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US 10,329,056 B2Granted
Lid lever for container
AssigneeRPC Superfos A/S
InventorTorben Noer
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Abstract
A container (100) with a lid lever (132) to disengage a lid present on a rim portion (112) of the container (100) is disclosed. The lid lever (132) is integrated between two cuts and is attached to a primary skirt (114) of the container (100). The lid lever (132) is pulled laterally outward towards a free end to disengage the lid. A secondary skirt (138) in the form of a flange is present behind the lid lever (132). The secondary skirt (138) prevents deformation of the primary skirt (114) and the rim portion (112) of the container (100). The shape of the lid lever (132) extends past the primary skirt (114) thereby making the lid lever (132) more effective and further makes it distinguishable from the primary skirt (114).
Claims13
A container (100) having a bottom portion (102);
- a sidewall portion (104) having an inner surface (108) and an outer surface (110), wherein the sidewall portion (104) defines an opening (106), wherein an upper edge of the sidewall portion (104) has a rim portion (112) for engaging a lid to close the container (100);
- a primary skirt (114) which extends downwardly from the rim portion (112) of the container (100), wherein the primary skirt (114) has an inner surface (116) and an outer surface (118);
- wherein first (128) and second (130) cuts are formed in the primary skirt (114), and wherein the primary skirt (114) also comprises a lid lower edge engaging surface (122) having an inner edge (124) and an outer edge (126);
- and a lid lever (132) having an inner surface (134) and an outer surface (136), wherein the lid lever (132) is arranged in a gap in the portion of the primary skirt (114) defined by the first (128) and the second (130) cuts;
- wherein the lid lever (132) also comprises a lid lower edge engaging surface (122) having an inner edge (124) and an outer edge (150);
- and wherein the lid lever (132) is arranged to pivot outwardly about a bending line running parallel with the rim portion (112) of the container (100), and wherein the lid lever (132) is configured in such a way that when a lid is mounted on the container (100), an edge of the lid is lifted upwardly when the lid lever (132) is pulled laterally outwards;
- wherein the lid lower edge engaging surface (122) of the lid lever (132) is arranged in such a way that the outer edge (150) of the lid lower edge engaging surface (122) of the lid lever (132) extends outwardly past a circular line which is co-centric with and which has the same diameter as the outer edge (126) of the lid lower edge engaging surface (122) of the primary skirt (114).
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A container (100) having a bottom portion (102);
- a sidewall portion (104) having an inner surface (108) and an outer surface (110), wherein the sidewall portion (104) defines an opening (106), wherein an upper edge of the sidewall portion (104) has a rim portion (112) for engaging a lid to close the container (100);
- a primary skirt (114) having an inner surface (116) and an outer surface (118) extends downwardly from the rim portion (112) of the container (100), wherein first (128) and second (130) cuts are formed in the primary skirt (114), and wherein the primary skirt (114) also comprises a lid lower edge engaging surface (122) having an inner edge (124) and an outer edge (126);
- a lid lever (132) having an inner surface (134) and an outer surface (136), wherein the lid lever (132) is arranged in a gap in the portion of the primary skirt (114) defined by the first (128) and the second (130) cuts and arranged to pivot outwardly about a bending line running parallel with the rim portion (112) of the container (100), wherein the lid lever (132) also comprises a lid lower edge engaging surface (122) having an inner edge (124) and an outer edge (150) and wherein the lid lever (132) is configured in such a way that when a lid is mounted on the container (100), an edge of the lid is lifted upwardly when the lid lever (132) is pulled laterally outwards;
- and a secondary skirt (138) present in the gap defined by the first (128) and second (130) cuts, wherein the secondary skirt is arranged as a flange which extends downwardly from the rim portion (112) such that the secondary skirt (138) is arranged between the outer surface (110) of the sidewall portion (104) and the inner surface (134) of the lid lever (132), wherein the secondary skirt (138) comprises a set of ribs (144) extending from an inner surface (140) of the secondary skirt (138) to the outer surface (110) of the sidewall portion (104).
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