B65D 43/26
Mechanisms for opening or closing
Official title: Mechanisms for opening or closing, e.g. pedal-operated {(for refuse receptacles B65F1/1623)}
B65D43/26 (Mechanisms for opening or closing) appears on 328 US grants and 375 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65D- Granted patents
- 328
- Published applications
- 375
- Assignees
- 207
- Inventors
- 550
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 16 | 16 |
| 2025 | 18 | 14 |
| 2026 | 7 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Storage box6 Oct 2026US 12,752,962 B1
- Closure assembly for a beverage container and method for repeatably closing a beverage container by means of a closure assembly25 Aug 2026US 12,715,650 B2Ardagh Metal Beverage Holdings Germany GmbH
- Bear-resistant container25 Aug 2026US 12,715,653 B2Recreational Equipment, Inc.
- Container lid11 Aug 2026US 12,703,547 B2Brumis Imports Inc.
- Easy open container4 Aug 2026US 12,698,154 B2
- Consumer products and methods for operating the same17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274498 A1The Procter & Gamble Company
- Fastening structure for sealed container lid, sealed container lid, and container20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242102 A1
- Bear-resistant container18 Jun 2026US 2026/0167383 A1Recreational Equipment, Inc.
- Water bottle4 Jun 2026US 2026/0152330 A1Maple Leaf Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
- Single-action lid-opening food storage container21 May 2026US 2026/0138793 A1Ningbo Longwell Baby & Beauty Products Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Storage and cooking container with lid release tab118US 4,809,868 APlastics, Inc. · 1989
- Travel container having drinking orifice and vent aperture seals115US 7,546,933 B2Ignite USA, LLC · 2009
- Cap locking device for a water bottle113US 5,282,541 A1994
- Travel container having drinking orifice and vent aperture106US 7,997,442 B2Ignite USA, LLC · 2011
- Animated toy box105US 4,200,197 AMarvin Glass & Associates · 1980