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US 8,783,487 B2Granted
Silicone resin container
OwnerMasaru Hojoinventor
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Abstract
A container made of silicone resin is sufficiently compactable in a collapsed state. The container includes a tubular barrel portion, a bottom portion having a flat surface, a mouth portion having an opening, and a lid portion sealing the opening of the mouth portion, with at least the barrel portion and the bottom portion formed by molding. One end of a binder is attached to the mouth portion and can hold the rolled-up barrel portion and the bottom portion.
Claims6
A silicone resin container, comprising:
- a tubular barrel portion of a silicone resin having first and second ends;
- a bottom portion having a flat surface at said first end and being integrally molded with said barrel portion of silicone resin, said barrel portion and said bottom portion being rollable into a rolled-up state with said bottom portion forming a roll axis;
- a mouth portion having an opening at said second end of said barrel portion;
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- a binder of a stretchable string-shaped body having an elongated portion and first and second attachment rings at opposite ends of said elongated portion, said first attachment ring being mounted on said mouth portion, said second attachment ring being mountable on said mouth portion in the rolled-up state with said elongated portion of said body extending around said barrel portion and said bottom portion to maintain said barrel portion and said bottom portion in the rolled-up state.
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