Sliding Patents (Class 383/69)
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Patent number: 11992104Abstract: A container device with an outer shell that has an opening that is sealed by a closure mechanism. The closure mechanism may include resealable closure elements that are configured to partially or wholly seal the opening. In some examples, the closure elements may be magnetic strips. In addition, the closure mechanism may include curved members to prevent the opening from closing when the closure mechanism is in an open configuration.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2022Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLCInventors: Derek G. Sullivan, John Warren Dow, Calvin Tabor, Kyle Edward Rogers, Erik Steven Larson, Keith Austin
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Patent number: 11117705Abstract: A fluid carton assembly for dispensing and storing a liquid beverage includes a beverage carton for storing a liquid beverage. The beverage carton has a pair of flaps each being positionable in an open position to pour the liquid beverage. The flaps are positionable in a closed position to contain the liquid beverage. A slide is slidably coupled to each of the flaps. The slide is slidable into a closing position thereby retaining the flaps in the closed position. The slide is slidable into an opening position thereby facilitating the flaps to be positioned in the open position.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2020Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Inventor: Donald Law
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Patent number: 9078502Abstract: A closure for a pouch comprising: (a) a cylindrical sleeve having a first open end and a second open end, (b) a longitudinal slit in the cylindrical sleeve having a close end proximate to the first end of the cylindrical sleeve and an open end at the second end of the cylindrical sleeve; (c) a rod adapted to be arranged concentrically within the cylindrical sleeve having a first end and a second end, the first end of the rod being adapted to engage with the first end of the cylindrical sleeve; and (d) a child-proof lock adapted to be removably connected to the second end of the cylindrical sleeve or to the second end of the rod to block the open end of the longitudinal slit.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2011Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: Bayer Consumer Care AGInventors: Sébastien Lucien Fily, Bruno Chazel
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Publication number: 20140185964Abstract: A closure for a container including a base having a passageway extending therethrough. At least a portion of the base is configured to attach to at least a portion of an opening of a container such that the passageway is in registry with at least a portion of the opening. A cap is movably attached to the base. The cap is movable between a first position in which at least a portion of the cap blocks at least a portion of the passageway and a second position in which the cap is spaced-apart from at least a portion of the passageway to allow contents from within the container to pass therethrough. A seal is positioned on one of the cap and the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2012Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: GALDERMA R&DInventor: Sebastien FILY
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Patent number: 8540741Abstract: A weasand-ligating clip (10) made as a one-piece molding, the clip comprising two portions (11) hinged together at one end by a film hinge (13), and including a closure system (15, 16) at the other end, the portions (11) having teeth that clamp against the weasand when the clip is closed, the clip being characterized by the fact that a major longitudinal dimension (L) of the clip measured from the film hinge to the closure system is less than 45 mm, or indeed less than 42 mm, and better less than 40 mm.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2009Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Termet SolefiInventors: Mario Rodrigues, Cédric Pigeon
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Publication number: 20130236128Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein relates to a storage apparatus having multiple compartments. In one aspect, a multi-compartment bag can be formed of a flexible material, and each compartment of the multi-compartment bag can have two or more seams and one resealable opening edge. The seams in each compartment can include at least one tearable seam that can include at least a perforated seam configured to physically separate one of the compartments from the multi-compartment bag. In another aspect, a multi-compartment container can be formed of a rigid material having one or more removable lids, an upper portion, and a lower portion. The upper portion and the lower portion can each have a plurality of compartments. The upper portion can be separated from the lower portion by an intermediate layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2013Publication date: September 12, 2013Inventor: MaBelle Bray
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Patent number: 8449186Abstract: A device having multiple resealable compartments for food storage is disclosed. The device is formed as a single unit and is comprised of several resealable compartments. Depending on the embodiment the number, shape and position of these compartments varies.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2009Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Inventor: MaBelle Ericson Vaughan Bray
