Patent · US Expired

Shower curtain ring package

US5310052A · kind A · utility

8Cited by
5References
2Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 29, 1993
Grant dateMay 10, 1994
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Expiry dateJun 29, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S206/821
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A unitary totally transparent package of shower curtain rings comprising: a stack of ring-like articles, each of which articles has at least one predetermined discontinuity therein, said discontinuities being aligned one with the other in a manner whereby each of the articles in the stack is congruently aligned with the other; a cylindrical transparent PVC cap element disposed tightly over the uppermost ring-like article in intimate contact therewith; an elongated tubular transparent polyvinyl chloride plastic sleeve enveloping the stack of rings from top to bottom and being shrunken into intimate contact with the outer surfaces of each of said rings and said cap to provide a package having a corrugated appearance and providing visual access to the inner and outer portions of said entire stack of rings.

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