having an array of vertical openings extending therebetween, the openings being configured and dimensioned to receive a plurality of tubes, with the upper ends of the tubes being accessible at the top surface. The base includes base sidewalls that each include a co-axial trunnion extending from the associated sidewall.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 1999Date of Patent: April 5, 2005Assignee: Matrix Technologies CorporationInventors: Gregory Mathus, Daniel J. Seguin, Victor A. Torti
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Patent number: 6739474Abstract: A garbage can for use in an automobile includes a container, and a lid; the container has two apart opposing projections on a top; each connecting projection has a pivotal hole extending horizontally from an inward end towards other end, a stopping convexity on the inward end, and front and rear locating concavities respectively adjacent to front and rear edges of the stopping convexity; the lid has two flexible and resilient connecting rods joined to a rear edge; the connecting rods are inserted into the pivotal holes for pivoting the lid to the container, and engage the front concavities when the lid is closed, and engage the rear concavities when the lid is moved to an upright position. An adjustable fastening plate is pivoted to the container, and inserted into narrow rooms between two adjacent parts inside a car for securing the garbage can in position.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2003Date of Patent: May 25, 2004Inventor: Wen-Chang Wang
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Patent number: 6695165Abstract: A door device for opening and closing an opening of a collecting case includes a door body for opening and closing the opening. A first hinge and a second hinge are disposed at one side of the door body at a predetermined distance from each other. A first guide rail is disposed at an interior wall of the collecting case for a predetermined length for guiding the door body to slide into and out from the collecting case by guiding the first hinge to move inwardly and outwardly with respect to the collecting case when the door is opened and closed; and a second guide rail is disposed at an interior wall of the collecting case for a predetermined length for guiding the second hinge to simultaneously rotate when the door body slides into and out from the collecting case.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2002Date of Patent: February 24, 2004Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jae-hoo Park
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Patent number: 6662454Abstract: The present invention relates to a child resistant, disposable, premeasured dosage spoon. It includes a bowl portion having a premeasured dosage volume bowl, a front end for oral insertion, a back end. It also includes a handle portion having a front end and a back end, wherein the back end is hingedly connected to the back end of the bowl portion and folds over onto said bowl portion to reduce the overall length of the spoon. There is also a child resistant mechanism having a male segment and a female segment adapted to interlock with one another, and adapted to require at least a two step movement for release of interlock with one another. One of the male segment and the female segment is located on the front of said bowl portion and the other of said male segment and said female segment being located on said front of said bowl portion and the other is located on the front end of the handle portion so as to enable them to interlock when the handle portion is folded over onto the bowl portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2001Date of Patent: December 16, 2003Assignee: Valley Design, Inc.Inventor: John E. Harrold
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Publication number: 20030201265Abstract: A cover assembly includes a ring mounted on a garbage bin, a cover mounted on the ring and a slot pivot device for slowly pivoting the cover relative to the ring. The slow pivot device includes a slow pivot element installed between the ring and the cover. The slow pivot element includes an internal tube, an external tube enclosing the internal tube and a spring connected between the internal tube and the external tube. Thus, rotation of the internal tube relative to the external tube exerts a torque on the spring. The spring is received in the internal tube so that an end thereof is connected with the internal tube. The internal tube is received in the external tube so that the other end of the spring is connected with the external tube. The internal tube includes a clip formed on an internal side thereof for clipping an end of the spring. The external tube includes a clip formed on an internal side thereof for clipping an opposite end of the spring.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2002Publication date: October 30, 2003Inventor: Tsong-Yow Lin
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Patent number: 6637628Abstract: A liquid container with at least one opening and a closure having a graspable lug for opening the closure. The closure includes at least one lever arm for controlling the opening operation, with the lever arm's free end bearing against a the container during the opening operation.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2002Date of Patent: October 28, 2003Assignee: Braun GmbHInventor: Jürgen Höser
