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US 11,993,422 B2Granted
Apparatus for closing a container
AssigneeThe Hillshire Brands Company
InventorsMary Lou Resh, Jeffrey Anthony Czarny
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Abstract
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide an apparatus attachable to a container and usable to secure the container closed. The apparatus is transitionable from a nonuse configuration to a use configuration to form an (at least partially) elastic loop attached to the container and usable to circumscribe the container to secure the container closed.
Claims19
An apparatus for securing a container closed, the apparatus comprising:
- a base;
- a first elastic member comprising a first attached portion attached to the base and a first detachable portion removably attached to the base via a layer attached to the base, to the attached portion, and to the first detachable portion of the first elastic member;
- and
- a second elastic member,
- wherein the apparatus is transitionable to a use configuration in which the first detachable portion of the first elastic member is detached from the base and the first attached portion of the first elastic member is attached to the base such that the first elastic member at least partially forms an at least partially deformable loop;
- and
- wherein prior to transition to the use configuration the second elastic member is positioned inside the first elastic member.
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A container comprising:
- an end;
- a side connected to the end;
- and
- a container closing apparatus attached to one of the end and the side, the container closing apparatus comprising:
- a base;
- a first elastic member comprising a first attached portion attached to the base and a first detachable portion removably attached to the base via a layer attached to the base, to the attached portion, and to the first detachable portion of the elastic member, and
- a second elastic member,
- wherein the apparatus is transitionable to a use configuration in which the first detachable portion of the first elastic member is detached from the base and the first attached portion of the first elastic member is attached to the base such that the first elastic member at least partially forms a first at least partially deformable loop;
- and
- wherein prior to transition to the use configuration the second elastic member is positioned inside the first elastic member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.