US 2008/0156808 A1 · Container and collar with attaching means

Abstract

A container (210) for holding granular/powdered material and formed by a top wall (212), a bottom wall (214), a front wall (216), a rear wall (218), a first side wall (220), and a second side wall (222). A removable lid (D) is interiorly mounted with a scoop (32) and is hinged to a collar (300) that includes a sealing gasket (330). The collar (300) mounts to the walls of the container (210). A sealing wall 240 of the lid (D) cooperates with the gasket (330) to prevent the contents from spilling. The container (210) incorporates sealing features, a geometry for container wall junctions (50) and a junction congruent scoop (32) enabling easy access to the contents, and a strength improving receptacle (280) with indentations (290) that interlock with flex clips (310) of a J-shaped collar (300), and which accommodate wide tolerance variations between the collar (300) and receptacle (280).

Claims23

Dependent claims

A sealable container, comprising:

walls defining interior and exterior surfaces and an interior space, the walls having an upper portion near an upper end of the walls that defines an opening to the interior space, the upper portion defining on the exterior surfaces a plurality of indentations projecting interiorly, the indentations having a downwardly facing top surface;
a collar having an interior surface adapted to fit around the container about the upper portion to define a subcollar space between the exterior surface of the container and the interior surface of the collar;
and
wherein the collar further includes a plurality of spaced apart flex clips formed with upwardly facing surfaces and depending downwardly into the subcollar space and juxtaposed to align with the plurality of indentations enabling the upwardly facing surfaces to engage the downwardly facing top surfaces whereby the flex clips hold the collar to the upper end of the container.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Container and collar with attaching means

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Container and collar with attaching means

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Abstract

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