IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0313230
(2002-12-05)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Bravo, Michael H.
- Rowles, Craig M.
- Sullivan, John P.
- Markham, David
- Scott, Mark W.
- Van Buiten, Chris
- Mascoli, Gregory J.
- Slack, Robert
- Lee, Corrina
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출원인 / 주소 |
- The Sherwin-Williams Company
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대리인 / 주소 |
McDonald, Robert E.Katterle, Paul R.Tsang, Vivien Y.
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
16 인용 특허 :
120 |
초록
An improved container for storing, dispensing and handling viscous and semi-viscous fluids such as paint and the like, having novel spout and other design features that enable substantially dripless dispensing and improved handling and storage.
대표청구항
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An improved container for storing, dispensing and handling viscous and semi-viscous fluids such as paint and the like, having novel spout and other design features that enable substantially dripless dispensing and improved handling and storage. nner. 2. The access hatch reinforcement module of cla
An improved container for storing, dispensing and handling viscous and semi-viscous fluids such as paint and the like, having novel spout and other design features that enable substantially dripless dispensing and improved handling and storage. nner. 2. The access hatch reinforcement module of claim 1, wherein: (a) each one of said one or more tabs that extend between and are fixedly engaged to both said door engagement component and said wall engagement component in a temporary manner has a middle portion disposed between terminal end portions of said tab that are fixedly engaged to said door engagement component and said wall engagement component; and (b) said tabs are positioned relative to said wall engagement component and said door engagement component such that, after said access hatch reinforcement module is mounted to the hatch door and the hatch opening perimeter structure, and before said temporary fixed engagements of said wall engagement component to said door engagement component are separated, said middle portion of said tabs is disposed adjacent the hatch door periphery of the hatch door. 3. The access hatch reinforcement module of claim 2, wherein: (a) said wall engagement component is constructed such that, said wall engagement component may provide substantial reinforcement for the hatch opening reinforcement module after assembly of the wall assembly is complete; and (b) said door engagement component is constructed such that, said door engagement component may provide substantial reinforcement for the hatch door after assembly of the wall assembly is complete. 4. The access hatch reinforcement module of claim 3, wherein: (a) said one or more operational door connecting components that are engaged to both said wall engagement component and said door engagement component comprise a hatch hinge engaged to both said wall engagement component and said door engagement component. 5. The access hatch reinforcement module of claim 4, wherein: (a) one or more of said tabs that extend between and are temporarily fixedly engaged to both said wall engagement component and said door engagement component are integrally engaged to said wall engagement component and/or said door engagement component; (b) of said one or more tabs that are integrally engaged to said wall engagement component and/or said door engagement component each individual tab is integrally engaged to only one of said wall engagement component and said door engagement component; (c) said wall engagement component and/or said door engagement component define one or more complimentary recesses; and (d) an outer terminal end of one or more of said tabs that are integrally engaged to said wall engagement component and/or said door engagement component is disposed within a complimentary recess defined by whichever of said wall engagement component and said door engagement component each particular tab is not integrally engaged to. 6. The access hatch reinforcement module of claim 5, wherein: (a) said wall engagement component is of unitary construction; and (b) said door engagement component is of unitary construction. 7. An access hatch reinforcement module for assembly to a hatch door which has a hatch door periphery, and hatch opening perimeter structure which has an inner bound, and where the access hatch reinforcement module, the hatch door, and the hatch opening perimeter structure are to be included as parts of a wall assembly, comprising: (a) a wall engagement component designed to be engaged to the hatch opening perimeter structure; (b) a door engagement component designed to be engaged to the hatch door; (c) one or more operational door connecting components; (d) wherein temporary fixed engagements temporarily fixedly engage said wall engagement component to said door engagement component; (e) wherein one or more of said one or more operational door connecting components are engaged to both said wall engagement component of said access hatch reinforcement module and said door engagement component of said access hatch reinforcement module; (f) said operational door connecting components that are engaged to both said wall engagement component and sai d door engagement component are constructed and engaged to said wall engagement component and said door engagement component in a manner such that said door engagement component would still be mounted to said wall engagement component by said operational door connecting components if said temporary fixed engagements, which temporarily fixedly engage said door engagement component to said wall engagement component were separated; and (g) wherein one or more tabs that are integrally engaged to one of said door engagement component and said wall engagement component are engaged to complimentary recesses defined by whichever of said door engagement component and said wall engagement component said one or more tabs are not integrally engaged to. 8. A method of constructing a wall assembly, comprising the steps of: (a) fixedly engaging a hatch door to hatch opening perimeter structure in a temporary manner with temporary fixed engagements between the hatch door and the hatch opening perimeter structure; (b) subsequently engaging one or more operational door connecting components to both the hatch door and the hatch opening perimeter structure in a manner such that, were the hatch door and the hatch opening perimeter structure not fixedly engaged to one another, the hatch door would be supported to the hatch opening perimeter structure by its engagement to the hatch opening perimeter structure through the one or more operational door connecting components; and (c) after the one or more operational door connecting components are engaged to both the hatch door and the hatch opening perimeter structure, separating the temporary fixed engagements of the hatch door to the hatch door perimeter structure. 