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US 11,229,268 B2Granted
Container with magnetic closure
AssigneeYETI Coolers, LLC
InventorsJeffrey Charles Munie, Kyle Edward Rogers, Edward Abante, Christopher M. Keller, Derek G. Sullivan, Tobias Hotchkiss
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Abstract
A container device that has an outer shell with an opening that is sealed by a closure mechanism. The closure mechanism can include magnetic strips that are configured to partially or wholly seal the opening.
Claims9
A container, comprising:
- an outer shell formed from a water-resistant material, and having a front portion, a back portion, side portions, and a base portion, the outer shell further comprising:
- an opening at a top of the container extending into a storage compartment;
- a closure mechanism, further comprising:
- a first magnetic strip having a first magnetic strip top side and a first magnetic strip bottom side wherein the first magnetic strip top side is coupled to an internal surface of the front portion at a front edge of the opening and the first magnetic strip bottom side is unattached to the outer shell;
- a second magnetic strip having a second magnetic strip top side and a second magnetic strip bottom side wherein the second magnetic strip top side is coupled to an internal surface of the back portion at a back edge of the opening and the second magnetic strip bottom side is unattached to the outer shell;
- a flap portion extending from the back portion above the back edge of the opening, the flap portion having a first total width less than a second total width of the container, and a first fastener element coupled to and extending linearly along a majority of the first total width along a front side of the flap, wherein a material of the flap portion is integrally formed from a continuous, same material as the back portion of the outer shell;
- a second fastener element coupled to and extending linearly along a majority of the second total width along an external surface of the front portion;
- wherein the first magnetic strip is magnetically attracted to the second magnetic strip to resealably seal the opening,
- wherein the outer shell is configured to fold to removably couple the first fastener element to the second fastener element,
- wherein when unfolded, a fold line of the outer shell is below the first and second magnetic strips,
- wherein folding the first and second magnetic strips along the fold line requires simultaneous folding of the flap portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.