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US 7,784,633 B2Granted
Container and lid and related method
AssigneeRopak Corporation
InventorFrano Luburic
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Abstract
A device used to aid in the opening of a container that further protects against the inadvertent opening of the container, as well as provides greater hoop strength when compared to similar containers for use in, among other things, the containment, storage, transport and/or handling of a material, is described herein.
Claims15
A container and lid, comprising:
- a container having a top opening;
- a lid configured to engage the top opening of the container, wherein the lid includes a downwardly-depending skirt;
- a pull lever at an exterior of the container and having an upper connected end and a lower free end, wherein the pull lever is configured to disengage the lid body upon pulling of the free end by a user;
- a flange at an exterior of the container, including first and second flange portions at first and second sides of the pull lever and a third flange portion below the pull lever and connecting the first and second flange portions;
- a container bead at an exterior of the container;
- and
- a lid bead at an interior of the skirt configured to engage the container bead,
- wherein the pull lever is configured to disengage the lid bead from the container bead.
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A container and lid,
- wherein the container comprises:
- a container body having a top opening;
- a pull lever at an exterior of the container body and having an upper connected end and a lower free end;
- a flange at an exterior of the container body, including first and second flange portions at first and second sides of the pull lever and a third flange portion below the pull lever and connecting the first and second flange portions;
- and
- a container bead at an exterior of the container body;
- and
- wherein the lid comprises:
- a lid body configured to cover the top opening of the container body;
- a downwardly depending skirt at a peripheral portion of the lid body;
- and
- a lid bead at an interior of the downwardly-depending skirt configured to hold the lid body to the container body by engaging the container bead,
- wherein the pull lever is configured to disengage the lid bead from the container bead upon pulling of the free end by a user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.