Urn with latch
AssigneeVandor Corporation
InventorsGerald Davis, Gary L. Cox
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Abstract
A cremation urn includes a base and a lid. The base has a wall defining an opening through the wall. The wall has an internal surface and an external surface. The wall defines a rim. The lid includes a cover for engagement with the base and an integral catch. The catch includes a protrusion extending from the cover and sized to fit into the opening to selectively secure the lid to the base. The protrusion includes a wall engaging surface for engaging the wall and an external surface extending from the wall engaging surface in a direction opposed to the cover, the wall engaging surface having a width less than a length of the external surface in a direction opposed to the cover.
Claims20
A cremation urn, said urn comprising:
- a base having a wall defining an opening there through, the wall having an internal surface and an external surface, the wall defining a top edge, the base defining a cavity adapted to store ashes of a deceased;
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- a lid including a top surface and an integral catch for engagement with the base, the catch including an arm extending away from the top surface in a first direction and a protrusion extending from the arm in a second direction, the protrusion sized to fit into the opening to removably secure the lid to the base, the protrusion including a wall engaging surface for engaging the wall and an external surface protruding through the opening and having a length in a direction substantially normal to the top surface, the wall engaging surface having a width less than the length of the external surface;
- wherein the opening of the wall is spaced from the top edge a distance at least three times the thickness of the wall.
A cremation urn, said urn comprising:
- a base having a wall defining an opening there through, the wall having an internal surface and an external surface, the wall defining a top edge, the base defining a cavity adapted to store ashes of a deceased;
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- a lid including a top surface and an integral catch for engagement with the base, the catch including an arm extending away from the top surface in a first direction and a protrusion extending from the arm in a second direction, the protrusion sized to fit into the opening to removably secure the lid to the base, the protrusion including a wall engaging surface for engaging the wall and an external surface protruding through the opening and having a length in a direction substantially normal to the top surface, the wall engaging surface having a width less than the length of the external surface;
- wherein the catch includes a first portion including the arm extending from the top surface and a second portion extending from the first portion, the second portion including the external surface, the external surface including a portion that is skewed inward.
A cremation urn, said urn comprising:
- a base having a wall, the wall having an inner surface and an opposed outer surface defining a thickness therebetween and the wall defining a top edge extending at least partly from the outer surface to the inner surface, the wall further defining an opening extending from the outer surface to the inner surface, the opening of the wall spaced from the top edge a distance at least three times the thickness of the wall, the base defining a cavity adapted to store ashes of a deceased;
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- a lid including a top, the lid including an integral catch extending from the periphery of the top, the catch including a protrusion sized to fit into the opening to selectively secure the lid to the base.
A cremation urn, said urn comprising:
- a base having a wall defining an opening therethrough, the wall having an internal surface and an external surface and defining a thickness therebetween, the wall defining a top edge, the opening of the wall is spaced from the top edge a distance at least three times the thickness of the wall, the base defining a cavity adapted to store ashes of a deceased;
- a lid including a cover for engagement with the base and an integral catch, the catch defining a protrusion extending from the cover and sized to fit into the opening to selectively secure the lid to the base, the protrusion including a wall engaging surface for engaging the wall and an external surface extending from the wall engaging surface in a direction opposed to the cover, the wall engaging surface having a width less than a length of the external surface in the direction opposed to the cover;
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- a living hinge extending from the lid to the base and opposed to the catch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.