Bear-resistant container
AssigneeRecreational Equipment, Inc.
InventorDevin Paschke
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Abstract
A bear-resistant container can include a base, a sleeve, and a lid. The base can include a bottom wall and one or more side walls that extend from the bottom wall to a base open end, to define a base internal volume and support base internal threads. The sleeve can include one or more sleeve side walls that extend between open ends of the sleeve, to define a sleeve internal volume and support sleeve external threads at a first sleeve open end and sleeve internal threads at a second sleeve open end. The lid can include a top wall with one or more lid side walls that extend from the top wall to support lid external threads. The bear-resistant container can have a first height in a compressed configuration and a second height larger than the first height in an expanded configuration.
Claims20
A bear-resistant container comprising:
- a base including a bottom wall and one or more base side walls that extend from the bottom wall to a base open end, to define a base internal volume and support base internal threads;
- a sleeve including one or more sleeve side walls that extend between open ends of the sleeve, to define a sleeve internal volume and support sleeve external threads at a first sleeve open end and sleeve internal threads at a second sleeve open end;
- and
- a lid including a top wall and one or more lid side walls that extend from the top wall to support lid external threads;
- in a compressed configuration of the bear-resistant container having a first height:
- the base being nested within the sleeve internal volume;
- and
- the lid external threads being engaged with the base internal threads to secure the lid to the base and close the base internal volume at the base open end;
- and
- in an expanded configuration of the bear-resistant container having a second height larger than the first height:
- the base internal threads being engaged with the sleeve external threads to secure the base to the sleeve, with the base internal volume open to the sleeve internal volume at the first sleeve open end;
- and
- the lid external threads being engaged with the sleeve internal threads to secure the lid to the sleeve and close the sleeve internal volume at the second sleeve open end.
A method of configuring a bear-resistant container, the method comprising:
- filling material into a base internal volume that is defined by a bottom wall of a base of the bear-resistant container and by one or more base side walls extending from the bottom wall to a base open end;
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- selectively closing an interior volume of the bear-resistant container in a compressed configuration or an expanded configuration;
- wherein, in the compressed configuration:
- the base is nested within a sleeve internal volume of a sleeve, defined by one or more sleeve side walls that extend between a first sleeve open end and a second sleeve open end;
- and
- external threads of a lid are engaged with internal threads of the base to secure the lid to the base and close the base internal volume;
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- wherein, in the expanded configuration:
- the internal threads of the base are engaged with external threads of the sleeve to secure the base to the sleeve, with the base internal volume open to the sleeve internal volume at the first sleeve open end;
- and
- the external threads of the lid are engaged with internal threads of the sleeve to secure the lid to the sleeve and close the sleeve internal volume at the second sleeve open end.
A bear-resistant container comprising:
- a base including an integral base body that defines a base internal volume and a base open end with base threads;
- a sleeve including an integral sleeve body that defines a sleeve internal volume, a first sleeve open end with first sleeve threads, and a second sleeve open end with second sleeve threads;
- and
- a lid including an integral lid body that includes lid threads;
- the bear-resistant container being selectively configurable in:
- a compressed configuration, in which the base is received into the sleeve internal volume and the lid threads engage the base threads to close the base open end;
- and
- an expanded configuration, in which the base threads engage the first sleeve threads to secure the base to the sleeve, with the base internal volume open to the sleeve internal volume at the first sleeve open end, and the lid threads engage the second sleeve threads to close the second sleeve open end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.