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US 10,399,742 B2Granted
Container system
AssigneeOregon Precision Industries, Inc.
InventorsZakary James Borg, Ronald Lee Mellor, Jr.
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Abstract
A container system is provided comprising an upper container and a clip body configured to attach to the top of a lower container. The clip body includes outer securing structures comprised of tabs and ledges to releasably attach to the lip of a circular rim of the lower container. Wings are configured to flex under an influence of a digit of a user to bias the ledges away from the central region of the clip body, thereby releasing the lower container.
Claims11
A container system, comprising:
- an upper container;
- and
- a clip body with a top side attached to a bottom of the upper container and a bottom side configured to attach to a top of a lower container, the clip body including:
- a plurality of outer securing structures formed around a substantially circular outer perimeter of the clip body, each outer securing structure including an outer tab, a ledge formed at a bottom end of the outer tab and extending inward toward a central region of the clip body, and a wing extending upward from the outer tab and outward away from the central region of the clip body in a radial direction, wherein
- each wing is positioned proximate a base of the upper container and configured to contact an inwardly sloping surface around the bottom of the upper container during a coupling operation of the upper container to the clip body;
- each ledge grips an outer lip of a circular rim formed on the top side of the lower container, to thereby collectively releasably grip the lower container;
- and
- the wing is formed on the outer tab opposite a corresponding ledge in an axial direction and is configured to flex when an inward force is applied by a digit of a user to thereby bias the corresponding ledge away from the central region of the clip body and release the lower container.
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