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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7291410 | Orientation independent liquid fuel reservoir A fuel reservoir for a liquid fuel cell particularly useful for portable electronic devices or for a reformer, includes (a) a container defining a volume for holding a liquid fuel; (b) a wicking structure positioned within the volume and into which at least one port... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7228981 | Blow-molded hourglass container with helical rib and method of manufacture A plastic container includes a body of one-piece integrally blow-molded construction. The body has an hourglass shape in side elevation with a waist, a base and a shoulder, and at least one helical external rib extending at least one full turn around the waist. The ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7152766 | Metal re-sealable beverage container with pour spout An all-metal beverage can with a pour spout is disclosed. The can includes a can body for containing a beverage and a closure member. The closure contains a metal pour spout and a cap covering the pour spout. The pour spout and cap are in a recessed condition within... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7121402 | Container hermetically sealed with crushable material and reactive multilayer material Embodiments of the invention include a method for sealing a container. The method includes, providing at least two components of the container, positioning a crushable material between the at least two components, positioning a reactive multilayer material between t... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7108151 | Container capable of keeping a lengthwise contracted state and contraction method thereof To extremely reduce the capacity of a container body when juice or mineral water in a container body is drunk up and the container body is discarded. The container body includes: a top tap; a small width in a height direction at a bottom; and a horizontal bellows fo... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6811051 | Metal container capable of retaining a state of being reduced in a longitudinal direction and reduction method thereof To reduce the volume of a metal container body after the juice or beer contained therein has been consumed, the container body/wall is formed with accordion-shaped portions having horizontal ring-shape hill portions valley portions. ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6662964 | Synthetic resin liquid container A synthetic resin liquid container for containing drinking water, juice, milk and other liquids is provided. The synthetic resin liquid container has a body that can substantially reduce its volume when a vertical and/or twisting stress is applied to the ... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6168041 | Injection stretch blow molded tubular containers Tubular containers can be produced by injection stretch blow molding processes. Such processes comprise the biaxial stretching of the preform as the preform is being converted into the tubular container. The preform will be stretched longitudinally by mea... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6012601 | Metal can with profiled body A sheet-metal can for foodstuffs or drink, comprising a body and a bottom fixed thereto or formed integrally therewith, which body has a generally rotation-symmetrical form onto which a pattern of depressions is superimposed and is characterized by at lea... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5985421 | Multilayer film material Multilayer film material (22) for manufacturing a pipe-shaped body (21) of tube (17). The film material (22) contains at least one barrier layer (10). The film material (22) is of thickness (d) extending form the outside (14) of the pipe-shaped body (21) ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5954224 | Injection stretch blow molded tubular containers Tubular containers can be produced by injection stretch blowmolding processes. Such processes comprise the biaxial stretching of the preform as the preform is being converted into the tubular container. The preform will be stretched longitudinally by mean... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5941385 | Collapsible sharps container with holder A sharps disposal unit for use by paramedics and the like in the field that includes a container made of puncture resistant plastic or cloth and having an accordian like pleated side wall that stacks when compressed giving the container a very low profile... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5615639 | Foldable assembly for containment and disposal of litter This disclosure relates to a tray containing litter for use by an animal. The tray is formed of plastics and comprises a planar floor having at least one deformation acting as a fold line and a plurality of upstanding sidewalls. Each of the sidewalls is f... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5531339 | Bottle of synthetic resin The present invention relates to a bottle made of synthetic resin, for containing various liquids, that can be easily fractured for easier handling during disposal or recycling. The bottle comprises a plurality of fracturing walls, each formed in a longit... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5511686 | Container made of a synthetic material and method for making same A container made of a synthetic material, e.g., a bottle (10), comprising a closed bottom wall (11) and an opening (12) in the upper portion opposite the bottom wall. The container is produced according to a blow moulding, stretch blow moulding or thermof... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5476189 | Pressure vessel with damage mitigating system A pressure vessel is disclosed for holding fluids and the like. The vessel includes an outer shell fabricated of a composite material. A damage mitigating material is integrated within the outer shell, with a major thickness of the shell being disposed in... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5397021 | Crushable beverage can A beverage can that is capable of crushing easily in the axial direction is provided. The beverage can is designed to contain a beverage and has a roughly circular cylindrical shape with, at a prescribed portion on one end surface thereof, an operational ... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5342082 | Airbag reaction canister having softened edges A reaction canister for a vehicle passive restraint system has its side walls weakened in the regions adjoining edges which are adjacent automotive panels likely to be impacted by occupants in the event of a low speed collision. The resultant softening se... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5297694 | Device with constant magnetic field to preserve perishable substances A container made of a substantially dielectric material adapted to contain and preserve a perishable substance, comprising: a substantially elongated tubular portion defining an enclosure adapted to contain a perishable substance, the tubular portion being mad... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5232121 | Collapsed body bead for improved sidewall integrity of metal can packages A can body which is reinforced by collapsed radially inwardly directed beads. The beads may either be normal to the axis of the can body or slope at an angle thereto. Maximum axial strength is obtained when the beads are normal to the axis of the can body... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5174469 | Partially collapsible container with drinking straw or pour spout A partially collapsible container adapted to contain beverages or other dispensable fluids is disclosed in which the collapsible portion of the container provides for the automatic deployment of either a drinking straw or a pour spout mounted within the c... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5137171 | Collapsed body bead for improved sidewall integrity of metal can packages A can body which is reinforced by collapsed radially inwardly directed beads. The beads may either be normal to the axis of the can body or slope at an angle thereto. Maximum axial strength is obtained when the beads are normal to the axis of the can body... | 08/11/1992 |
| 4860908 | Crushable container and method for weakening the container A cylindrical metal container is weakened along folding regions to aid crushing by hand or when using a can crusher. The weakened folding regions are created by nondeformably weakening the material strength of the container along the folding regions. This... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4744476 | Collapsible infant feeding bottle An infant feeding bottle provides a collapsible main body portion in order to prevent injury. Collapsibility is provided by elongate structures having hinge points at their ends and at their center. The elongate structures are located within the wall of t... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4409029 | Container for enclosing radioactive waste and a method for treating waste enclosed in the container A container for enclosing particulate or piece-formed radioactive material which is to be converted into a solid body by isostatic pressing at a high temperature and a high pressure. The container may have a corrugated sheath and suitably a plane lid and ... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4377191 | Collapsible container A collapsible container comprising collapsible stepped walls which are formed by alternating substantially horizontal surfaces and substantially vertical surfaces.... | 03/22/1983 |
| 4324340 | Aluminum can with collapsible sidewall A seamless aluminum container of the type used for beer, soft drinks, edible goods or the like is provided which container is adapted to be manually axially collapsed to a smaller size when its contents are exhausted, the container collapse being accompli... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4322013 | Breakdown container A breakdown cylindrical container comprising a plurality of pre-weakened creases both on the interior side wall and exterior side wall of the container. The location and position of the interior and exterior creases in relation to one another allows the c... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4316551 | Aluminum container A seamless aluminum container of the type used for beer, soft drinks, edible goods or the like is provided which container is adapted to be manually axially collapsed in a predetermined pattern to a smaller size when its contents are exhausted, the contai... | 02/23/1982 |