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Patent number: 8186881Abstract: A system for sealably closing a reservoir is disclosed. The system can have a container and a slider. The container can have an orifice and catches and lips surrounding the orifice. The slider can be translatably attached to the container over the orifice. The slider can slidably engage the catch and lips to force the orifice closed. While attached to the catch and lips, the slider can create a pressurized seal of the orifice.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2011Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Hydrapak, Inc.Inventors: Matthew J. Lyon, Samuel M. Lopez
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Publication number: 20120087603Abstract: A sealing mechanism includes a holding member and a securing member. A positioning hole is defined in the holding member and two flanges extend from the holding member and cooperatively defining a gap for receiving a packing bag. The securing member is received in the holding member and includes a positioning post. The securing member deforms the two flanges between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the two flanges extend outside in opposite direction so that an acute angle defined between the two flanges, and the positioning post is disengaged from the positioning hole. In the second position, the two flanges are substantially parallel to each other, the positioning post is engaged in the positioning hole, and the securing member is engaged with the packing bag.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2011Publication date: April 12, 2012Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: YUN-LUNG CHEN, CHUNG CHAI, CHUAN-KAI CHANG
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Publication number: 20120008883Abstract: A system for sealably closing a reservoir is disclosed. The system can have a container and a slider. The container can have an orifice and catches and lips surrounding the orifice. The slider can be translatably attached to the container over the orifice. The slider can slidably engage the catch and lips to force the orifice closed. While attached to the catch and lips, the slider can create a pressurized seal of the orifice.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2011Publication date: January 12, 2012Applicant: HYDRAPAK, INC.Inventors: Matthew J. LYON, Samuel M. LOPEZ
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Patent number: 8043005Abstract: A system for sealably closing a reservoir is disclosed. The system can have a container and a slider. The container can have an orifice and catches and lips surrounding the orifice. The slider can be translatably attached to the container over the orifice. The slider can slidably engage the catch and lips to force the orifice closed. While attached to the catch and lips, the slider can create a pressurized seal of the orifice.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2006Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Hydrapak, Inc.Inventors: Matthew J. Lyon, Samuel M. Lopez
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Patent number: 7954338Abstract: A water storage unit includes an outer bag with an inlet defined in a top end thereof and an inner bag is received in the outer bag. A coolant bag is received in the inner bag and has coolant received therein. An outlet part is connected to the lower end of the outer bag and connected with a hose so that the user can suck the water in the outer bag. The water is cooled by the coolant in the coolant bag which is located at the lower end of the outer bag. A handle has a clamp slot with which a sealing rod is securely engaged. The inlet of the outer bag can be sealed by the cooperation of the clamp slot of the handle and the sealing rod.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2008Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Inventor: Chien Ping Lien
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Publication number: 20100086238Abstract: A flexible, reclosable bag includes a first bag web, a second bag web, and a pocket-forming web, which form a flexible, reclosable bag having a pocket for inserting a thermal influencing material. The pocket-forming web may contain a cut, thereby forming an opening in the pocket. The pocket and/or the flexible, reclosable bag may include a fastener, such as a zipper tape fastener or a zipper slider fastener. Additionally, a method for making a flexible, reclosable bag having a pocket for receiving a thermal influencing material is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2008Publication date: April 8, 2010Inventor: Victoria Sprehe
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Publication number: 20090142007Abstract: The present invention relates to a bag (1) including: two generally parallel sheets (12, 13); matching closing profiles (2, 3) fixed on these sheets (12, 13); a slider (5) for actuating the profiles (2, 3), this slider (5) comprising flanks (51, 52) each inner surface of which bears a boss (53, 54). This bag is remarkable by the fact that said sheets (12, 13) include on their outer faces, and outside said slider (5), abutment means (6) capable of immobilizing said sheets (12, 13) relatively to said slider (5) along a direction generally perpendicular to the displacement axis (X-X?) of the slider (5).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2008Publication date: June 4, 2009Inventor: Henri BOIS
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Patent number: 7503696Abstract: A pack sealing method and device in which a slit tubular member (16) is slidably fitted around a wrapped portion of a pack (8) (a bag or envelope made of a diverse material while having a diverse size and a diverse shape) formed as a portion of the pack (8) near an opening (4) of the pack (8) is wrapped around a rod member (14), in a state in which a diverse liquid, gaseous, and solid material or object is put into the pack (8) through the opening (4). The rod member (14?) is fixedly bonded to the inner or outer surface of the pack (8) or separate from the pack (8). Where the pack (8) is a zipper pack provided with a zipper, this zipper functions as the rod member.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2003Date of Patent: March 17, 2009Assignee: Sehyang Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae-Ho Ha, Seung-Taek Lee