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Patent number: 6616008Abstract: The present invention discloses a refuse container lid and hinge assembly, which comprises two angled members, two lid members, and two hinge rods. The angled members are attached to a refuse container and further comprise an attachment portion, a stop portion, and a plurality of knuckles. The lid members each comprise a crumple region and a support region. The crumple regions and support regions cooperatively allow the lid members to withstand planar and nonplanar compressive forces. The support regions each further comprise a plurality of U-shaped support ribs, which effect a patterned series of sloped superior surfaces and a patterned series of sloped inferior surfaces. The hinge rods hingedly connect the lids to the angled members. The ranges of pivotal motion are limited between a closed position and an open position wherein stop structures of the lid members contact the angled members thus restricting the lid members from pivoting more than a preferred number of degrees.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2002Date of Patent: September 9, 2003Inventor: Scott W. Lemajeur
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Publication number: 20030141312Abstract: The present invention discloses a refuse container lid and hinge assembly, which comprises two angled members, two lid members, and two hinge rods. The angled members are attached to a refuse container and further comprise an attachment portion, a stop portion, and a plurality of knuckles. The lid members each comprise a crumple region and a support region. The crumple regions and support regions cooperatively allow the lid members to withstand planar and nonplanar compressive forces. The support regions each further comprise a plurality of U-shaped support ribs, which effect a patterned series of sloped superior surfaces and a patterned series of sloped inferior surfaces. The hinge rods hingedly connect the lids to the angled members. The ranges of pivotal motion are limited between a closed position and an open position wherein stop structures of the lid members contact the angled members thus restricting the lid members from pivoting more than a preferred number of degrees.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2002Publication date: July 31, 2003Inventor: Scott W. Lemajeur
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Patent number: 6588624Abstract: A damping mechanism for use with a housing having a body and a cover pivotably attached to the body, the cover being movable between an open position and a closed position. The damping mechanism includes a body engagement surface located on the body and a cover engagement surface located on the cover. One of the body engagement surface or the cover engagement surface includes a generally planar damping pad and the other of the body engagement surface or the cover engagement surface includes a cam having a generally curved cam surface. The cam surface is shaped and positioned to engage the damping pad such that the damping pad and the cam cooperate to damp the movement of the cover when the cover pivots between the open and closed positions.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2000Date of Patent: July 8, 2003Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.Inventors: William Michael Connors, Nolan Francis Luckett
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Patent number: 6585114Abstract: A lid for a medical waste container which receives sharps waste such as hypodermic needles. The lid has a closure hinged to the lid by a flexible strap and movable between first and second recesses in the lid. The first recess is closed and simply receives and retains the closure when the lid is open for depositing waste. The second recess has an opening through which waste can be deposited into the container. A temporary locking mechanism retains the closure in the second recess by a snap fit but allows the closure to be lifted from the second recess to open the container. A permanent locking mechanism, when actuated, locks the closure in the second recess permanently so that the container is sealed for autoclaving and cannot be reopened.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2001Date of Patent: July 1, 2003Assignees: Medical Waste Management Inc., VIF Mould and Plastic Industries Ltd.Inventors: Daniel Kennedy, Istvan Vaskuthy
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Publication number: 20030098313Abstract: A case incorporates with a hinge structure including a first joint, which is extended from a rear panel of a case body, including a supporting arm having a front biasing surface and a rear biasing surface and second joint, which is extended from the rear wall of a case cover, has a holding slot to define a closed stopping surface and an opened stopping surface. The supporting arm is shaped and sized to slidably fit into the holding slot. Therefore, the supporting arm is slid outwardly from the holding slot until the rear biasing surface is biased against the closed stopping surface to close the case body with the case cover, and the supporting arm is slid into the holding slot until the front biasing surface is biased against the opened stopping surface to open the case body with the case cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2001Publication date: May 29, 2003Inventor: Chun Lung Cheng
