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US 7,222,762 B2Granted
Mobile canister
AssigneeBerry Plastics Corporation
InventorsAaron M. Rees, Terrance M. Petak, Donald A. Scott, David J. Jochem, Sarah Gilley, Patricia Ann Waynick
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Abstract
A mobile container includes a container, lid, and belt clip. The belt clip is adapted to be coupled to a belt worn by a person.
Claims16
A mobile canister comprising
- a container formed to include an interior article-storage region,
- a lid mounted for movement on the container between an opened position exposing an opening into the interior article-storage region and a closed position closing the opening into the interior article-storage region, and
- a container mount including a bracket coupled to the container and a belt clip including a strip retainer coupled to the bracket and a strip appended to the strip retainer and arranged to extend downwardly from the strip retainer and cooperate with the container to provide means for supporting the container on a belt worn by a person so that the container and lid are mobile, wherein the bracket includes a strip support bar and first and second standoffs coupled to the container and to the strip support bar to locate the strip support bar in spaced-apart relation to the container to define a retainer receiver channel therebetween and the strip retainer is arranged to extend through the retainer receiver channel to orient the strip alongside the container and wherein the strip includes a distal tongue portion arranged to extend along an exterior surface of the container, a first inclined segment appended to an upper part of distal tongue portion and formed to include a lower hook receiver, and a second inclined segment appended to a lower part of the bracket plate and formed to include an upper hook receiver.
A mobile canister comprising
- a container formed to include an interior article-storage region,
- a lid mounted for movement on the container between an opened position exposing an opening into the interior article-storage region and a closed position closing the opening into the interior article-storage region, and
- a container mount including a bracket coupled to the container and a belt clip including a strip retainer coupled to the bracket and a strip appended to the strip retainer and arranged to extend downwardly from the strip retainer and cooperate with the container to provide means for supporting the container on a belt worn by a person so that the container and lid are mobile, wherein the strip includes a distal tongue portion arranged to extend along an exterior surface of the container, a first inclined segment appended to an upper part of distal tongue portion and formed to include a lower hook receiver, and a second inclined segment appended to a lower part of the strip retainer and formed to include an upper hook receiver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.