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Publication number: 20080166073Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a reclosable package or bag with a slider zipper, and further including a first gusset with a perforated line or similar line of weakness formed between the slider zipper profiles in order to provide tamper evidence and a second gusset formed below one zipper profile in order to allow the filled packaged to stand up for display purposes. This package or bag is typically bottom filled, but then displayed to the customer in the orientation with the bottom in the upper position and the zipper in the lower position. One alternative embodiment substitutes a press-to-close-zipper for the slider zipper. A further alternative embodiment omits the perforated line and provides for a separation in the web between the zipper profiles to form a mouth for the package or bag.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2007Publication date: July 10, 2008Inventors: Gregory H. Crunkleton, Basil C. Linton, Eric J. Fenzl, Robert C. Stolmeier, Matthew W. Nysted
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Publication number: 20070280564Abstract: A system for sealably closing a reservoir is disclosed. The system can have a container and a slider. The container can have an orifice and catches and lips surrounding the orifice. The slider can be translatably attached to the container over the orifice. The slider can slidably engage the catch and lips to force the orifice closed. While attached to the catch and lips, the slider can create a pressurized seal of the orifice.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2006Publication date: December 6, 2007Applicant: HYDRAPAK, INC.Inventors: Matthew J. Lyon, Samuel M. Lopez
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Patent number: 7255477Abstract: A locking bag includes an envelope with a single opening defined between a pair of side wall edges. A pair of plastic zipper portions are disposed on opposite sides of the single pair of side wall edges. A zipper closure clip is slidably attached to the single pair of side wall edges at one corner of the opening of the bag. The zipper closure clip is adapted to clamp the two portions of the plastic zipper together when the zipper closure clip is slid along the opening of the bag. The two plastic zipper portions include suitable means to make the closing of the opening permanent. In one embodiment, the zipper closure is removable from the bag after the bag is permanently closed.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2003Date of Patent: August 14, 2007Assignee: Bemis Company, Inc.Inventor: Patrick Arnell
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Patent number: 6896950Abstract: A novel continuous web of composite packaging film for making packages having improved openable and reclosable interlocking seals, the seal having male and female portions of arrowhead shape in cross section, snap detents, and being formed transversely to the direction of film flow during package formation at line speed. The packaging film is provided at package length intervals with thermoformable strips secured thereto transversely to the running length of the film, and is fed to a modified standard vertical form, fill and seal packaging machine where the film is formed into a bag with the thermoformable strip inside in ends abutting folded facing relationship at the upper end of the bag, product deposited into the bag, the bag sealed, the reclosable interlocking seal formed, and the bag severed from the next bag being formed.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2001Date of Patent: May 24, 2005Assignee: Sealstrip CorporationInventors: Harold M Forman, Trevor G Smith
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Patent number: 6464394Abstract: A flexible package having a handle-pour spout closure including two strip sections and a slidable clamp. The clamp can be slid to one position to hold the sections closed, and to another position to enable them to be pulled apart and opened, and vice versa.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2001Date of Patent: October 15, 2002Assignee: Fres-co System USA, Inc.Inventor: David E. Galomb
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Publication number: 20010030134Abstract: A flexible container for products to be kept separate and mixed before use, made of single-layer or multi-layer plastic material comprising two compartments (11, 12), intended to contain respective products which are kept separate and mixed before use by breaking a line of separation between said compartments, in which the line of separation is obtained by means of a strip (15) of easy-open material interposed between the walls (13, 14) of the container and extending from one side to the other thereof, so that a weld made along said strip (15) is not permanent, but can be broken upon exceeding a certain force.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2001Publication date: October 18, 2001Inventors: Dott. Franco Goglio, Ing. Giorgio Bottini
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Patent number: 6296420Abstract: Elongated flood control bags are filled with pillows filled with liquid or inflated with air, the pillows being arrayed in each bag, typically end to end and stacked. The bags are deployed at ground level for control of liquid flow to protect property and terrain against flow of water and rain.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 1999Date of Patent: October 2, 2001Inventor: Michael J. Garbiso
