# US 5,706,974 A · Can for powder products having scoop retaining means

> Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt

- Number: US 5,706,974 A
- Document ID: US5706974A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/575,924
- Filed: 1995-12-20
- Granted: 1998-01-13
- Earliest claimed: 1995-12-20
- Assignees: Abbott Laboratories
- Inventors: Brian Kendall Murdick; Thomas Walter Osip
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5706974A

## CPC

- B65D 51/246: {provided with eating utensils or spatulas (applicator rods or brushes B65D51/32)}
- B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES

## Abstract

A lid for a container designed to contain powder or granular materials includes a lip on an interior or bottom surface of the lid for selectively attaching a scoop. The lip is resiliently deformable when an edge of the scoop is pressed against it. This deforming creates an interference fit, thereby securing the scoop to the undersurface of the lid. When the scoop is to be used, it can be easily removed from the lid without the need for rooting and searching within the container for the lid.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A lid for a container, said lid comprising:
a body portion comprising a planar portion and a rim portion circumferentially surrounding said planar portion, said planar portion having an interior surface and an exterior surface, said rim portion constructed to mate with a container, said interior surface facing the container;
a lip extending from said interior surface of said planar portion, said lip constructed of a resilient material, said lip having an exterior surface; and
a scoop having a cup portion, said cup portion having an open end constructed to frictionally engage said exterior surface of said lip as said scoop is moved towards said interior surface of said planar portion.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A lid for a container in accordance with claim 1, wherein said lip extends from said planar portion between 0.10 inches and 0.50 inches.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A lid for a container in accordance with claim 1, wherein said lip is constructed to deform between 0.01 inches and 0.20 inches.

### Claim 4

An article for storing a powdered or granular material, said article comprising:
a container constructed to contain a powdered or granular material;
a lid constructed to seal said container, said lid comprising:
a body portion comprising a planar portion and a rim portion circumferentially surrounding said planar portion, said planar portion having an interior surface and an exterior surface, said rim portion constructed to mate with said container, said interior surface facing the container;
a lip extending from said interior surface of said planar portion, said lip constructed of a resilient material, said lip having an exterior surface; and
a scoop having a cup portion, said cup portion having an open end constructed to frictionally engage said exterior surface of said lip as said scoop is moved towards said interior surface of said planar portion.