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US 2019/0315539 A1Published application
Device for and method of securing a lid to a food container
OwnerArmanda HUGHES, Cameron HUGHESinventors
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Abstract
A lid is secured to a food container with the aid of one or more handles that are mounted on the lid and/or the container. An elongated, flexible, flattened, stretchable strap overlies the lid and has a plurality of enlarged openings spaced apart along the strap. Two of the openings receive the one or more handles in a secured position.
Claims16
A device for securing a lid to a food container with the aid of a handle, the device comprising:
- an elongated strap having a length that extends between opposite end portions along a longitudinal direction, the strap being constituted of a flexible material that generally conforms to and overlies the lid when the lid is secured to the container in a secured position, and the strap being flattened and having generally planar, upper and lower surfaces that are spaced apart in a normal direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction;
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- a plurality of enlarged openings spaced apart along the strap along the longitudinal direction, each enlarged opening extending entirely through the strap in the normal direction between the upper and lower surfaces of the strap, and each enlarged opening being configured to receive the handle in the secured position.
In combination:
- a food container having a mouth;
- a lid that covers the mouth of the container;
- a handle on one of the container and the lid;
- and
- a device for securing the lid to the container in a secured position, the device including
- an elongated strap having a length that extends between opposite end portions along a longitudinal direction, the strap being constituted of a flexible material that generally conforms to and overlies the lid when the lid is secured to the container in the secured position, and the strap being flattened and having generally planar, upper and lower surfaces that are spaced apart in a normal direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction;
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- a plurality of enlarged openings spaced apart along the strap along the longitudinal direction, each enlarged opening extending entirely through the strap in the normal direction between the upper and lower surfaces of the strap, and each enlarged opening being configured to receive the handle, in the secured position.
5 more elements
A method of securing a lid to a food container with the aid of a handle, the method comprising;
- configuring the food container with a mouth;
- covering the mouth of the container with the lid;
- providing the handle on one of the container and the lid;
- providing a lid securing device with an elongated strap having a length that extends between opposite end portions along a longitudinal direction, the strap being constituted of a flexible material, and the strap being flattened and having generally planar, upper and lower surfaces that are spaced apart in a normal direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction;
- and with a plurality of enlarged openings spaced apart along the strap along the longitudinal direction, each enlarged opening extending entirely through the strap in the normal direction between the upper and lower surfaces of the strap;
- receiving the handle in one of the enlarged openings;
- and
- overlying the lid with the strap to press the lid snugly against the mouth of the container in a secured position.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.