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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7314148 | Containers, sleeves and lids therefor, assemblies thereof, and holding structure therefor Containers, lids, and sleeve structures are disclosed. Particularly, sleeve structures configured for insulating, stabilizing, or both insulating and stabilizing a container are disclosed. Further, a sleeve structure including a plurality of circumferentially adjace... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7281649 | Bottom seal for container The present invention generally provides a bottom seal for a container. The container has a side wall having an upper end and a lower end. A bottom wall closes the lower end of the side wall. The bottom wall has a base and a skirt projecting from an outer periphery ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7040527 | Fiber drum, cylindrical body thereof, and method of fabricating the cylindrical body A cylindrical body of a fiber drum comprises a roll of paper material having two open ends, and a curled portion formed by inwardly curling the edge of at least one of the two open ends. A method of fabricating the fiber drum comprises the steps of winding a length ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7017797 | Cardboard container for solid, granular or possibly pasty products, and manufacturing method thereof A cardboard container (1) is described particularly for solid, granular or powder products, but also adaptable to contain fluid products, in particular paste or cream products and the like. The container is obtained from two cardboard blanks (10), (... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6994818 | Method of making a multiple chamber tube The invention relates to a multi-chamber tube with at least two chambers and a tube head, with closable withdrawal apertures corresponding to the number of chambers and consisting of an accumulation of at least two separately produced tubular pipes arranged parallel... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6935826 | Can end and method for fixing the same to a can body A can end includes a peripheral cover hook a chuck wall dependent from the interior of the cover hook, an outwardly concave annular reinforcing bead extending radially inwards from the chuck wall, and a central panel supported by an inner portion of the reinforcing ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6929120 | Curved back reclosable metal packaging unit A packaging unit (10) for containing, for example cigarettes (44) has a body made of curved metal (12) and curved metal back (14) surfaces connected by metal sides (16), and a metal bottom (20), preferably having a central r... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6929554 | Billiards indicator system and method A billiards indicator system and method for providing a convenient reminder of whether a person is to shoot at solid colored or striped balls. The billiards indicator system and method includes a first conical member which is substantially hollow, and designed for b... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6915553 | Seaming apparatus and method for cans Seaming apparatus and method for seaming ends to cans are described. The seaming apparatus includes a seaming chuck received by the can end. The chuck includes an anvil portion and a peripheral upper anvil wall. The upper anvil wall is inclined at an angle α of gre... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6908001 | Narrow pull tab A container and closure assembly whereby a pull tab sufficiently narrow in width is secured to the interior of the closure, thereby preventing the closure from becoming loosened or displaced, yet when sufficient torque is applied by the consumer to open the closure ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6502741 | Cylindrical body of fiber drum and method of fabricating the cylindrical body A cylindrical body of a fiber drum comprises a roll of a paper material having two opening ends, a curled portion formed by curling the edge of at least one of the two opening ends, and a protective material for covering an outer surface of the curled por... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6401967 | Frozen dessert container The present invention discloses a novel frozen dessert container. A preferred configuration for the frozen dessert container is a super-ellipse configuration. The invention allows for registered offset printing on the rim of the lid. The invention also al... | 06/11/2002 |
| 5971259 | Reduced diameter double seam for a composite container A hermetic, composite container including a non-metallic composite container body and a metal end which are joined by a double seam. The double seam has reduced dimensions resulting in significant savings in material. The metal end is formed of a low basi... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5960986 | Lid for a frozen dessert container The present invention discloses a novel lid for use in frozen dessert containers. A preferred configuration for the lid is a super-ellipse configuration. The invention allows for registered offset printing on the rim of the lid. The invention also allows ... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5653382 | Tamper evident container and related apparatus A tamper evident container assembly includes a container body having a bottom wall and peripheral side wall, the side wall terminating in an outwardly curled rim. A reusable lid includes a top wall portion and a depending skirt portion, the depending skir... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5018641 | End construction with hollow beam construction for a drum A barrel or drum, preferably of fibre, with metal chimes responsive to longitudinal compressive forces is provided. The compressive forces urge a diagonal flange of the chimes towards the horizontal thereby expanding the outer circumference of the flange ... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4971241 | Fast flo drums A drum for transporting viscous fluids and the like is disclosed. The improvement of this drum consists of a bottom assembly which breaks away from the bottom closure element when a force is applied to the bottom by a ram. The break away bottom is forced ... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4951833 | End construction with hollow beam construction for a drum A barrel or drum, preferably of fibre, with metal chimes responsive to longitudinal compressive forces is provided. The compressive forces urge a diagonal flange of the chimes towards the horizontal thereby expanding the outer circumference of the flange ... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4868025 | Cushioned bag and apparatus and method of making a cushioned bag A cushioned bag has two adjacent multilayered sections comprising an outer layer of flexible thermoplastic material, a middle layer (or partial middle layer) of polyolefin film, and an inner layer of cushioning material. The sections are fused together al... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4785992 | Container and method of making the same This relates to a bottom construction for a composite container wherein the container body is of a composite construction such as a wound paper tube having a plastic material liner. The bottom construction includes a generally cup-shaped closure element f... