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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7178674 | Container comprising a slide cover The invention relates to a container for storing and providing stacked film-like or sheet-like materials. The container is comprised of a pan, which accommodates the stacked materials and has a bottom and closed lateral walls joined thereto, and of a tightly sealing... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7014039 | Sliding shell package for smoking articles Smoking articles, such as filter cigarettes, are packaged in a metal box which is curved to a shape that conforms to the curvature of the human body so that the box can be comfortably carried in a shirt or pant pocket. The metal box comprises a lid and a four sided ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6863189 | Quick opening closure for small liquid containers The closing device consisting of a sleeve that seals onto the neck of a bottle and that comprises an internal channel which opens, via a new orifice in a sliding-contact surface with associated slopes and slideways acting as guide means to a shut-off plate for closi... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6749079 | Storage box having a sliding lid A storage box including a body, a lid and an arm member. The body is provided with a storage portion and a guide portion. The lid is provided with a sliding portion engaged with and directed by the guide portion. The arm member is held rotatably by the body at a fir... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6675984 | Metal finishing barrel cover locking system A metal finishing barrel side opening has a cover secured by a series of cover and barrel tabs, the cover slid into a secured position with the cover tabs partially overlain by the barrel tabs. A locking handle assembly includes a graspable portion suppor... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6561401 | Article storage device of scooter A scooter is provided with an article storage device which is formed of a base and a box body disposed slidably in the base. The base is disposed in a receiving space of the footboard of the scooter. The box body is provided in the top and in the undersid... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6510960 | Captive slidable access cover A captivated slidable access cover incorporates an integral cantilevered spring to prevent undesired movement resulting from gravitational forces or vibration. The cover has two generally parallel, opposed edges which are slidingly captivated in opposed t... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6409039 | Metal finishing barrel cover locking system A metal finishing barrel side opening has a cover secured by a series of cover and barrel tabs, the cover slid into a secured position with the cover tabs partially overlain by the barrel tabs. A locking handle assembly includes a graspable portion suppor... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6386382 | Watercraft accessory A container for storage of items during watersports is described, having a base (10) affixed to the watersports equipment such as a surfboard or diver's gas tank and a body forming a waterproof enclosure detachably secured to the base. The top cover (14) ... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6318579 | Roll-top trash can A trash can with a sliding lid that rides in tracks facing inwardly on sides of the trash can body from an open position along a back wall of the trash can to cover and close the top of the trash can. Stops are provided for limiting the closing movement o... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6116452 | Method and apparatus for combining the lid-securing and carrying functions of covered containers The present invention provides an improved system and method for carrying and securing the lid of a container, such as a surgical sterilization tray. A tray is provided with rotating wire bail handles and at least two studs. The cover for the tray has a k... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6015058 | Paintball gun loader A container which can be held and opened by one hand has a dome-shaped cap formed by a series of adjacent, contiguous and ogee-shaped segments resiliently held together by an elastic ring. When the cap is forced down over the opening rim of the vessel, th... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5884799 | Container for the interior of a vehicle A container for an installation into the interior of a vehicle, having a box with a box opening situated on top and a closing part covering it. For a compact construction of the container and a simplified installation mounting, the closing part comprises ... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5795546 | Storage container for vessels A storage container for measuring vessels containing fluids to be tested, such as blood, blood plasma or the like; includes a housing having an interior space for accommodating the measuring vessels which are arranged within the housing in rows. The housi... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5788109 | Security box having sliding closure A container for the mailing and transport of objects, suited in particular to being closed with a seal, comprising a rigid, box-shaped body (1) opening at the top with a flanged edge (4) on which a cover slidingly engages up to a position of snapping shut... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5762226 | Steam-table-pan carrying cover with pan-retaining stop Disclosed is the combination of a steam table pan for keeping food warm and a cover for lifting and carrying the pan. The pan is of the type including a container portion, a pair of side edges and a pair of end edges. All of the edges protrude away from t... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5687885 | Dispensing container and sliding cap assembly A dispensing container, such as a double-barrel cartridge used in dispensing dental material, matingly receives a sliding cap that maintains a seal between material in the barrels and the atmosphere. The cap includes a body and a gasket within the body, a... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5673811 | Food bin assembly A food bin assembly comprising a bin, a rear lid member, and a front lid member. The bin has a bottom and a plurality of walls extending up from the bottom. The walls have upper ends defining a bin opening. One of the walls is a first side wall and anothe... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5632398 | Carrying cover for a steam table pan A carrying cover for a food pan includes a pair of side channels generally parallel to one another and first and second cover ends generally parallel to one another and generally normal to the side channels. The cover handle is positioned closer to the fi... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5620109 | Asymmetrical portable dispenser An asymmetrical portable dispenser having a dispenser opening for dispensing small articles. Asymmetrical dispenser including an asymmetrical tray slidably mounted within a similarly configured asymmetrical sleeve for orientating the dispenser opening in ... