Rigid fluid container
AssigneeS.A.Y. Industries, Inc.
InventorRomilly H. Humphries
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Abstract
A container for fluids comprising a single piece, integrally formed, thin walled, self-supporting member defining a non-collapsible rigid hollow body of fixed shape having orthogonally related end walls with a first pair of the adjacent orthogonally related end walls spaced by a wall segment at an acute angle to each forming a hand grip section, and a second pair of orthogonally adjacent end walls opposite the first pair and having an elongated nozzle extending from one of the end walls adjacent the intersection of the second pair with the nozzle having means for flexing to and from a storage position adjacent the one of the end walls.
Claims21
A container for fluids comprising a single piece, integrally formed, thin walled, self-supporting member defining a non-collapsible rigid hollow body of fixed shape having orthogonally related end walls spaced by a wall segment at an acute angle to each forming a hand grip section, and a second pair of orthogonally adjacent end walls opposite said first pair and having an elongated nozzle extending from one of said end walls adjacent the intersection of said second pair with said nozzle having means for flexing to and from a storage position adjacent said one of said end walls.
A container for fluids comprising a single piece integrally formed thin walled self-supporting member defining a non-collapsible, rigid hollow body of fixed shape having an end wall with stepped segments, an elongated tubular nozzle with one end integrally extending from one of said stepped segments, said nozzle having a flexible segment permitting said nozzle to be flexed under external forces from a storage position in which the end of said nozzle remote from said one end is positioned parallel to a second stepped segment remote from said first segment, and means for interlocking said nozzle to said second stepped segment comprising interengagable components with one component on said nozzle and the other component on said second stepped segment and with the unstressed distance of said components from the junction of said one end of said nozzle and said first stepped segment less for the component on said nozzle than for the component on said second stepped segment whereby interlocking causes said nozzle to be placed under tension.
A container for fluids comprising:
- a single piece, integrally formed, thin-walled, self-supporting member defining a non-collapsible rigid hollow body of fixed shape having rigid continuous substantially flat side walls, self-supporting top bottom end walls, and self supporting rear and front end
- an elongated tubular nozzle integral with and extending from an inset portion of said front end wall, said nozzle being adapted to be moved between storage pouring positions, said nozzle having a flexible segment being adapted to remain in a substantially rigid horizontal position extending outwardly from said container when in a pouring position and adapted to be flexed to other pouring positions when under the influence of an external force;
- said front end wall comprising said inset an portion, an outset portion and a slanted portion extending between said inset and outset portions, said outset portion of said front end wall extending forwardly beyond the inset portion such that when said nozzle is in its storage position the free end of the nozzle is vertically adjacent to said outset portion and the sharpness of the bend in said nozzle required to store it adjacent to said outset portion is reduced and such that the major portion of said nozzle is substantially parallel to said rear end wall;
- said top and rear end walls being connected by a second slanted wall section opposing said slanted portion of said front end wall, said second slanted wall section forming a handle means;
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- means for securing said nozzle in said storage position adjacent said outset portion of said front end wall.
In a container having an integrally formed flexible, elongated nozzle extending therefrom with said nozzle adapted to be flexed to and from a storage position adjacent a wall of said container, means for locking said nozzle in said storage position including a male and female component with one of said components formed on said nozzle and the other formed on said wall, said female component including an opening tapering from an open wide end toward a closed end and said male component having a cross sectional shape to frictionally engage said opening as said male component is moved toward said closed end.
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