US3122264A
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Assignee: Sweetheart Plastics Inc
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Filing: 1962-02-09
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Granted: 1964-02-25
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Expires: 1982-02-09
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Davis Paul
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 08:20
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D43/00; B65D43/02; B65D43/0202; B65D43/0204; B65D43/0208; B65D2543/00; B65D2543/00009; B65D2543/00018; B65D2543/00027; B65D2543/00064; B65D2543/00074; B65D2543/00092; B65D2543/00259; B65D2543/00296; B65D2543/00444; B65D2543/00481; B65D2543/0049; B65D2543/00509; B65D2543/00537; B65D2543/00555; B65D2543/00592; B65D2543/00601; B65D2543/00611; B65D2543/0062; B65D2543/00638; B65D2543/00675; B65D2543/00685; B65D2543/00712; B65D2543/00722; B65D2543/00731; B65D2543/00787; B65D2543/00796; B65D2543/00814
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
179 words
A LID FOR CONTAINERS COMPRISING A BOTTOM WALL, A SIDE WALL JOINED TO THE PERIPHERY OF THE BOTTOM WALL, A BEAD FORMED AT THE JUNCTION OF THE SIDE AND BOTTOM WALL, SAID SIDE WALL BEING UPWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY FLARED WITH ITS HORIZONTAL SPAN AT ITS BOTTOM BEING LESS THAN THE SPAN OF THE BEAD AND WITH ITS HORIZONTAL SPAN AT ITS TOP BEING GREATER THAN THE SPAN OF THE BEAD, AN OUTER SKIRT SPACED FROM AND SURROUNDING THE SIDE WALL AND JOINED WITH THE SIDE WALL AT THE TOP, SAID SKIRT HAVING A VERTICAL HEIGHT GREATER THAN THE VERTICAL DISTANCE BETWEEN THE BOTTOM OF THE FLARED SIDE WALL AND THE LEVEL OF THE SIDE WALL WHERE ITS INNER HORIZONTAL SPAN IS EQUAL TO THE SPAN OF THE BEAD, AND INWARDLY EXTENDING PROTUBERANCES FORMED ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SKIRT AND LYING CLOSER AT THEIR INNERMOST POINTS TO THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE SIDE WALL HORIZONTALLY OPPOSITE SAID PROTUBERANCES THAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE SKIRT AND THE INNER SURFACE OF THE SIDE WALL AT THEIR TOPS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
179 words
A LID FOR CONTAINERS COMPRISING A BOTTOM WALL, A SIDE WALL JOINED TO THE PERIPHERY OF THE BOTTOM WALL, A BEAD FORMED AT THE JUNCTION OF THE SIDE AND BOTTOM WALL, SAID SIDE WALL BEING UPWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY FLARED WITH ITS HORIZONTAL SPAN AT ITS BOTTOM BEING LESS THAN THE SPAN OF THE BEAD AND WITH ITS HORIZONTAL SPAN AT ITS TOP BEING GREATER THAN THE SPAN OF THE BEAD, AN OUTER SKIRT SPACED FROM AND SURROUNDING THE SIDE WALL AND JOINED WITH THE SIDE WALL AT THE TOP, SAID SKIRT HAVING A VERTICAL HEIGHT GREATER THAN THE VERTICAL DISTANCE BETWEEN THE BOTTOM OF THE FLARED SIDE WALL AND THE LEVEL OF THE SIDE WALL WHERE ITS INNER HORIZONTAL SPAN IS EQUAL TO THE SPAN OF THE BEAD, AND INWARDLY EXTENDING PROTUBERANCES FORMED ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SKIRT AND LYING CLOSER AT THEIR INNERMOST POINTS TO THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE SIDE WALL HORIZONTALLY OPPOSITE SAID PROTUBERANCES THAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE SKIRT AND THE INNER SURFACE OF THE SIDE WALL AT THEIR TOPS.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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