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US 5,083,671 AGranted
Closure for a wide mouth container
AssigneeAnchor Hocking Packaging Company
InventorThomas H. Hayes
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Abstract
A snap-on closure for wide mouth containers has an integral hinged lid which can be lifted, as by the thumb, to provide access for spooning contents out of the mouth. The lid closes on a top flange which is presented by either the closure or the container. The closure has a skirt and snaps onto the container below the top flange or to an attachment bead on the container.
Claims13
A package comprising a wide mouth container and a separate, snap-on closure for the mouth of the container,
- said container having a planar annular top flange around said mouth,
- said closure having a hinged lid which seats on said top flange to close said mouth, said lid being openable to provide access to the mouth of said container,
- said closure having a skirt which extends downwardly around said top flange, said skirt having inwardly facing securing means which snap below said planar top flange to secure said closure to said container,
- said lid being hinged by an over-center living hinge which holds said lid stably in an open position,
- said hinge having a hinge line above said top flange and biasing portions outward of said hinge line which bear on said top flange of said container to bias said lid closed until the lid has been moved over center,
- said lid having an integral, leaf spring-like latch extending downwardly from it which snaps into a latching position.
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A package comprising a wide mouth container and a closure for the mouth of the container,
- said container having an integral annular top flange which extends outwardly around said mouth,
- said closure having a top which covers the mouth of said container,
- the major portion of the area of said top comprising an openable lid which is hinged along a line adjacent the perimeter of said top to a minor portion of the area of said top,
- a clamp depending from said minor portion and having means gripping a minor arcuate portion of said flange to secure said closure to said container,
- said clamp being C-shaped in vertical section with top and bottom surfaces which grip said flange between them, said clamp being engageable with said flange to secure said closure to said container by moving said clamp laterally in the plane of said flange, and
- a skirt depending from the perimeter of said lid below said flange, said skirt having snap means engageable with said flange to hold said lid closed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.