Container and lid

US8459486B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ropak Corporation · US

Inventors

• Frano Luburic · Anaheim, US
• Terrance Iker · Arlington Heights, US
• Josef Bingisser · Burns Lake, CA
• Kirk Samlalsingh · Mansfield, US
• Dennis Willis · Corona, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 19, 2010
• Grant date: Jun 11, 2013
• Expiry date: Apr 19, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D2543/0099
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A lid for a container includes a central portion; a channel at a periphery of the central portion configured to form a substantially liquid-tight gasketless seal with the container, the channel including an inner skirt for contacting an inner surface of the container and an outer skirt; and a protrusion protruding from the inner skirt and being configured to form an interference fit with the inner surface of the container.