Patent · US Expired

Container structure

US4742934A · kind A · utility

44Cited by
21References
5Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 1, 1986
Grant dateMay 10, 1988
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 1, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65D2543/00842
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A substantially spill proof container for foodstuffs and the like and particularly for comestibles of the liquid or semi-liquid variety wherein the container lid is provided with an improved anti-spillage interior wall which operates in conjunction with an improved snap locking of the lid to the container tray only at spaced points along the lid's periphery to inhibit spillage of the container's contents during lid closure and opening and without interfering with any such opening.

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