US3158282A
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Shipping container
Assignee: Inland Steel Co
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Filing: 1962-01-08
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Granted: 1964-11-24
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Expires: 1982-01-08
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Housz Jan Floris Ingen
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 21:08
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D41/00; B65D41/32; B65D41/40; B65D41/42; B65D51/00; B65D51/18; B65D2251/00; B65D2251/0003; B65D2251/0006; B65D2251/0015; B65D2251/0037; B65D2251/0046; B65D2251/0068; B65D2251/0078; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49826; Y10T29/49908; Y10T29/49915; Y10T29/49917; Y10T29/49918
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 1
Claim 1
Independent Claim
178 words
A SHIPPING CONTAINER COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A RIGID HOLLOW SHELL, SAID SHELL HAVING AN OPENING FORMED THEREIN, MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SHELL DEFINING A RIGID ANNULAR COLLAR SURROUNDING SAID OPENING, SAID COLLAR HAVING A CIRCUMFERENTIALLY DISPOSED BEAD FORMED THEREON, A NON-METALLIC LINER RECEIVED WITHIN SAID SHELL, SAID LINER HAVING A NECK PROJECTING OUTWARDLY THROUGH SAID OPENING AND THROUGH SAID COLLAR, SAID NECK TERMINATING IN AN OUTWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING SKIRT PORTION ENCOMPASSING SAID BEAD, A FLEXIBLE NON-METALLIC CAP HAVING A CIRCUMFERENTIALLY DISPOSED DOWNWARDLY AND INWARDLY PROJECTING LIP, SAID LIP BEING SNAPPED OVER SAID BEAD, THE TOP CENTRAL PORTION OF SAID CAP HAVING A RECESS FORMED THERIN, A RIGID CUP-SHAPED SUPPORT MOUNTED IN SAID RECESS, A THIN METAL SEAL CAP, SAID SEAL CAP HAVING AN ANNULAR SKIRT ENCOMPASSING SAID LIP AND BEING DEFORMED INWARDLY BENEATH SAID LIP SO THAT SAID LIP AND THE SKIRT PORTION OF SAID LINER NECK ARE CRIMPED BETWEEN SAID COLLAR AND THE SKIRT OF SAID SEAL CAP, AND MEANS ON SAID THIN METAL SEAL CAP FOR DESTROYING SAID CAP WHILE LEAVING SAID FLEXIBLE CAP INTACT.
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| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1975-11-24 | 1976-05-25 | 1976-11-24 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |