Container having a use-evident device

US8830076B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc. · US

Inventors

• Roger P. Smith · Perrysburg, US
• Brad Malcolm · Ivanhoe, AU
• Chris D. Anderson · Perrysburg, US
• Phyllis A. Cresswell · Perrysburg, US
• Oleg Feygenson · Suwon-si, KR
• Anatoly Solunin · Saint Petersburg, RU
• Igoris Misiucenko · Saint Petersburg, RU

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 21, 2012
• Grant date: Sep 9, 2014
• Expiry date: Jan 30, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D2203/12
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A product includes an indicator at least a portion of which is carried by a container and responsive to a change in at least one state of the container to irreversibly modify a visual characteristic visible from outside the container.