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US 12,715,662 B2Granted
Container having metal lid and bottom connected with plastic connection ring
AssigneeJ.L. Clark, Inc.
InventorJason W. Ludewig
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Abstract
A container including a container lid and a container bottom is provided. The container lid is a composite structure including a lid component and a connection ring connected to the lid component. The connection ring connects to the container bottom. The lid component may be a metal component.
Claims17
A container lid comprising:
- a metal lid component that is cup shaped including a top wall and an annular lid sidewall connected to and extending from the top wall, the lid sidewall terminating in a distal end;
- a plastic connection ring circumscribing the lid sidewall, the connection ring having:
- a first radially inward extending portion and a second radially inward extending portion axially spaced from the first radially inward extending portion forming a first axial gap therebetween, at least a portion of the lid sidewall being positioned within the first axial gap axially between the first and second radially inward extending portions securing the metal lid component to the plastic connection ring;
- a first radially outward extending portion and a second radially outward extending portion axially spaced from the first radially outward extending portion forming a second axial gap therebetween;
- wherein:
- the second radially inward extending portion is a wall, the wall and the metal lid component define a cavity therebetween, the wall having a hingedly attached door, the door closing an opening through the wall into the cavity when in a closed orientation and providing access to the cavity through the wall into the cavity when in an open orientation;
- the connection ring has a first portion hingedly attached to a second portion, the metal lid component being attached to the first portion;
- and
- the second portion of the plastic connection ring maintains the door of the first portion of the plastic connection ring in the closed orientation when the first portion is in a closed orientation relative to the second portion.
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A container lid comprising:
- a metal lid component is cup shaped including a top wall and an annular lid sidewall connected to and extending from the top wall, the lid sidewall terminating in a distal end;
- a plastic connection ring circumscribing the lid sidewall, the connection ring having a first portion hingedly attached to a second portion, the metal lid component being attached to the first portion, the first portion of the connection ring and metal lid component defining a cavity, the first portion having a hingedly attached door closing an opening into the cavity defined by the first portion when in a closed orientation and providing access to the cavity through the opening when in an open orientation;
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- wherein the second portion of the plastic connection ring maintains the door of the first portion of the plastic connection ring in the closed orientation when the first portion is in a closed orientation relative to the second portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.