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US 12,358,681 B2Granted
Inter-connecting means for multi-part container
AssigneeEco.Logic Brands Inc.
InventorsJulie Corbett, Greg Rodrigues, Phil Streets, Romeo Graham, Robert Watters, Luc Boucher
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Abstract
An inter-connecting structure is provided for connecting multiple parts of a container. The inter-connecting structure comprises a first part comprising a plurality of inter-connecting tabs and slits on an edge; a second part comprising a plurality of inter-connecting tabs and slits on an edge to be joined with the edge of the first part; wherein the inter-connecting tabs and slits share an overlapping portion and once the two parts are connected to each other, the engaged inter-connecting tabs are disposed in an internal region of the container.
Claims20
A multi-parts container, comprising:
- a molded hollow body forming an interior hollow region, said hollow body comprising:
- a first molded shell part comprising a plurality of inter-connecting tabs and slits on a first edge as an extending portion of the first molded shell part, the inter-connecting tabs including a leading edge having a curvilinear shape;
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- a second molded shell part comprising a plurality of inter-connecting features on a second edge as an extending portion of the second molded shell part, wherein the second edge is connected with the first edge when the first molded shell part and the second molded shell part are connected to form the hollow body;
- wherein when the plurality of inter-connecting tabs and slits on the first edge are engaged with the plurality of inter-connecting features on the second edge, the engaged inter-connecting tabs are disposed in the interior hollow region of the hollow body;
- wherein the first molded shell part and the second molded shell part are each shaped to form a side wall portion, and a neck portion of the container, wherein the outer surface of the container has a shoulder area where the profile curvature of the container transitions inward from the side wall portion to the neck portion, wherein the pitch or spacing of the inter-connecting tabs and slits and the inter-connecting features is less in the area of the shoulder area as compared to an area away from the shoulder area where the curvature is small relative to the curvature in the shoulder area;
- wherein at least one of the first edge and the second edge has a curved profile extending from a first end to a second end of the container.
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A container comprising:
- a single pulp-molded open hollow shell having two or more sides to be joined together, wherein at least a first side of the two or more sides comprises a plurality of inter-connecting tabs and slits as an extending portion of the first side of the single pulp-molded open hollow shell, and a second side to be connected with the first side comprises a plurality of inter-connecting features as an extending portion of the second side of the single pulp-molded open hollow shell, and when the first side and the second side are jointed together, the plurality of inter-connecting tabs are disposed in an interior hollow region of the hollow shell, and each of the inter-connecting tabs including a leading edge having a curvilinear shape,
- wherein the first side and the second side are each shaped to form a side wall portion, and a neck portion of the container, wherein the outer surface of the container has a shoulder area where the profile curvature of the container transitions inward from the side wall portion to the neck portion, wherein the pitch or spacing of the inter-connecting tabs and slits and the inter-connecting features is less in the area of the shoulder area as compared to an area away from the shoulder area where the curvature is small relative to the curvature in the shoulder area;
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- wherein the plurality of inter-connecting tabs are arranged adjacent a first edge of the first side, and the plurality of inter-connecting features are arranged adjacent to a second edge of the second side, and at least one of the first edge and the second edge has a curved profile extending from a first end to a second end of the container.
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