Easily removable multi-paneled locking cover with mess-preventing ring
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B65D-045/22
B65D-043/10
출원번호
US-0228400
(2008-08-11)
등록번호
US-8191728
(2012-06-05)
발명자
/ 주소
Auer, Robert Thomas
Stull, Jason Wesley
Stull, Jameson P.
출원인 / 주소
Stull Technologies, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
14인용 특허 :
41
초록▼
A container cover for use with a container having a neck. The cover includes a lid, a skirt extending downward from the circumference of the lid, and a concentric plug seal extending from the lid inside the skirt. The cover also includes an annular recessed channel circumscribing the center of the l
A container cover for use with a container having a neck. The cover includes a lid, a skirt extending downward from the circumference of the lid, and a concentric plug seal extending from the lid inside the skirt. The cover also includes an annular recessed channel circumscribing the center of the lid, with the channel including at least one hole in a side wall of the channel, the hole allowing air to pass through the lid. The skirt preferably includes six lock panels. The sides of the lock panels are defined by vertical slots in the skirt, and each lock panel features at least one inwardly-projecting lock. When the cover is locked on the container, the locks engage a lip on the container neck. When a user wishes to remove the cover, the user pulls up on the edge of a lock panel, disengaging the locks from the container lip and removing the cover.
대표청구항▼
1. A removable locking container cover for covering a microwaveable container having a neck with an outer bead, the cover comprising: a lid having a top, a bottom, and a circumferential edge, the lid including a sloping transition section between a lower annular surface and a central upper surface;a
1. A removable locking container cover for covering a microwaveable container having a neck with an outer bead, the cover comprising: a lid having a top, a bottom, and a circumferential edge, the lid including a sloping transition section between a lower annular surface and a central upper surface;a skirt extending downward from the lid at or near the circumferential edge, the skirt having a bottom edge and an inner surface shaped to extend around the outside of the container neck;a plug seal connected to and extending from the bottom of the lid and concentric with the skirt, the plug seal having a smaller diameter than the skirt, the plug seal having an outer surface shaped to substantially be in contact with the inside of the neck of the container;a plurality of slots formed in the skirt and extending substantially vertically from the bottom edge of the skirt, the slots being spaced apart from one another around the skirt, each pair of adjacent slots defining a panel thus forming a plurality of panels on the skirt;at least one lock formed on an inside surface of each of a plurality of the panels and projecting inwardly therefrom so as to form lock panels, the lock being adapted to engage a bottom edge of the outer bead of the container when the cover is locked onto the container so as to removably hold the cover in place on the container;at least one upper vent hole extending through the one or both of the sloping transition section and the central upper surface so as to allow air to pass through the at least one upper vent hole;an upward-opening channel in the lower annular surface circumscribing the sloping transition section, the channel having a bottom and forming an inner wall extending upward from the bottom adjacent to the sloping transition section; andat least one channel vent hole formed in the inner wall of the channel so as to allow air to pass through the at least one channel vent hole. 2. The container cover of claim 1, wherein the channel vent hole extends from the base to the top of the inner wall. 3. The container cover of claim 1, wherein the lid includes: a plurality of the upper vent holes located on the sloping transition section; anda plurality of the channel vent holes in the channel inner wall. 4. The container cover of claim 1, wherein the slots are substantially equally spaced around the circumference of the skirt so as to form substantially equally sized lock panels. 5. The container cover of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the bottom edge of each lock panel includes a scalloped contour so as to define finger recesses. 6. The container cover of claim 1, wherein the bottom edge of the skirt includes a molded bead projecting radially outward from the skirt on each locking panel so as to provide an area of increased thickness. 7. The container cover of claim 6, wherein the bead is continuous around the entire skirt and extends around the periphery of each slot. 8. The container cover of claim 1, wherein each inwardly-projecting lock is located on the lock panel adjacent to a slot. 9. The container cover of claim 8, wherein there slots have either a lock positioned adjacent to the slot or no locks positioned adjacent to the slot. 10. The container cover of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of stop ribs connected to the inner surface of the skirt and to the bottom of the lid, the stop ribs being disposed so that when all of the locks engage the container outer bead, substantially all the stop ribs touching the top of the container neck so as to limit vertical movement of the cover on the container. 11. The container cover of claim 1, wherein the skirt includes at least one shoulder extending radially outward from, and concentric with, the circumferential edge of the lid, the skirt extending downward from the shoulder, the shoulder having a diameter larger than the circumferential edge and being configured to provide a resting area for the bottom edge of the skirt of a second cover stacked on the cover. 12. A removable locking container cover for covering a microwaveable container having a neck with an outer bead, the cover comprising: a lid having a top surface, a bottom surface, a circumferential edge, and a center section, the center section including a lower annular section, a sloping transition section, an annular upwardly-opening channel formed in the lower annular section and circumscribing the sloping transition section, an upper section, and a plurality of holes formed in the channel, the holes extending through the top and bottom surfaces so as to allow air to pass through the lid;a skirt extending downward from the lid at or near the circumferential edge, the skirt having a bottom edge and an inner surface shaped to extend around the outside of the container neck;a plug seal extending from and formed integral with the bottom surface of the lid and concentric with the skirt, the plug seal having a smaller diameter than the skirt, the plug seal having an outer surface adapted to substantially contact the inside of the neck of the container;six integral lock panels forming the skirt; andat least one inwardly projecting lock formed on the inside surface of each of a plurality of the lock panels and configured to engage a bottom edge of the outer bead of the container when the cover is locked onto the container so as to removably hold the cover in place on the container,wherein each lock panel is defined by a slot formed though the skirt on either side of the lock panel, the slots opening onto the bottom edge of the skirt and extending substantially vertically upward from the bottom edge of the skirt, the slots being positioned on the skirt so that the at least one inwardly projecting lock is located between each set of slots. 13. The cover of claim 12, wherein the locks are grouped in pairs, each pair adjacent to a slot such that one lock of a pair is located on either side of the slot. 14. The cover of claim 12, wherein at least a portion of the bottom edge of the skirt includes a scalloped contour so as to define finger recesses. 15. The cover of claim 12, wherein the bottom edge of the skirt includes a molded bead projecting radially outward from the skirt on each locking panel so as to provide an area of increased thickness for grasping by a user's fingertips. 16. The container cover of claim 15, wherein the bead is continuous around the entire skirt and extends around the periphery of each slot. 17. The container cover of claim 12, further comprising a plurality of stop ribs connected to the inside of the skirt and to the bottom surface of the lid, the stop ribs disposed so that when the locks engage the outer bead the stop ribs substantially touch the top of the container neck, thereby limiting vertical movement of the cover on the container. 18. The container cover of claim 12, wherein the skirt further includes a shoulder projecting radially outward from, and substantially concentric with, the circumferential edge of the lid, the shoulder having a diameter that is larger than the diameter of the circumferential edge, and which is configured to be concentric with the bottom edge of the skirt of a second cover when stacked on the cover. 19. The container cover of claim 18, wherein the lid further includes three bypass holes passing through the top and bottom surfaces of the lid, the bypass holes being located on substantially the same diameter as the shoulder, each hole being located approximately above a lock. 20. The container cover of claim 1, wherein half of the lock panels each have at least one lock projecting inwardly therefrom, the locks being substantially equally spaced around the circumference of the skirt.
Shaw Mark D. (5469 Running Creek La. Jacksonville FL 32223) Heyman J. Tad (11858 Olde Oaks CT N. Jacksonville FL 32223) Bierce Laurence M. (2269 Villanova Cir. Jacksonville FL 32218), Containment storage apparatus.
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