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Patent number: 6074094Abstract: A bag with a security closure having two opposing main segments corresponding to the bag front panels, and a pair of side segments at each end of the opposing main segments which are foldable about a crease line, the upper edges of the front panel segments and side segments defining the bag mouth. A stiffening bar is provided at the upper edge of each of the main segments and side segments, the stiffening bars being formed in a group when the bag segments are folded to close the bag mouth. There is a closure bar having a U-shape channel with an inwardly extending flange at each end and the group of stiffening bars fits within the inwardly extended flanges of the U-shaped channel as the closure bar is moved over the group of segments with the flanges being below the group of stiffening members. A locking member is fastened to the end of the closure bar to prevent its withdrawal from the bag and a receiver for the locking member can be on a piece that is articulated from the closure bar.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 1998Date of Patent: June 13, 2000Inventors: Jorge Eleuterio Manolizi, Walter Gabriel Sidlik
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Patent number: 6059456Abstract: A closure arrangement for a flexible package includes two base strips having channels and film-attachment portions, and a closure strip inserted within and slidably engaging the channels of the base strips. The closure arrangement includes shoulders on the channels configured to engage and retain the outer portions of the closure strip. The closure strip slides within the channels of the base strips to open and close the closure arrangement. A package and method of constructing a package are also described.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 1997Date of Patent: May 9, 2000Assignee: Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc.Inventor: Timothy J. May
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Patent number: 5765264Abstract: A pair of confronting limbs, which have mutually meshing jaws, clasp the open top of a bag therebetween when a grooved bar slides upon the limbs. The limbs have external rails, and the bar has trackways formed therein to receive the rails slidably therein. The limbs are integral with a twice-folded panel which defines a pouring spout for the subject bag of a portion of the panel; this pouring spout portion is set within the bag.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 1997Date of Patent: June 16, 1998Inventor: Ray Ciok
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Patent number: 5540366Abstract: A waterproof money belt characterized by an access opening in the pouch having a first sidewall and a second sidewall. A first peripheral edge of the first sidewall extends past a second peripheral edge of the second sidewall such that a flap portion is formed adjacent the first peripheral edge. The flap portion of the first sidewall is movable between a position parallel to the second sidewall and a folded position in which the first sidewall overlies the second sidewall, Mating ZIPLOC closures are used to secure the first sidewall and second sidewall together, A first tape fastener is positioned adjacent a first peripheral edge on a first interior surface of the flap portion of the first sidewall. A second tape fastener is positioned adjacent a second peripheral edge on a second exterior surface of the second sidewall. The first tape fastener engages the second tape fastener when the flap portion of the first sidewall is in the folded position.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 1995Date of Patent: July 30, 1996Inventor: Curtiss Coomber
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Patent number: 5462222Abstract: A narrow, elongated, hard plastic, U-shaped sealing clip for an opened gabled container, providing repeated sealable air tight, leak-resistant closure of the container. Each leg of the U-shaped clip embodies an elongated longitudinally extending bead facing inward of the U, which beads are directly adjacent each other throughout their entire length. The beads are closely spaced and sized to enclose the gabled top of a container, at an upper portion thereof, with a resilient enclosing grip therebetween, to compressively close the portion of the container top which was opened for removal of material from the container. The spacing between the beads is less than the thickness of the container walls whereby, with the slide-on engagement with the gabled top of the container, the sealing clip assumes a compressive V-shaped conformation.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 1994Date of Patent: October 31, 1995Inventor: Edgar L. Boeck, II
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Patent number: 5400929Abstract: A slide-on closure for containers such as beverage cartons is in the form of a tubular body with a longitudinal slit having a divergent section at one end to facilitate sliding of the closure onto the container. The tubular body further includes reinforcements surrounding the body which facilitate gripping the closure and a notch opposite the divergent section which enhances deformation of the closure when sliding same onto the container.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 1993Date of Patent: March 28, 1995Inventor: Jose M. Lopez Gonzalez
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Patent number: 5354132Abstract: A containment and disposal bag for human bodily fluids is disclosed which includes a bag having a hollow interior and a top at least partially open to receive the bodily fluids; preferably a funnel structure within the bag to channel said bodily fluids into the interior and to restrict expulsion of bodily fluids from the interior prior to sequestration; a hydrophilic material within the bag which is rapidly gellable upon contact with the bodily fluids in the bag, the gellation serving to essentially completely sequester the bodily fluids and prevent it from thereafter being expelled from the bag; and a closure to close the top of the bag after introduction of the bodily fluids into the bag. The hydrophilic material is commonly a polymer which is activated upon contact with the water-based bodily fluids and which gels rapidly (normally within thirty seconds or less) to sequester the bodily fluids.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 1992Date of Patent: October 11, 1994Assignee: American Innotek, Inc.Inventors: Ruth E. Young, Daniel L. Young, Richard E. Warrick, Clarence A. Cassidy
