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US 2012/0223075 A1Published application
Fracturable container
AssigneeSands Innovations Pty Ltd
InventorsBradley Donald Teys, David Stevens
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Abstract
A container fracturable along a break path having a generally constant wall thickness about the break path is disclosed. In order to provide a specific break path without reducing the structural integrity of the container, the body of the container is configured to concentrate stress along the break path.
Claims14
A container comprising:
- a body having at least one wall defining at least one cavity for storing dispensable contents;
- an upper edge of the body defining an opening for filling the cavity;
- a flange extending along the upper edge of the body;
- a cover affixed to the flange to seal the dispensable contents within the cavity;
- a bend of an intermediate portion of the wall of the body along which the body fractures upon the application of force exceeding a predetermined level on either side of the bend;
- a tapered configuration of the intermediate portion of the body for providing a reduced width of the body so that stress concentrates along the reduced width as the force is applied on either side of the bend;
- an enlarged portion of the flange at the bend to shift a neutral axis of the container toward the flange to provide increased stress along the bend as the force is applied on either side of the bend;
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- a generally constant thickness of the wall of the body along the intermediate portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.