Fluid containment for laboratory containers
US7449332B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 30, 2004 |
| Grant date | Nov 11, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 22, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01L2300/0809
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A culture dish assembly includes a polygonal culture dish with a bottom wall and a side wall enclosure formed by a plurality of generally planar panels joined consecutively to one another by non-planar corners. The side wall enclosure includes a generally planar top edge. Inner surface regions of a plurality of the planar panels are formed with a plurality of projections or recesses that are spaced from one another and spaced from the corners. A splash guard includes engagement flanges disposed for nesting with inner peripheral surface regions of the panels of the side wall enclosure. The engagement flanges include projections or recesses disposed for releasably engaging the projections or recesses on the side wall enclosure to hold the splash guard on the culture dish without creating stress concentrations in the corners.
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