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5549199 | Compact disc storage case A compact disc storage case of the type having a cover section slidably connected to a compartment section. The compact disc storage case comprises: a compartment section having a top surface forming a substantially cylindrical storage recess and two para... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5531346 | Biohazardous waste container A waste container having a top with a slidable closure. The top has an access aperture and the closure is positioned to slide between opened and closed positions. The closure can be temporarily retained in a first closed position over the aperture, and ca... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5480249 | Lead dispensing storage container A lead dispensing storage container that can be opened or closed by a single hand. The container body has a lead case formed therein, and a lead outlet allowing release of leads one by one. A gate member mounted in the container body can be moved to open ... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5458256 | Slide lid A slide lid for a seed box of a row crop planter has a top wall joined to downwardly directed side and end flanges which cooperate with outwardly directed lips on the box to retain the slide lid on the box and allow the slide lid to be moved generally hor... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5454932 | Cassette display case A bottom open display case for jacketed cassettes wherein the jacket is retained in the display case which itself is of transparent plastics material. A base is attached to the bottom end of the display case and is slidable laterally from a closed positio... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5405034 | Closure device A closure apparatus for a container includes an adapter which is mounted on or otherwise integrally formed with the container adjacent the container opening, and a cap which is moveable between an opened position and a closed position over the container o... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5400914 | Sliding container cover A sliding container cover, which includes a rectangular base frame mounted on the top opening of a rectangular container, a rectangular cover frame hinged to the rectangular base frame at one side and openably covered over the rectangular base frame, and ... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5388691 | Protective case for remote control transmitter A case protecting the buttons of and supporting a remote control transmitter, the transmitter including an opening to receive a key chain ring, the case further including a container and a rigid clear plastic cover-panel that is slidable by one's thumb. T... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5375698 | Prefilled, resealable contact lens container A container for holding contact lenses in contact lens treatment solutions which has a base member equipped with at least one compartment. Each compartment has a predetermined length and width situated in a juxtaposed position with a partition thereinbetw... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5322365 | Vertically adjustable extension drawers A vertically adjustable extension rail system for a drawer used in a housing having opposed vertical walls with a plurality of horizontally-extending, vertically-spaced guide ribs leaving alternating guide grooves. The extension rail system comprises two ... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5320244 | Storage box for storing of substantially flat articles A storage box includes a housing, which has a top wall, a bottom wall, a right side wall, a left side wall and a rear wall, and a storage assembly which is disposed removably in the housing for confining articles therein. The storage assembly includes a p... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5273172 | Closure device for drinking from containers A closure device for drinking from a liquid container (2) is sealingly mounted with a bottom part (3) of a main body thereof extending into an opening of the container. A top part (4) has a circular-arc portion with a groove (6) therein. Liquid-emitting a... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5251778 | Dispenser box for graduated vessels In a dispenser box for containment of graduated vessels of a type having an inlet opening for receiving fluids to be tested such as blood, blood plasma or the like, with the dispenser box having a longitudinal side provided with an ejection slot and a top... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5236108 | Multiple-barrel dispensing container assembly with induction seal A dispensing assembly includes a seal that is induction-bonded to an outlet of a container. A cap is detachably connected to the container over the seal to protect the seal during shipping. Once the cap is removed, the seal can be peeled away from the out... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5207353 | Methods of and apparatus for replenishing toner in electrostatographic development stations Methods of and apparatus for adding toner to an electrostatographic development station from a flat-flanged container containing toner minimizes spillage of toner by automatically uncovering and recovering the container. The flat-flanged container has a m... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5201418 | Needle disposal system A system for safely and conveniently disposing of contaminated hypodermic needles comprises a disposal container for accumulating contaminated hypodermic needles which had been disposed therein after having been initially collected within a tray containin... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5183177 | Storage box for assortment of articles A storage box includes a rigid enclosing housing having a front opening and two separate left and right plates positioned against the left and right walls of the housing. The left and right plates are provided with vertically spaced and horizontally align... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5082137 | Child resistant slide box The present invention is directed toward a child resistant locking slide box that is opened by deforming a locking tab on the slide box drawer that positively engages the surrounding cover. There are tracks on the inside surfaces of the cover side walls t... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5054634 | Capsule with a drawer and a sliding cursor The capsule has a capsule body provided for closing one end of a container. The capsule body includes a top wall formed with a port and from which is formed a slide for a drawer covered by a top of an envelope fixedly connected to the capsule body and for... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5021218 | Apparatus for transporting specimen slides An apparatus is provided to identify, index and display slides having a specimen thereon, and to secure the slides so as to protect biopsy material and similar specimens retained thereon. There is also provided a slide carrier to hold slides in spaced rel... | 06/04/1991 |
