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US 4,284,202 AGranted
Reusable container
AssigneeHardigg Industries, Inc.
InventorNorman C. Barstow, Jr.
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Abstract
A reusable container is disclosed having a base and lid joined together along a tongue and groove arrangement. The base and lid include integrally formed male and female interlock portions which support the base and lid against severe impact forces. A metallic lock is used to hold the lid to the base.
Claims7
A reusable container comprising:
- a plastic base member having a bottom and sidewalls, said sidewalls being hollowed and having a plastic lid member having a top and sidewalls, said sidewalls being hollowed and having inside and outside portions, said lid and base members having mating raised tongue and recessed groove portions at the open ends of their respective sidewalls;
- a gasket positioned in said groove portion;
- means for registering and supporting said lid and base with respect to one another including one of said base and lid members having at least one raised male interlock portion at the open end of at least one of said sidewalls, and the other of said base and lid members having at least one mating female interlock portion at the open end of at least one sidewall and being aligned with said male interlock member;
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- locking means for holding said lid member against said base member.
2 more elements
A reusable container comprising a base member having a bottom and sidewalls,
- a lid member having top and sidewalls, said lid and base members having mating raised tongue and recessed groove portions at the open ends of their respective sidewalls;
- a gasket positioned in said groove portion;
- means for registering and supporting said lid and base with respect to one another including one of said base and lid members having at least one raised male interlock portion at the open end of at least one of said sidewalls, and the other of said base and lid members having at least one mating female interlock portion at the open end of at least one sidewall and being aligned with said male interlock member;
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- locking means for holding said lid member against said base member.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.