Container and lid assembly

US6983862B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Sherwin-Williams Company · US

Inventors

• John R. Nottingham · Bratenahl, US
• John W. Spirk · Moreland Hills, US
• Dale A. Panasewicz · Strongsville, US
• Nick E. Stanca · Westlake, US
• Robert Iredell, IV · Cambridge, US
• Dennis M. Futo · Strongsville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 18, 2002
• Grant date: Jan 10, 2006
• Expiry date: Aug 6, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D2543/00842
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A plastic container and lid assembly for storing liquid coating materials including a container and a lid. The container has a body with a bottom wall, at least four sidewalls and a neck. The neck defines a wide mouth opening and including threads for receiving mating threads on the lid. The lid also has a plurality of lugs, preferably two lugs, extending radially from the lid and terminating at or before the lugs extend beyond the container sidewalls when the lid is in sealed engagement with the container. The body also has an integral handle for lifting the container and the container neck supports a bail-type handle also for lifting said container. The integral handle and bail-type handles do not extend beyond the container sidewall. The container and lid assembly having an effective packing footprint and an effective packing volume which substantially conforms to the effective packing footprint and the effective packing volume of a conventional metal paint can.