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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181819 | Lid and container A lid for a container is disclosed that has a series of seals. The first seal is a cork seal mechanism that is forced against the container interior at a top portion of the container. The second seal is created by at least two ribs that produce a spring-like force a... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8091732 | Plastic food container with leveraged, conical, area seal A food container made of thin plastic sheet material comprises a bowl and a lid, each having a peripheral sealing region with a downwardly facing channel generally shaped like an inverted “U”. The outward edges of the channels are lockingly engaged. The channels... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8056758 | Non-cylindrical container and lid A rectangular container and cover are disclosed. The container and cover have complimentary latching feature. An inner cover skirt is offset inward toward the cover interior at each corner. The offset is sufficient to permit use of a moveable mold tooling to form ea... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7484639 | Drink cup and lid A liquid container includes a brim forming an opening into a liquid reservoir chamber formed in the cup. A lid is coupled to the brim to form more than one seal with the container. The lid includes lid-removal blocker walls arranged to engage undercuts formed in the... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7322209 | Refrigerator A refrigerator, and more particularly, a refrigerator equipped with a machinery chamber door, which is provided to open or close a machinery chamber formed at an upper portion of a body of the refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a body with a storage chamber, an... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318536 | Drink cup and lid A liquid container includes a brim forming an opening into a liquid reservoir chamber formed in the cup. A lid is coupled to the brim to form more than one seal with the container. The lid includes lid-removal blocker walls arranged to engage undercuts formed in the... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7267246 | Sterile container and lid for a sterile container A lid for closing a sterile receptacle is provided. The receptacle is formed by a container bottom and container walls and defines a holding space. The lid comprises an angular cover plate which has a plurality of lid corners and closes the holding space in a closur... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7225945 | Self-adjusting re-sealable spring center closure The application is directed to a leak-resistant closure for a plastic container having a generally planar central portion a peripheral portion, and a spring structure. The peripheral portion defines an annular recess with an inner wall having a secondary sealing for... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7216769 | Nestable containers A nestable container designed for efficient storage when the containers is not in use and for safe handling when in use. The container has four outwardly bowed sidewalls flared upwardly from its bottom with each sidewall connected to adjacent sidewalls by an inwardl... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7114630 | Tray lid A tray lid for covering a food tray having at least one food pocket therein. The tray lid includes a substantially flat tray covering section including a wall covering portion and at least one pocket covering portion formed thereon. The tray lid can include at least... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7108149 | Blow-molded paint container A blow-molded, plastic paint container for storing and dispensing paint includes a blow-molded container body defining an externally-threaded neck portion, an injection molded plastic closing cap, internally-threaded so as to be threadedly securable to the neck port... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7090089 | Container and sealing cover A container and sealable cover in which the container has a bottom wall and an upstanding peripheral wall terminating in an upper edge surrounding an open mouth. The peripheral wall is inclined outwardly at a slight angle to the vertical or alternatively vertically ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7090088 | Plastic container and lid construction A combination molded plastic bucket and lid includes a series of outwardly extending ribs on the top edge of the bucket and inwardly extending flanges on a depending outer skirt of the lid which engaged with the bucket ribs to provide a wedging action that holds the... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7086551 | Plastic container and lid construction A combination molded plastic bucket and lid includes a series of outwardly extending ribs on the top edge of the bucket and inwardly extending flanges on a depending outer skirt of the lid which engage with the bucket ribs to provide a wedging action that holds the ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7063230 | Container with hinged lid A container (22) includes a container body (26) having an open end (34) bounded by a thickened rim (32) having a linear part (36) defining a pintle; a lid body (40) overlying the rim (32) in a closed position and having a ch... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7055712 | Double seal self-venting container A container for hot carry-out food includes a container body and a cover, each having flanges and the flanges defining a pair of seals between which is a condensation collecting chamber and radially outboard of an outermost seal is a second condensation collecting c... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7055715 | Drink cup and lid A liquid container includes a brim forming an opening into a liquid reservoir chamber formed in the cup. A lid is coupled to the brim to form more than one seal with the container. The lid includes lid-removal blocker walls arranged to engage undercuts formed in the... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7036678 | Sterile container and lid for a sterile container In order to improve a lid for closing a receptacle, which is formed by a container bottom and container walls and defines a holding space, of a sterile container which comprises the lid and which is developed in particular for holding surgical instruments or materia... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7017775 | Container lid including venting and denesting features, and container having such a lid A selectively detachable container lid includes a center panel and a peripheral sealing lip surrounding the panel. The peripheral sealing lip has a generally inverted U-shaped cross section so as to define a channel into which a bowl rim fits. The lid also includes ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6976609 | Container with seal on the container lid The invention relates to a container for the storage and dispensing of paste-like or fluid masses, including a container body with side walls, an upper opening, a container lid, engaging the side walls from above, by means of a collar on the lid and sealing the uppe... