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US 12,528,626 B2Granted
Container having adjustable opening lid
OwnerScott T. Thiemaninventor
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Abstract
A container, including a jar having an open end and screw threads on its outer surface near the open end thereof, a ring adapted to screw onto the screw threads for securing an adjustable opening lid, wherein many pouring and dispensing options for materials disposed in the container are possible, including the use of an implement to remove contents therein, is described. The jar member may comprise a Mason jar, as an example, and can be resealed between uses and refilled as required.
Claims22
A container having an adjustable opening, comprising:
- a jar having a flat circular open mouth and an outer surface having a screw thread near the flat open mouth;
- a circular ring having an open circular flat rim with a chosen inner diameter, and a screw thread adapted to screw onto the screw thread of said jar;
- a disk-shaped lid, comprising:
- a first circular flat plate having a first axis, a first surface and a second surface, an outer diameter such that said first circular plate is held between the flat open mouth of said jar and the flat rim of said ring, and a first chosen pattern formed therethrough inside the outer diameter thereof and outside of the first axis;
- a second circular flat plate having a second axis colinear with the first axis of said first circular flat plate, a first surface and a second surface, a second outer diameter effective for permitting a portion of the first surface of said second circular flat plate to cover a portion of or all of the first chosen pattern of said first circular flat plate and smaller than the inner diameter of the flat rim of said circular lid, and a second chosen pattern formed therethrough inside the second outer diameter;
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- a tension spring having a first end and a second end, the first end thereof being formed with or attached to the second surface of said second circular flat plate and formed into a raised structure above the second surface;
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- means for attaching said second circular flat plate to said first circular flat plate such that the first surface of said first circular flat plate is in rotatable contact with the first surface of said second circular flat plate about the second axis, and said tension spring provides adjustable pressure between said second circular flat plate and said first circular flat plate and a handle for rotating said second circular plate.
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A container having an adjustable opening, comprising:
- a jar having a flat circular open mouth and an outer surface having a screw thread near the flat open mouth;
- a circular ring having an open circular flat rim with a chosen inner diameter, and a screw thread adapted to screw onto the screw thread of said jar;
- a disk-shaped lid, comprising:
- a first circular flat plate having a first axis, a first surface and a second surface, an outer diameter such that said first circular flat plate is disposed adjacent to the flat rim of said ring, and a first chosen pattern formed therethrough inside the outer diameter thereof and outside of the first axis;
- a second circular flat plate having a second axis colinear with the first axis of said first circular plate, a first surface and a second surface, a second outer diameter effective for permitting a portion of the first surface of said second circular flat plate to cover all or a portion of the first chosen pattern of said first circular flat plate and smaller than the inner diameter of the flat rim of said circular lid, and a second chosen pattern formed therethrough inside the second outer diameter;
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- a tension spring having a first end and a second end, the first end thereof being formed with or attached to the second surface of said second circular flat plate and formed into a raised structure above the second surface;
- a circular sealing lid having a first surface, a second surface, a third outer diameter, and a flat gasket attached to or otherwise disposed on the second surface, said circular sealing lid being held between said first circular flat plate and the flat open mouth of said jar, forming an air-tight seal with the flat circular open mouth of said jar;
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- means for attaching said second circular flat plate to said first circular flat plate such that the first surface of said first circular flat plate is in rotatable contact with the first surface of said second circular flat plate about the second axis, and said tension spring provides adjustable pressure between said second circular flat plate and said first circular flat plate and a handle for rotating said second circular flat plate.
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A disk-shaped lid having an adjustable opening, comprising:
- a first circular flat plate having a first axis, a first surface and a second surface, an outer diameter, and a first chosen pattern formed therethrough inside the outer diameter thereof and outside of the first axis;
- a second flat plate having a first surface and a second surface for permitting a portion of the first surface of said second flat plate to cover all or a portion of the first chosen pattern of said first circular flat plate, and a second chosen pattern formed therethrough;
- a tension spring having a first end and a second end, the first end thereof being formed with or attached to the second surface of said second flat plate and formed into a raised structure above the second surface;
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- means for attaching said second flat plate to said first circular flat plate such that the first surface of said first circular flat plate is in rotatable contact with the first surface of said second flat plate, and said tension spring provides adjustable pressure between said second flat plate and said first circular flat plate, and a handle for rotating said second flat plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.