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4708283 | Reinforcing ring construction for containers In a metal reinforcing ring applied to the top edge of a paperboard container, an improved construction which avoids presenting any sharp edges by curling the lower edge of the reinforcing ring under a shoulder on the inside of the container such that the... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4692132 | Process for preparing a sealed laminated vessel A sealed laminated vessel is formed from a barrel composed of a laminate including a paper substrate and a metal foil with inner and outer heat-sealable resin layers on both surfaces lapped together to form a straight side seam and a lid member on at leas... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4637543 | Fiber can with reinforcing crimped metal closure A fiber can is made up of a laminated can body with a gas-tight, fusible lining, a lower end wall shutting off one end of the body and a partly metallic cover on the other end of the body. The cover is made up of a rigid cover member crimped on the body h... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4588621 | Container body of the composite type and container comprising said body The invention relates to a composite container body wherein the inner surface, and optionally the outer surface and/or the edges, of said body are covered with a multi-layer complex comprising a metallic film to which is adhered a layer of an adhesive suc... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4546911 | Heat-sealable coated paper container and method of manufacture A wound double-walled container and method of manufacturing the same from coated paper includes two blanks which are placed one above the other and which form the container walls. The blanks are arranged mutually offset in such a manner that narrow foldab... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4538758 | Composite container An improved hermetically sealed composite container formed by double-seaming a pair of compounded metal ends to extended length flanges on the opposite ends of a can body so that the compound is bonded to an inner liner on the can body to provide an effec... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4508218 | Soft cigarette pack In the production of soft packs for receiving cigarettes or the like it is important, where possible, to save material, while maintaining the functional characteristics of the pack, on the one hand, and its external appearance. For this reason, the propos... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4483456 | Salvageable industrial container A right circular cylindrical end of an industrial container or drum shell is embraced by a peripheral channel on an end closure which channel is, in turn, embraced by a channel shaped chime ring, and the assembly thus produced is compressed in the radial ... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4464109 | Capped plastic container A disposable lamp comprising a body, formed of a plastic material for holding a flammable fluid therein and including a mouth onto which is secured a burner-closure assembly. The burner-closure assembly comprises a burner and cap means. The cap means is c... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4457465 | Gas and liquid tight corner structure for a fibre shipping container This relates to a gas and liquid tight corner structure for fibre shipping containers or drums and particularly relates to the provision of a sealing rim on the end unit which is engaged within the corner construction and is compressible so as to maintain... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4376506 | Seam release strip composite container A composite container for fluent materials in the liquid or semi-frozen state is disclosed, together with a method for making the same. The container includes a vertically arranged body member that is flared at its upper end, and an end closure member is ... | 03/15/1983 |
| 4369912 | Composite can with compressed end to provide easy opening A composite container body having metal ends secured thereto by means of conventional crimping, and intended for opening by use of any of the various types of toothed driving wheel can openers presently in service. In a particularly preferred embodiment t... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4363404 | End closure for stackable frozen food containers An end closure member is disclosed for closing the bottom of an institutional-size composite container for frozen liquid or fluent materials (such as eggs removed from the shell), characterized in that the end closure member includes a center panel portio... | 12/14/1982 |
| 4351472 | Closure A two-piece closure with a skirt portion surmounted by an upstanding flange having integral extended parts at least in the shape of an inverted U and a disc portion having an at least upward projection at the disc's periphery with this projection substant... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4344546 | Reusable tight head drum by conversion to open head drum The elements making up the closure of a tight head drum which enables conversion to an open head drum for reuse of the drum in which the drum is formed with a curl at the upper end on which an annular loop of a top head is secured by a banding ring member... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4305524 | Round ice cream carton lid A closure for a cylindrically shaped ice cream carton or the like includes a unitary circular shaped plastic lid provided with a depending skirt portion. The top surface of the lid includes an inverted V-shaped bead extending concentric with and inwardly ... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4303190 | Composite end closure member for composite containers An improved composite container is disclosed in which a composite end closure member having a horizontal generally disk-shaped central portion and an annular flange portion is bonded to one end of a tubular cylindrical composite body member, preferably by... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4301939 | Reclosable packing container Cup-shaped packing containers are used for the packaging of e.g. yoghurt. The packing containers are provided with lids which can be removed from the packing container in that e.g. the seal between lid and cup portion is broken. After opening the lid cann... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4299350 | Composite container including a reversely curled body member An improved composite container is disclosed including a tubular fibrous body wall having at its upper end a reversely curled portion the upper extremity of which is radially inwardly compressed in such a manner as to form an annular external locking proj... | 11/10/1981 |
| 4293090 | Container seam A container seam includes an additional vertical section of metal and a corrugated outer surface for providing sufficient vertical seam strength to resist the crushing force exerted by an opener drive gear. An end member is provided with an overhang havin... | 10/06/1981 |
