Container

US7114617B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• CSL LIMITED · AU

Inventors

• Gary Yewdall · Geelong, AU
• Jillian Louise Isabel Mahon · Melbourne, AU
• Paul Murray Malouf · Melbourne, AU
• Mark Bayly · Melbourne, AU
• Peter Kinglsey Bayly · Melbourne, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 2, 2003
• Grant date: Oct 3, 2006
• Expiry date: Mar 25, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D2543/0099
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A container for a relatively brittle product, such as a haemostatic bandage, including a body and a lid for closing the container to hermetically seal the product therein. A sealing rim of the lid includes a layer of elastomeric material which sealingly engages with a sealing rim of the container body to provide a first, static, seal and a second, dynamic, seal. The elastomeric sealing material extends into the interior of the container beneath the lid to provide an elastomeric formation operative to engage an upper surface of the product within the container so as to apply a resilient bias thereto to hold a lower face of the product against the base of the container. The elastomeric formation thereby acts to inhibit substantial movement of the product within the container.