Containers
AssigneeInstant Brands Holdings Inc.
InventorAlfonse Drechsler
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Abstract
A container includes a lid base and a compressible portion. The lid base has a channel and configured to receive a lid. The compressible portion is connected to the lid base. The compressible portion includes a one-way valve in air communication with the channel. Another container includes a compressible portion and a container base. The compressible portion includes a bellow body, which includes at least two convolutions, each including a first living hinge and a first sidewall, at least one second living hinge positioned between the at least two convolutions and connected to the first sidewalls, and a movable bump structure positioned between the at least two convolutions to space the first living hinges apart and being movable between an outer position and an inner position relative to a container interior.
Claims19
A container, comprising:
- a compressible portion, including:
- a bellow body, including:
- at least two convolutions, each including a first living hinge and a first sidewall;
- at least one second living hinge positioned between the at least two convolutions and connected to the first sidewalls;
- and
- a movable bump structure positioned between the at least two convolutions to space the first living hinges apart and being movable between an outer position and an inner position relative to a container interior, a rigidity of the bump structure being higher than a rigidity of the first sidewalls of the at least two convolutions when the bump structure is situated at the outer position relative to the container interior;
- and
- a container base, connected to the compressible portion.
A container, comprising:
- a lid base having a channel and configured to receive a lid;
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- a compressible portion connected to the lid base, wherein the compressible portion includes a first skirt, the first skirt including a one-way valve in air communication with the channel.
A container, comprising:
- a lid base configured to receive a lid and including a first skirt, the lid base having a channel;
- and
- a body including a gasket and a second skirt, wherein the gasket, the first skirt, and the second skirt stack with each other sequentially, wherein the second skirt includes a one-way valve in air communication with the channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.