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Patent number: 6523713Abstract: A lid and a container using the lid are disclosed, the lid having a central panel of paperboard with a resilient plastic skirt joined about its perimeter. A metal foil membrane having heat activated adhesive layers is attached to the lid and the rim of the container by inductive heating. Detents project from an inside surface of the skirt and cooperate with the rim on the container to hold the lid in an open position. A stacking lip extends from the skirt and interfits within an identical lid to allow the lids to be stacked for shipment. A hinge extends transversely across the central panel and divides the lid into movable and fixed portions. Weakened regions on the skirt separate when the lid is opened and provide evidence of potential tampering.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2000Date of Patent: February 25, 2003Assignee: Double “H” Plastics, Inc.Inventor: Charles R. Helms
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Publication number: 20030010742Abstract: A closure device and method includes a mounting member, a cap member and an actuator. The mounting member may be removably secured proximately to a container opening. The actuator is manually operable to move the cap member to open and close an opening in the container and is biased by a spring so that the cap member closes the opening but is movable to an open position. The closure device is especially adapted as part of a writing instrument that has a body to receive contents for dispensing, such as a marker. The mounting member may be annular piece that engages a neck of the container with the actuator being a pair of angled, parallel levers that pivot on the mounting member. In one embodiment, the cap member may be latched in the open position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2001Publication date: January 16, 2003Inventor: Errol D. Kobilan
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Patent number: 6488187Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, a sifter dispensing cap base for attachment to a package containing material to be dispensed, including: a vertical cylindrical shell portion; a web portion covering an upper end of the vertical cylindrical shell portion; the web portion including a flap, opening of the flap permitting access to the material; and the flap including a living hinge disposed along one edge thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2000Date of Patent: December 3, 2002Assignee: Brent River Packaging CorporationInventors: Robert J. Sheffler, Thomas J. Dolan, Timothy Callahan
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Patent number: 6481588Abstract: The invention provides a cap for hermetically closing a receptacle having a retention flange, the cap being constituted by a lid surmounting a lateral skirt which is provided, in a bottom portion, with means for snap-fastening beneath said flange and in a top portion, with a removable tamperproofing strip occupying a fraction of the periphery of the skirt where it provides a temporary connection with said lid, and also providing a hinge in its complementary fraction; the cap being characterized in that said lid carries a locking tab whose free end is provided with a retractable catch suitable for coming into abutment against the flange of the receptacle in the fully-open position.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2001Date of Patent: November 19, 2002Assignee: L & M Services B.V.Inventor: Armand Wagner
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Patent number: 6478184Abstract: A two piece hinged closure for a container. The closure includes a base installed on the container and a hinged cap positioned on the base. The hinge of the cap includes a caming tab and the base includes a caming surface against which the tab moves when the cap is moved between its closed and open positions to retain the cap in said open position.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2001Date of Patent: November 12, 2002Assignee: Courtesy CorporationInventors: Gary Berge, Thomas C. Stoneberg
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Publication number: 20020096532Abstract: A two piece hinged closure for a container. The closure includes a base installed on the container and a hinged cap positioned on the base. The hinge of the cap includes a caming tab and the base includes a caming surface against which the tab moves when the cap is moved between its closed and open positions to retain the cap in said open position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2001Publication date: July 25, 2002Applicant: Courtesy Corporation.Inventors: Gary Berge, Thomas C. Stoneberg
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Patent number: 6395234Abstract: A cassette for containment, storage and processing of material samples, having a top member that is slideably attachable to and detachable from the base member with minimal force and relaxed requirement for precision in the alignment operation. The top member is hingeably connected to the base member when attached and is positively locked to the base member in the attached closed position. The top member is easily opened and closed with one hand when attached to the base member, and facilitates high volume sample processing, e.g., of tissue samples for the purpose of histological determinations.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2000Date of Patent: May 28, 2002Assignee: Triangle Biomedical Sciences, Inc.Inventors: Jack E. Hunnell, Timothy M. McAvinney