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Patent number: 5123896Abstract: A device intended for parallelepipedical shaping an aquacultural enclosure made from a tube of relatively flexible material, characterized by the fact that the device comprises a rigid U-shaped bar exhibiting a slit-shaped opening whose length is approximately equal to a first dimension of the parallelepiped that it is desired to obtain. The device also having two angle pieces which are fitted onto the U-shaped bar to form the parallelepiped aquacultural enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 1989Date of Patent: June 23, 1992Inventor: Jacques Gilbert
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Patent number: 5116139Abstract: A containment and disposal bag for human bodily fluids is disclosed which includes a bag having a hollow interior and a top at least partially open to receive the bodily fluids; preferably a funnel structure within the bag to channel said bodily fluids into the interior and to restrict expulsion of bodily fluids from the interior prior to sequestration; a hydrophilic material within the bag which is rapidly gellable upon contact with the bodily fluids in the bag, the gellation serving to essentially completely sequester the bodily fluids and prevent it from thereafter being expelled from the bag; and a closure to close the top of the bag after introduction of the bodily fluids into the bag. The hydrophilic material is commonly a polymer which is activated upon contact with the water-based bodily fluids and which gels rapidly (normally within thirty seconds or less) to sequester the bodily fluids.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 1991Date of Patent: May 26, 1992Assignee: American Innotex, Inc.Inventors: Ruth E. Young, Daniel L. Young, Richard E. Warrick, Clarence A. Cassidy
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Patent number: 4979668Abstract: A reclosure device adapted for installation on a cardboard container having side walls and end walls that fold together at the upper end of the container to allow the upper edges of the side walls to be positioned adjacent each other. An elongated track member having spaced apart side portions adapted for attachment to the adjacent upper edges of the container side walls, each side portion having a guide members extending along its outer surface and substantially the full width of the carton side walls. An elongated slider member attached to the track member parallel to the guide members has opposed jaw portions along its length with edge portions which are slidable on the guide members. Stop members are provided at opposite ends of the guide members for retaining the slider on the track member.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 1990Date of Patent: December 25, 1990Inventors: Kent N. Allen, Raymond D. Coleman
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Patent number: 4722614Abstract: A container is provided that will minimize the possibility of tampering by unauthorized persons. The container is formed of a one-piece, thermoplastic material, preferable a transparent material, that would make any unauthorized entry in the container more readily visible to the buying public. The novel container is fabricated by a novel combined compression and blow molding process with a single opening that can be sealed after the container is filled. A closure cap is formed in the process as a portion of the unitary container, which cap can be readily separated from the container by the user for gaining access to the contents of the container, and thereafter used to seal the opening in the container between openings.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 1987Date of Patent: February 2, 1988Inventor: Herbert H. Boynton
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Patent number: 4576307Abstract: A molded plastic container has first and second portions which are relatively movable between open and closed configurations; and the two portions have first edges which are juxtaposed when the portions are closed. A T-shaped rail is fixed to the first edge of one of the container portions, and the rail extends along said edge for a significant length--except for a location where it is interrupted by two adjacent gaps. A pair of posts are fixed to the first edge of the second container portion, and the posts are positioned so as to be insertable into the two rail gaps when the two container portions are in their closed configuration. The posts have a transverse configuration which matches the transverse configuration of the rail, so that the posts may be described as forming geometric extensions of the rail when the two container portions are closed. A slide has an interiorly facing opening which is sized for engaging the rail and for being captured thereby.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 1984Date of Patent: March 18, 1986Assignee: Doskocil Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventor: Donald V. Frydenberg
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Patent number: 4428098Abstract: A closure device adapted for clamping a flexible bag has a pair of hinged jaws including slideably mounted extension pieces adjustably retained in pre-selected positions of extension. The jaws are movable between a closed position to grip a bag and an open position to release the bag. A clasp mechanism releasably retains the jaws in the closed position. Mating sets of longitudinal teeth may be provided to grip the bag more positively.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 1981Date of Patent: January 31, 1984Inventors: Terry Coker, Stanley W. Coker