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US 5,065,887 AGranted
Container with hinged cover
AssigneeScott Paper Company
InventorsRobert R. Schuh, Nancy E. Terrell, Walter J. Kreiseder, Allen J. Vogel
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Abstract
A container including a container body, at least one socket member connected to the container body and having spaced generally opposed socket walls defining a passageway, and a cover attachable to the container body, the cover including at least one pivot member which enters the passageway when the cover is attached to engage a socket receptacle.
Claims18
A container comprising, in combination:
- a container body including a plurality of interconnected side walls and a bottom wall, said container body walls defining an interior;
- at least one socket member connected to said container body, said socket member including spaced, generally opposed first and second socket walls defining a passageway having a wider end and a narrower end with an opening proximate to said wider end, said first socket wall defining a receptable residing proximate to said narrower end and said second socket wall defining a contract surface;
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- a cover attachable to said container body, said cover including a top cover panel and at least one pivot member operatively associated with said top cover panel, said pivot member including a support arm and a projection projecting from said support arm, said support arm being engageable with said contact surface and said projection being positionable in said receptacle when said support arm is in the passageway and located between said first and second socket walls said support arm extending through said wider end of said passageway and into said narrower end when said cover is in a closed position on said container body.
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In combination:
- a container body including a plurality of interconnected side walls and a bottom wall, said container body walls defining an interior, and a lip element attached to said side walls and peripherally disposed about said interior, said lip element including an outwardly extending lip segment and a downwardly extending lip segment, said outwardly extending lip segment defining at least one opening therein;
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- first and second socket walls attached to said lip element and defining a passageway leading from said opening for receiving a cover pivot member introduced through said opening, said first socket wall defining a receptacle and said second socket wall defining a contact surface for engaging said cover pivot member and urging said pivot member toward said receptacle, said first and second socket walls converging toward one another whereby said passageway narrows as it progresses from said opening.
A container comprising:
- a container body including a plurality of interconnected side walls and a bottom wall, said container body walls defined an interior;
- at least one socket member connected to said container body, said socket member including spaced, generally opposed first and second socket walls defining a passageway open at an upper end thereof, said passageway being more narrow at a lower end thereof than at said upper end, said first socket wall defining a receptacle and said second socket wall defining a contact surface;
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- a cover attachable to said container body, said cover having at least one pivot member protruding therefrom, and a cover panel, said upper end being most proximate to said cover panel, said pivot member including a support arm and a projection extending from said support arm, wherein said contact surface engages said support arm and urges said projection toward said receptacle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.