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Patent number: 6347721Abstract: The invention provides a cover for a tubular feed container for a disposable cup dispenser, the cover comprising an annular base sized to concentrically override an upper area of the tubular container in friction-fit engagement therewith, and a hinged lid attached to a pair of spaced-apart hinge flanges protruding from an outer surface of the base, wherein an edge of the lid bracketed by the pair of hinges is provided with a concave configuration complementary to the convex curvature of the outer surface of the annular base, and an upper surface area of the lid is provided with a concave depression complementary in configuration to the convex curvature of the outer surface of the annular base, whereby the lid can be rotated about the hinges in an arc of about 270° from a first position atop the base to a second position with the upper surface of the lid substantially flush with an outer portion of the annular base, without damage to the hinges.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2000Date of Patent: February 19, 2002Inventor: Menacham Vine
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Publication number: 20020017522Abstract: A container (10) with a hinged lid comprises a container body (11), a hinged lid (23) hinged on the container body (11), and a bottom wall (12) tightly covering the open lower end of the container body (11). A rubber plate 50) is provided between the hinged lid (23) and the container body (11). The container body (11) has an upper wall (27) provided with an opening (24), and a side wall (13). The hinged lid (23) is supported on the side wall (13) of the container body (11). Since the hinged lid (23) is supported on the side wall (13), the hinged lid (23) can be formed in a large shape. The container body (11) is provided with a catching projection (33) for catching a locking projection (32) formed on the hinged lid (23).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 1999Publication date: February 14, 2002Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATIONInventors: TAKESHI BANDO, YOSHIKAZU TANAKA, KATSUMI KAMEDA, MASAHO HAYASHI, NORIKAZU SHINOGI
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Patent number: 6325231Abstract: The invention provides a container (2) with a container shroud (1) which has a base (4) and a top (3) and at least the top (3) is made of plastic and has a reclosable discharge aperture (23), with the top (3) having a lower circumferential edge (26) to connect the top (3) with the container shroud (1), and the discharge aperture (23) being covered by a cap (24) which is connected to the top (3) by film hinge (25) located in the vicinity of the highest point on the top (3) characterised in that the top (3) is substantially convex in form and the cap (24) is substantially concave in form and wherein the cap when in it's open form can be laid against the top (3) and in this state the cap (24) is largely congruent with the surface of the top (3). The container (2) has particular application in the packaging of foodstuffs.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2000Date of Patent: December 4, 2001Assignee: Unilever Patent Holdings B.V.Inventors: Willem-Hendrik Ketting, Sean Anthony Richardson
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Patent number: 6276562Abstract: A lid support assembly for a trash bin lid rod has a plurality of rod supports engaging the lid rod and secured to the rear wall of the bin to resist bending of the lid rod. An elongate lid prop has an opening for engaging over the lid rod with a first portion of the lid prop extending away from the opening in a first direction to provide a support for the trash bin lid in a partially open position, and a second portion extending in a second direction away from the first direction to engage the rear wall of the trash bin. Rod supports are positioned on opposite sides of the lid prop to secure the lid prop in the desired position on the lid rod.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 1999Date of Patent: August 21, 2001Assignee: Hodge Products, Inc.Inventors: Allan M. Hodge, Anthony A. Hodge
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Patent number: 6243884Abstract: A toilet seat assembly comprising a seat for permitting a user to sit over a toilet bowl of a toilet apparatus and a hinge pivotally attaching the seat to the toilet apparatus so that the user can manually pivot the seat relative to the toilet bowl between a vertical-upright position and a horizontal-down position. The hinge has a lock which automatically engages when the seat is manually pivoted into the vertical-upright position to prevent the seat from inadvertently pivoting back to the horizontal-down position. The toilet seat assembly can be further provided with a lid for selectively covering the toilet seat. The hinge lock can be adapted to automatically engage when the lid is manually pivoted into the vertical-upright position to prevent the lid from inadvertently pivoting back to the horizontal-down position.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 1999Date of Patent: June 12, 2001Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.Inventor: Robert L. Simonson
