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US 9,789,696 B2Granted
Fluid container parts including a latch handle and rib
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsSittampalam Paranan, Djuhartini Tandjo, Yeang Chyn Wong, Lia Wijayanti Pratomo, Kiong Chin Chng, Boon Huey Yap, Soo Leng Teo, Ngee Hong Richard Lim, Ping Siew Kwok
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Abstract
A part of a fluid container includes a wall and a latch handle connected to the wall through a live hinge. The latch handle slants away from the wall. A rib spans over the hinge and is connected to the latch handle and the wall.
Claims15
A fluid container comprising:
- a number of walls enclosing an inner volume;
- a latch handle slanting away from a first wall among the number of walls;
- a live hinge connecting the latch handle to the first wall;
- and
- a rib connecting the latch handle to the first wall;
- wherein the rib is pyramid-shaped having four triangular surfaces with the base of the pyramid-shaped rib coupled to the surface of the first wall and a first side of the pyramid-shaped rib coupled to a surface of the latch handle.
3 more elements
A monolithic fluid container part, comprising:
- a wall;
- a hingeable latch handle connected to the wall through a live hinge, the latch handle slanting away from the wall;
- and
- a rib lying over the hinge spanning from the latch handle to the wall;
- wherein the rib is pyramid-shaped having four triangular surfaces with the base of the pyramid-shaped rib coupled to the surface of the first wall and a first side of the pyramid-shaped rib coupled to a surface of the latch handle.
2 more elements
An inkjet cartridge, comprising:
- a pyramid-shaped rib spanning over a live hinge formed between at least one wall of the inkjet cartridge and a latch handle:
- wherein the pyramid-shaped rib comprises four triangular surfaces with the base of the pyramid-shaped rib coupled to the surface of the first wall and a first side of the pyramid-shaped rib coupled to a surface of the latch handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.