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US 7,124,909 B1Granted
Hinged lid container
AssigneeV V G I Corporation
InventorKeith Armato
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Abstract
A container including a receptacle with a closed bottom, an interior space, and an open top encircled by a top receptacle edge, a lid for closing the top of the receptacle where the lid is pivotably attached at a portion of the top receptacle edge and includes a portion extending beyond the edge, and a pillow portion attached to the lid and dimensioned to rest within the interior space of the receptacle when the lid is closed.
Claims17
A container comprising:
- a receptacle having a closed bottom, a front wall, an interior space, and an open top encircled by a top receptacle edge;
- a lid having a top and bottom surface for closing the open top of the receptacle, the lid being pivotally attached adjacent the top receptacle edge and including a lid overhang extending beyond the top receptacle edge, the overhang projecting beyond the receptacle front wall when the lid is closed;
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- a pillow portion having a bottom and a side wall, the side wall extending downwardly from the bottom surface of the lid, and the pillow portion being dimensioned to fit snugly within the interior space of the receptacle when the lid rests on the top receptacle edge, the lid being attached to the receptacle by way of a tongue formed in the pillow that passes through a horizontal slotted opening in the receptacle adjacent the top receptacle edge.
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A container comprising:
- a rectilinear receptacle having a closed bottom, an interior space, a front wall, and a generally rectangular open top encircled by a top receptacle edge;
- a generally rectangular lid having a top and bottom surface for closing the top of the receptacle, the lid further including a lid overhang extending beyond the top receptacle edge and projecting beyond the receptacle front wall when the lid is closed;
- a pillow portion having a bottom and a side wall, the side wall extending from the bottom surface of the lid, the pillow portion being dimensioned to fit snugly within the interior space of the receptacle when the lid rests on the top receptacle edge;
- wherein the lid is pivotally attached adjacent the top receptacle edge by way of a tongue formed in the pillow portion that passes through a horizontal slotted opening in the receptacle adjacent the top receptacle edge.
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A container comprising:
- a rectilinear receptacle having a closed bottom, an interior space, a front wall, and a generally rectangular open top encircled by a top receptacle edge;
- an inward curl formed along the top receptacle edge;
- a generally rectangular lid having a top and bottom surface for closing the top of the receptacle, the lid being pivotally attached by a hinge adjacent the top receptacle edge and including a lid overhang projecting beyond the receptacle front wall when the lid is closed;
- a hollow rectangular pillow portion having a bottom and a side wall, the side wall extending from the bottom of the lid, the pillow portion being dimensioned to fit snugly within the interior space of the receptacle when the lid rests on the top receptacle edge;
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- an outwardly projecting dimple on the pillow portion opposite the hinge, the dimple being spaced from the bottom surface of the lid a distance corresponding to the diameter of the curl whereby the lid is removably captured in a closed position with the pillow resting within the interior space of the receptacle when the dimple sits below the curl.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.