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US 6,318,583 B1Granted
Beaded container
AssigneeUnited States Can Company
InventorEdward F. Owens
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Abstract
An aerosol container (10) with an ergonomic beaded cylindrical body (18) is disclosed. The cylindrical body (18) has larger beads (21-23) toward the top of the container, and smaller beads (24, 25) positioned under the larger beads, creating an easy to hold and use container.
Claims16
An aerosol container sized to be hand-held comprising:
- a base portion;
- a domed top portion having valve means;
- and
- a generally cylindrical body portion intermediate said base portion and said domed top portion, said generally cylindrical body portion having an outer circumferential surface for gripping the aerosol container with a hand, said outer circumferential surface including a plurality of beads formed around a portion of said generally cylindrical body portion whereby a user can manipulate the aerosol can;
- said plurality of beads including at least one bead of a first size and at least one bead of a second size;
- said bead of said first size being larger than said bead of said second size.
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An aerosol container sized to be hand-held comprising:
- a base portion;
- a domed top portion, said domed top portion having a valve means;
- and
- a generally cylindrical body portion intermediate said base portion and said domed top portion, said generally cylindrical body portion having an outer circumferential surface for gripping the aerosol container with a hand, said outer circumferential surface including a plurality of beads formed around a portion of said generally cylindrical body portion whereby a user can manipulate the aerosol can, said beads comprising a plurality of beads of a first size and a plurality of beads of a second size, said beads of said first size being larger than said beads of said second size;
- said plurality of beads of said first size being grouped together and said plurality of beads of said second size being grouped together, said group of first size beads being above said group of second size beads.
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An aerosol container, sized as to be capable of being held in the hand of a user, comprising:
- a base portion;
- a domed top portion having valve means;
- a generally cylindrical body portion intermediate said base portion and said domed top portion, said generally cylindrical body portion having an outer circumferential surface for gripping the aerosol can with a hand;
- and
- a first group of beads and a second group of beads formed in said outer circumferential surface around a portion of said generally cylindrical body portion, said first and second group of beads each comprising a plurality of beads;
- said beads of said first group of beads being separated by a first rib and said beads of said second group of beads being separated by a second rib;
- said beads of said first group of beads being larger than said beads of said second group of beads;
- and said first rib being larger than said second rib.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.