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US 12,752,972 B2Granted
Container with cap and locator aid
AssigneeAirnov, Inc.
InventorDominique Bois
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Abstract
A container, preferably for loosely stored products, including a) a container body including a peripheral body wall; b) a cover including an outer peripheral cover wall and a cover skirt; c) a hinge connecting the container body and the cover, and d) at least one protruding element provided on an peripheral body wall of the container and/or on an outer peripheral cover wall.
Claims19
A container comprising
- a) a container body comprising a peripheral body wall;
- b) a cover comprising an outer peripheral cover wall and a cover skirt;
- c) a hinge connecting the container body and the cover;
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- d) a protruding element provided on an outer side of the peripheral body wall of the container or on an inner side of the outer peripheral cover wall,
- wherein the protruding element provides a local reduction of a surrounding gap between the peripheral body wall of the container and the outer peripheral cover wall when the cover is in a closed state,
- wherein the protruding element is not part of a catch and latch mechanism,
- wherein the peripheral body wall comprises an inner peripheral body groove and the cover skirt comprises an outwardly facing sealing portion with an apex that seals against the inner peripheral body groove when the cover is in a closed condition, and
- wherein the sealing portion of the cover skirt and the inner peripheral body groove provide the only locking element between the cover and the container body when the container is in the closed condition.
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