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US 4,715,496 AGranted
Shoe polish can
AssigneeBramlage Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
InventorLudger Hackmann
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Abstract
The present invention concerns a shoe-polish can with removable closure lid (2), integrated applicator (12) and shoe-polish containing space. In order to obtain a structural shape which is simple to manufacture and handle, the shoe-polish containing space be developed as an arcuate trough (3).
Claims15
A can for storage of shoe polish and similar paste materials, the can comprising
- a housing having a bottom and a removable closure lid disposed opposite said bottom, and being configured for retention of an integrated applicator having an applicator handle,
- an outer wall and an inner wall upstanding from said bottom and defining a paste containing space;
- and wherein
- said paste containing space is formed as an arcuate trough, said outer wall extends to meet said lid for closing off said paste containing space, said inner wall having an arcuate form to enclose a space for containing a head of the applicator, and said inner wall extends partway towards said lid to define a region for passage of said applicator handle from said head-containing space to said paste containing space and between said paste-containing space and said lid.
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A can for storage of shoe polish and similar paste materials, the can comprising
- a housing having a bottom and a removable closure lid disposed opposite said bottom, and being configured for retention of an integrated applicator having an applicator handle,
- an outer wall and an inner wall upstanding from said bottom and defining a paste containing space;
- and wherein
- said paste containing space is formed as an arcuate trough, said outer wall extends to meet said lid, wherein
- said trough is formed as an oval arcuate trough, said outer wall bounds the oval arcuate trough and is an arcuate wall which extends along the smallest radius of curvature of the oval, there being an additional housing which protrudes from said arcuate wall along a longitudinal axis of an oval of the trough for containing the applicator.
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A can for storage of shoe polish and similar paste materials, the can comprising
- a housing having a bottom and a removable closure lid disposed opposite said bottom, and being configured for retention of an integrated applicator having an applicator handle,
- an outer wall and an inner wall upstanding from said bottom and defining a paste containing space;
- and wherein
- said paste containing space is formed as an arcuate trough, said outer wall extends to meet said lid, wherein
- said inner wall meets said outer wall to form two end walls of the arcuate trough which define a channel, the end walls facing the channel and being curved, and wherein the applicator has a surface which is curved to fit the channel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.