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6959829 | Self-adjusting re-sealable spring center seal closure A leak-resistant plastic container and closure are disclosed, where the container has an open end, an inner periphery, an outer periphery, and a container flange extending around the inner periphery at the open end. The closure has a generally planar and circular in... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6902077 | Container A container for wetted wipes, comprising a container body with at least one opening, a stationary cover being fitted on, or integrated to said container body, said stationary cover comprising at least one dispensing opening through which the container contents is re... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6845877 | Plastic container with snap lid and a sealing web located on the inside of the container A plastic container with a snap lid and with a snap element is provided on the upper edge region of the container for the lid to snap onto, where the lid has a circumferential sealing web projecting downwards that contacts the inside of the container, where at least... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6834772 | Packaging The invention relates to a package of a plastics material and consisting of a container and a lid adapted to be engaged with each other by snap engagement, there being provided complementary engagement faces which engage each other for establishing said snap engagem... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6827232 | Resin case providing compatibility between air permeability and water proofing property, and mold for producing such case A through hole (50) with an annular groove (52) provided about its periphery is formed in a resin case (10). The through hole (10) is covered with a water/oil-repellent film (40) comprising a porous film (44). The through ho... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6708839 | Plastic container with snap lid and a sealing web located on the inside of the container A plastic container with a snap lid and with a snap element provided on the upper edge area of the container for the lid to snap onto, the lid having an area in tight contact with the container's upper edge area. The container edge on the side of the snap element fa... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6688487 | Locking cup and lid with negative draft sealing surfaces A multi-sealing, multi-locking and reopenable cup and lid assembly includes a cup that has an open circular mouth defining an interior locking groove and an undercut frustoconical sealing surface, and a resilient circular lid having a peripheral lip and a... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6619498 | Plastic container and lid construction A combination molded plastic bucket and lid includes a series of outwardly extending ribs on the top edge of the bucket and inwardly extending flanges on a depending outer skirt of the lid which engage with the bucket ribs to provide a wedging action that... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6419112 | Spill resistant lid A spill resistant lid includes a sealing bead in pressure contact with the inside wall of a container to be closed when the lid is in sealing position with respect to the container to substantially seal the container. The lid includes a first cylindrical ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6352170 | Storage assembly including a lid with an egress barrier Lid and container assembly in which lid features and securement strips cooperatively provide the assembly with tamper resistant and tamper indicator features. Specifically, the lid is structured so that one or more simple securement strips, such as adhesi... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6283318 | Bottle cap made of synthetic resin Disclosed is a bottle cap comprising an upper body (100) including a plurality of longitudinal grooves (116), an inner cap (114), at least two seals (123, 124), and at least one stopper (120) projection for catching on an upper portion of a bottle; a lowe... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6279774 | Cover locking mechanism A container assembly is provided including a cover and a container. The cover and container components are adapted to resist deformation resulting otherwise from forces encountered during handling and storage. Accordingly, the resulting container assembly... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6257435 | Tamper evident closure member A tamper evident closure member having tamper-evident breakaway strips and correctly spaced reinforced pull-tabs allowing a user to remove the closure member and separate the breakaway strips from a container by lifting the closure member at one of the pu... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6196404 | Triple seal container with protrusion The present invention is a container for food. The container has a lid and a base which form a series of three self-reinforcing seals when mated. A protrusion on the lid reinforces the triple seal formed between the lid and base. The protrusion applies a ... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6183982 | Fermentation bung device and method A fermentation device and a method for making a substance using the device are provided. The fermentation bung may have an outer plug that includes a central inner annular hole and a one or more holes surrounding the central hole, the outer plug fitting w... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6100365 | Soluble polyimide resin, process for preparing the same, and polyimide resin solution composition The present invention provides a novel soluble polyimide resin which is superior in solubility in solvents and transparency, which is useful particularly in electronics and optronics fields, and which has good processability; a process for production of t... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6082410 | Port plug A plug for a threaded port is formed of resilient elastomeric material and has upper and lower ends. A smooth non-threaded outer cylindrical wall is disposed between the ends. The outer cylindrical wall has an outer diameter sufficient to frictionally eng... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6065626 | Box opening/closing structure It is related to an improved box opening/closing structure for storing wet towels for baby. It mainly comprises a box for storing wet towels, a box cover fitted on the box and a lifting cover disposed on the middle of the box cover. When a user wants to o... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6056138 | Triple seal container A triple sealed container, comprising a base portion and a lid portion. The base consisting of a unitary component including a bottom portion attached to an upwardly extending perimeter wall, which is flurther connected to a peripherally extending rim hav... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5996170 | Wet/dry vacuum with non-cylindrical canister A wet/dry vacuum appliance having a non-cylindrical collection canister is disclosed. In one embodiment, the collection canister has substantially cylindrical ends and substantially flatter sides. A collection canister lid is adapted to engage the caniste... | 12/07/1999 |
