B65D 2251/10
Details of hinged closures
B65D2251/10 (Details of hinged closures) appears on 1,028 US grants and 825 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65D- Granted patents
- 1,028
- Published applications
- 825
- Assignees
- 572
- Inventors
- 1,746
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 19 | 0 |
| 1977 | 9 | 0 |
| 1978 | 15 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 13 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 20 | 8 |
| 2002 | 28 | 19 |
| 2003 | 18 | 33 |
| 2004 | 18 | 38 |
| 2005 | 13 | 27 |
| 2006 | 12 | 24 |
| 2007 | 9 | 31 |
| 2008 | 13 | 27 |
| 2009 | 14 | 26 |
| 2010 | 13 | 16 |
| 2011 | 21 | 25 |
| 2012 | 19 | 34 |
| 2013 | 31 | 17 |
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| 2019 | 18 | 46 |
| 2020 | 33 | 39 |
| 2021 | 29 | 47 |
| 2022 | 46 | 60 |
| 2023 | 44 | 55 |
| 2024 | 39 | 66 |
| 2025 | 59 | 47 |
| 2026 | 37 | 25 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B65D 2251/1016Means for locking the closure in closed positionIndexing code716
- B65D 2251/1008Means for locking the closure in open positionIndexing code208
- B65D 2251/1066Actuating meansIndexing code138
- B65D 2251/1083Closures formed of several sections hinged to the container or baseIndexing code73
- B65D 2251/1091Closures made integrally with the base element at a point remote fromIndexing code25
Recent patents
- Storage case6 Oct 2026US 12,752,971 B2
- Transport container and container arrangement6 Oct 2026US 12,752,973 B2BS Systems GmbH & Co. KG
- Locking member and box thereof6 Oct 2026US 12,752,974 B2A&A Intelligent (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
- Tamper-evident closure with tamper-evident strip and holding chamber for tamper-evident strip6 Oct 2026US 12,752,979 B2Silgan Dispensing Systems Group B.V.
- Lid assembly6 Oct 2026US 12,752,980 B2King's Flair Marketing Limited
- Closing cap for a container24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285548 A1Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa' Cooperativa
- Cover, lock and alignment mark17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274500 A1The Procter & Gamble Company
- Modular container system with magnetic and interlocking features17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274503 A1
- Apparatus and method for container interface operations13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233915 A1Motogo, LLC
- Container, closure, and methods of manufacture6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225775 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Container for wet wipes having an improved closure mechanism276US 5,785,179 AKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · 1998
- Latching structure for food container265US 5,046,659 AMobil Oil Corporation · 1991
- Container with hinged lid207US 5,366,104 AFabri-Kal Corporation · 1994
- Container with reclosable lid latch202US 5,353,946 AChurch & Dwight Co., Inc. · 1994
- Container cover and safety closure190US 4,022,352 A1977