Container covers and methods of using the same

US11975894B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Inline Plastics Corp. · US

Inventors

• Herb Knutson · Waterbury, US
• Tanner Bettke Buxton · New Haven, US
• James Davis Smith, IV · Prospect, US
• David Demar · Edgewater, US
• Keith Kristiansen · Stratford, US
• Roland Charriez · Edgewater, US
• Thomas Van Dyk · Ramsey, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 13, 2020
• Grant date: May 7, 2024
• Expiry date: Jan 13, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D2543/00796
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A cover for a container that includes a lid portion and a collar element. The lid portion having a main body section surrounded by a peripheral sealing shoulder. The collar element having a peripheral collar sealing shoulder that includes a collar groove and wherein the lid portion is connected to the collar portion through a hinge element. The lid portion, collar element and hinge portion are formed as a unitary structure and the lid portion articulates from an open positon in which it is spaced apart from the collar element to a closed position wherein the peripheral bead sealing shoulder of the lid portion engages with the peripheral collar sealing shoulder of the collar element.