B65D 77/2004
The cover being maintained on the container by mechanical means
Official title: {the cover being maintained on the container by mechanical means, e.g. crimping, clamping, riveting (B65D77/2024 takes precedence)}
B65D77/2004 (The cover being maintained on the container by mechanical means) appears on 69 US grants and 99 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65D- Granted patents
- 69
- Published applications
- 99
- Assignees
- 60
- Inventors
- 150
- Latest grant
- 10 Feb 2026
Filings by year
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| 2003 | 0 | 7 |
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| 2024 | 4 | 8 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4 |
| 2026 | 1 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B65D 77/2016The cover being maintained by projections or recesses on the container22
- B65D 77/2012The cover being crimped or folded over the container flange20
- B65D 77/2008The container flange being crimped over the cover11
- B65D 77/202The cover being connected to the container by separate circumferential ring elements8
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