Back to results
US 7,246,714 B2Granted
Single point hinge for a container
AssigneeAnchor Packaging, Inc.
InventorsSatya Garg, Brent Riales, David Smith, Tim Cimmerer
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A single point hinge and a method of thermoforming a plastic container including a single point hinge include a lid, a tray, a single point hinge connecting the lid and the tray. The single point hinge includes an angle formed by a lid chamfer and a tray chamfer. The single point hinge further includes a lid well adjacent to the lid chamfer and a tray well adjacent to the tray chamfer, and the lid connects to the lid well and the tray connects to the tray well.
Claims9
A plastic container, comprising:
- a lid;
- a tray;
- a hinge connecting the lid and the tray;
- the hinge comprising an angle formed by a lid chamfer and a tray chamfer;
- a lid well adjacent to the lid chamfer and a tray well adjacent to the tray chamfer;
- the lid well further comprising a horizontal surface substantially perpendicular to two vertical surfaces, and the horizontal surface being longer than either of the two vertical surfaces;
- and
- wherein the lid connects to the lid well by a lid well transition and the tray connects to the tray well by a tray well transition.
5 more elements
A plastic container, comprising:
- a lid;
- a tray;
- a binge connecting the lid and the tray;
- the hinge comprising an angle formed by a lid chamfer and a tray chamfer;
- a lid well adjacent to the lid chamfer and a tray well adjacent to the tray chamfer;
- the tray well further comprising a horizontal surface substantially perpendicular to two vertical surfaces, and the horizontal surface being longer than either of the two vertical surfaces;
- and
- wherein the lid connects to the lid well by a lid well transition and the tray connects to the tray well by a tray well transition.
5 more elements
A plastic container, comprising:
- a lid;
- a tray;
- a hinge connecting the lid and the tray;
- the hinge comprising an angle formed by a lid chamfer and a tray chamfer;
- a lid well adjacent to the lid chamfer and a tray well adjacent to the tray chamfer;
- the lid well and the tray well each further comprising a horizontal surface substantially perpendicular to two vertical surfaces, the horizontal surface being longer than either of the two vertical surfaces, and the horizontal surface being connected to the vertical surfaces;
- and
- wherein the lid connects to the lid well by a lid well transition and the tray connects to the tray well by a tray well transition.
5 more elements
A plastic container, comprising:
- a lid;
- a tray;
- a hinge connecting the lid and the tray;
- the hinge comprising an angle formed by a lid chamfer and a tray chamfer;
- a lid well adjacent to the lid chamfer and a tray well adjacent to the tray chamfer;
- the lid well and the tray well each further comprising a horizontal surface and two vertical surfaces, the horizontal surface being longer than either of the two vertical surfaces and the horizontal surface being connected to the vertical surfaces;
- the vertical surfaces of the lid well being substantially parallel to each other;
- the vertical surfaces of the tray well being substantially parallel to each other;
- and
- wherein the lid connects to the lid well by a lid well transition and the tray connects to the tray well by a tray well transition.
7 more elements
A plastic container, comprising:
- a lid;
- a tray;
- a hinge connecting the lid and the tray;
- the hinge comprising an angle formed by a lid chamfer and a tray chamfer;
- a lid well adjacent to the lid chamfer and a tray well adjacent to the tray chamfer;
- the lid well and the tray well each further comprising a horizontal surface and two vertical surfaces, the horizontal surface being longer than either of the two vertical surfaces and the horizontal surface being connected to the vertical surfaces;
- at least one of the two vertical surfaces in either or both of the lid well or the tray well having an angle of approximately 75° to approximately 105° to the horizontal surface;
- and
- wherein the lid connects to the lid well by a lid well transition and the tray connects to the tray well by a tray well transition.
6 more elements
A plastic container, comprising:
- a lid;
- a tray;
- a hinge connecting the lid and the tray;
- the hinge comprising an angle formed by a lid chamfer and a tray chamfer;
- a lid well adjacent to the lid chamfer and a tray well adjacent to the tray chamfer;
- the lid well comprising a horizontal surface and two vertical surfaces, the horizontal surface being connected to the vertical surfaces and one of the two vertical surfaces being connected to the lid chamfer;
- the tray well comprising a horizontal surface and two vertical surfaces, the horizontal surface being connected to the vertical surfaces and one of the two vertical surfaces being connected to the tray chamfer;
- and
- wherein the lid connects to the lid well by a lid well transition and the tray connects to the tray well by a tray well transition.
6 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.