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Patent number: 6220478Abstract: The invention comprises trunk lock apparatus for locking a trunk having a rectangular bottom with upright front and rear and side panels, with a rectangular lid pivotally mounted at its rear edge to the top of the rear panel of the receptacle bottom of the trunk. The trunk lock apparatus has a horizontal latch panel pivotally mounted to the front panel of the receptacle near the top of the front panel which is pivotally mounted its top edge to pivot in an arc about its bottom edge forward toward the front panel and rearward away from the front panel with spring means urging the latch panel rearward. The lid has a downward projecting flange mounted to the underside of its forward edge and projecting downward therefrom with a forward projecting lip portion at the bottom of the flange.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 1998Date of Patent: April 24, 2001Inventors: Sidney D. Ingerson, Jerol H. Staael
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Patent number: 6138863Abstract: A multipurpose container having a lid and a receptacle. The receptacle has a base, a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls. The side walls are opposing each other and are integral to the base and to each other. At least one container wall has one half of a hinge mechanism integrally molded to a free end which mates with the other half of the hinge mechanism integrally molded with the lid to for the hinge mechanism. The hinge mechanism removably and pivotally attaches the lid to the receptacle. The hinge prevents the lid from rotating past a prescribed angle while allowing the lid to remain open to aid in filling the container. The lid includes a living hinge which allows the lid to be reduced in size and fit within the container. The container is adapted to being stackable and nestable when the lid is removed and placed inside the container.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 1999Date of Patent: October 31, 2000Assignee: Rehrig Pacific CompanyInventor: Cynthia R. Aiken
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Patent number: 6092690Abstract: The invention relates to a container for containing a stack of moist wipes, the container comprising a container body and a lid covering the container body, the lid comprising a dispensing aperture and a hinging cover connected to the lid and overlying the dispensing aperture, wherein the hinging cover is pivotable around a hinging axis.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 1996Date of Patent: July 25, 2000Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Bruce Kevin Bitowft, Martin Werner Frank
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Patent number: 6036050Abstract: A stop motion hinge for use on garbage cans utilizes a spring loaded hinge for stop motion of the lid. A spring loaded washer or plate with a series of bumps abuts the sides of the hinge. The sides of the hinge member have a series of apertures to allow the bumps to protrude through. The base member in connection with the hinge also has a series of apertures corresponding to the bumps so that as the hinge is moved, the pressure of the washer will force the bumps to lock into the set of apertures so that the hinge will form a fixed connection with base member when the lid is raised. The hinge is used on garbage cans in connection with the lid so that a lid with stop motion function is created. The hinge is preferably attached by a pop rivet to make installation easy.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 1998Date of Patent: March 14, 2000Inventor: John T. Ruane
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Patent number: 6003716Abstract: A dual open console for use with a vehicle. The console includes a lock assembly that allows opening of only one side of the console at a time. The lock assembly includes a pivot bar engaging locks on both sides of the lid of the console. The pivot bar operates to ensure that the lock on one side of the lid remains engaged when the lock on the other side is released.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 1998Date of Patent: December 21, 1999Assignee: Ford Motor CompanyInventors: Johnny Hugh Allison, Gerald Arthur Heath, Richard Morabito, Jeff Hayes, David Norman Denomme, Walter Andrew Hartley, Harry Craig Kuptz
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Patent number: 5996779Abstract: A dental implant package for supplying a dental implant and healing screw without impacting the sterility thereof is disclosed. The package comprises an elongated tubular housing with an open first end and a closed second end for receiving the dental implant and a cap for closing the tubular housing. The cap has a retainer therein for holding a healing screw and is constructed and arranged so that the cap in the fully open position presents the healing screw and dental implant side-by-side.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 1998Date of Patent: December 7, 1999Assignee: Lifecore Biomedical, Inc.Inventors: Michael Robert Klardie, Jeremy Matthew Huotari, Jean B. Christensen, Peter Bjork Swenson