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US 2003/0201201 A1Published application
Ball-shaped container
OwnerChuan-Chen Chenginventor
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Abstract
A ball-shaped container consists of a vessel (10) and a cap (20) mated with the vessel (10) to compose a ball. The vessel (10) has an opening (12) defined in the vessel (10) and a first circular neck (144) formed around the opening (12). The cap (20) has a second circular neck (22) formed on an inner face to engage with the first circular neck (144) by threads or other means.
Claims11
A ball-shaped container comprising:
- a vessel (10) having an opening (12) defined in the vessel (10) and a flat portion (14) formed on the vessel (10) around the opening (12);
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- a cap (20) with an inner concave surface and an outer convex surface mounted on the vessel (10) and abutting the flat portion (14);
- wherein the vessel (10) and the cap (20) compose a ball with an outer surface and have patterns on the outer surface similar to a real sports ball.
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A ball-shaped container comprising:
- a vessel (10) having an opening (12) defined in the vessel (10), a flat portion (14) formed on the vessel (10) around the opening (12), and a first circular neck (144) projecting from the flat portion (14);
- a cap (20) with a concave inner surface and a convex outer surface mounted on the vessel (10) and having a second circular neck (22) formed on the inner surface;
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- a ring (30) mounted between the first circular neck (144) and the second circular neck (22);
- wherein the ring (30) has a first side with a thread and a second side with multiple teeth;
- one of the circular necks (144, 22) has a thread to engage the first side of the ring (30) and the other one of circular necks (144, 22) has multiple teeth to engage the second side of the ring (30).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.