9. The method of claim 8, wherein: (a) during said step of fixedly engaging the hatch door to the hatch opening perimeter structure the hatch door is fixedly engaged in its closed position relative to the hatch opening perimeter structure. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein: (a) said step of fixedly engaging the hatch door to the hatch opening perimeter structure more specifically comprises creating the hatch door and the hatch opening perimeter structure out of a unitary sheet that extends beyond a hatch door periphery into and becomes the hatch opening perimeter structure such that the temporary fixed engagements of the hatch door to the hatch opening perimeter structure consist only of integral engagements of the portion of the unitary sheet that is the hatch door to the portion of the unitary sheet that is the hatch opening perimeter structure at the hatch door periphery; and (b) said step of separating the temporary fixed engagements of the hatch door to the hatch opening perimeter structure is accomplished by separating the portion of the unitary sheet that is the hatch door from the portion of the unitary sheet that is the hatch opening perimeter structure, at the hatch door periphery. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein: (a) the hatch door, the hatch opening perimeter structure, and the operational door connecting components are constructed for use as part of vehicle body structures. 12. The method of claim 11, wherein: (a) the hatch door, the hatch opening perimeter structure, and the operational door connecting components are constructed for use as part of an engine compartment hood of a vehicle. 13. The method of claim 12, wherein: (a) said step of engaging the one or more operational door connecting components to both the hatch door and the hatch opening perimeter structure more specifically comprises the steps of: (i) engaging one or more of the operational door components to both a wall engagement component and a door engagement component; (ii) either before or after engaging the one or more operational door components to the wall engagement component, engaging the wall engagement component to the hatch opening perimeter structure; and (iii) either before or after engaging the one or more operational door components to the door engagement component, engaging the door engagement component to the hatch door. 14. The method of claim 13, wherein: (a) said method further comprises the step of fixedly engaging the wall engagement component and the door engagement component to one another in a temporary manner with temporary fixed engagements of the wall engagement component to the door engagement component; (b) said step of fixedly engaging the wall engagement component to the door engagement component in a temporary manner is performed before the step of engaging the one or more operational door connecting components to the wall engagement component, before the step of engaging the one or more operational door connecting components to the door engagement component, before the step of engaging the wall engagement component to the hatch opening perimeter structure, and before the step of engaging the door engagement component to the hatch door; (c) said method further comprises the step of separating the temporary fixed engagements of the wall engagement component to the door engagement component; and (d) said step of separating the temporary fixed engagements of the wall engagement components to the door engagement components is performed after the step of engaging the one or more operational door connecting components to the wall engagement component and also after the step of engaging the one or more operational door connecting components to the door engagement component. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein: (a) said step of fixedly engaging the wall engagement component to the door engagement component in a temporary manner more specifically comprises the step of fixedly engaging each of one or more tabs to both the wall engagement component and the door engagement component in a position such that each of the one or more tabs extends between the wall engagement component and the door engagement component. 16. The method of claim 15, wherein: (a) said step of fixedly engaging the wall engagement component to the door engagement component in a temporary manner, said step of fixedly engaging the hatch door to the hatch opening perimeter structure in a temporary manner, said step of engaging the door engagement component to the hatch door, said step of engaging the wall engagement component to the hatch opening perimeter structure, said step of engaging the operational door connecting components to the wall engagement component, and said step of engaging the operational door connecting components to the door engagement component are all performed before said step of separating the temporary fixed engagements of the wall engagement component to the door engagement component and also before said step of separating the fixed engagements of the hatch door to the hatch opening perimeter structure; (b) the components of the wall assembly are constructed in such a manner, and said steps of said method are performed in a manner such that, prior to said step of separating the temporary fixed engagements of the wall engagement component to the door engagement component, and also prior to said step of separating the temporary fixed engagements of the hatch door to the hatch opening perimeter structure, a middle portion of each of the tabs that extends between and is fixedly engaged to the wall engagement component and the door engagement component is disposed adjacent to the hatch door periphery; (c) said step of separating the temporary fixed engagements of the wall engagement component to the door engagement component more specifically comprises the step of severing the middle portion of each of the tabs that extends between and is fixedly engaged to both the wall engagement component and the door engagement component; and (d) said step of separating the temporary fixed engagements of the hatch door to the hatch opening perimeter structure, which consists of severing the portion of the unitary sheet tha
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