Wedge type clamping rim for containers

Claim 1

FOR A CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER HAVING AN UPPER OPEN END, A BEAD EXTENDING CIRCUMFERENTIALLY ABOUT SAID CONTAINER ADJACENT SAID OPEN END, A COVER FOR SAID OPEN END, SAID COVER HAVING, AN OUTER CIRCUMFERENTIALLY EXTENDING PORTION OF GENERALLY ARCUATE CROSS SECTIONAL SHAPE RADIALLY OF THE CONTAINER AND ADAPTED TO OVERLIE A PORTION OF SAID CYLINDRICAL BEAD, AND A RESILIENT RING SEAL BETWEEN SAID RIM AND SAID BEAD; A SECURING RIM FOR SAID COVER AND CONTAINER COMPRISING AN ANNULAR SPLIT TYPE BODY HAVING A GENERALLY VERTICAL PORTION DISPOSED OUTWARDLY OF SAID BEAD AND EXTENDING CIRCUMFERENTIALLY THEREABOUT, SAID VERTICAL PORTION HAVING AN OUTER CYLINDRICAL SURFACE, A LOWER WEDGE ELEMENT CONNECTED TO SAID VERTICAL PORTION, SAID LOWER WEDGE ELEMENT INCLUDING AN ANNULAR FLANGE EXTENDING INWARDLY TOWARD SAID CONTAINER UNDERNEATH SAID CYLINDRICAL BEAD, AN ANNULAR WEDGE LIP CONNECTED TO THE INNERMOST END OF SAID FLANGE AND BEING DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID FLANGE AND SAID BEAD, SAID LIP PROJECTING OUTWARDLY RELATIVE TO SAID CONTAINER AND UPWARDLY RELATIVE TO SAID FLANGE IN RADIALLY CROSS SECTIONAL V-SHAPED RELATION, AN ANNULAR UPPER WEDGE ELEMENT CONNECTED TO SAID VERTICAL PORTION, SAID ANNULAR UPPER WEDGE PROJECTING IN RADIAL CROSS SECTION UPWARDLY FROM SAID VERTICAL PORTION AND INWARDLY TOWARD SAID CONTAINER, AND A CLAMP CONNECTED TO THE OUTER FLAT SURFACE OF SAID VERTICAL PORTION ADJACENT THE SPLIT OF SAID BODY, FOR TIGHTENING SAID RIM WHEREBY SAID LOWER WEDGE LIP ENGAGES SAID BEAD AND SAID UPPER WEDGE ELEMENT ENGAGES SAID ARCUATE PORTION OF SAID COVER TO CLAMP SAID COVER ON SAID BEAD IN SEALING RELATION.