Three door lid and container utilizing the same

US10441101B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• McCormick & Company, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Tracie L. C. Wilson · Westminster, US
• Thomas Koll Porter Gieske · Timonium, US
• Darin M. Pugne · Scott Township, US
• Adam Beaty · Lebanon, US
• Don Ankney · Stanford, US
• Ron Myers · Dublin, US
• Charles A. Webster · Sugar Grove, US
• Stephen B. Getsy · Via Enrico Fermi, US
• Dewey R. Carlile, Jr. · Belmont, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 18, 2017
• Grant date: Oct 15, 2019
• Expiry date: Sep 18, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D2543/00537
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Container having a container body comprising a bottom, a rim and a lid securing portion located adjacent the rim. A lid includes a lid base sized and configured to secure the lid to the lid securing portion of the container body and a lid door assembly movably mounted to the lid base. The lid door assembly includes a main door that can assume at least a closed position with respect to the lid base and an open position with respect to the lid base, a first side door that can assume at least a closed position with respect to the main door and an open position with respect to the main door, and a second side door that can assume at least a closed position with respect to the main door and an open position with respect to the main door.