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Compressible container

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1963-05-09
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Granted: 1968-08-06
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Expires: 1983-05-09
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Stahmer Bernhardt

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-26 14:31
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47K; A47K5/00; A47K5/06; A47K5/12; A47K5/122; B; B65; B65D; B65D1/00; B65D1/32

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 241 words
IN COMBINATION: A SPOUT HAVING A LARGER THREADED INNER END AND A SMALLER OUTER END AND AN ELONGATED HOLLOW COMPRESSIBLE CONTAINER-DISPENSER HAVING AN EXTERNALLY THREADED OPEN NECK AT ONE END RECEIVING SAID SPOUT AND THE REMAINDER OF SAID CONTAINER BEING CLOSED, SAID THREADED NECK PRESENTING A MUCH MORE SUBSTANTIAL RESISTANCE TO THE COMPRESSION OF SAID CONTAINER THAN THE SIDES OF THE CONTAINER, MEANS FOR FACILITATING COMPRESSION TO MAKE POSSIBLE THE DISPENSING OF CONTENTS WHEN SAID CONTAINER IS PARTIALLY EMPTY, SAID MEANS COMPRISING: THAT PORTION OF SAID CONTAINER WHICH IS CLOSEST TO THE OTHER END THEREOF HAVING A SIDE WALL PROVIDED WITH LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING INWARDLY OFFSET FOLDING SIDE WALL PORTIONS ON TWO OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID CONTAINER, AND SAID OTHER CLOSED END OF SAID CONTAINER ALSO HAVING A FOLD PORTION INWARDLY OFFSET TOWARD SAID OUTLET END AND EXTENDING FROM ONE SIDE OF SAID CONTAINER TO THE OTHER AND INTERCONNECTED WITH SAID INWARDLY OFFSET FOLD PORTIONS OF SAID SIDE WALL WHEREBY WHEN SAID CONTAINER IS SQUEEZED IN THE AREA OF SAID SIDE WALL FOLD PORTIONS, SAID INTERCONNECTING FOLD PORTIONS WILL ASLO FURTHER FOLD TO FACILITATE COMPRESSIBILITY, SAID FOLDING SIDE WALL PORTIONS BEING ELONGATED AND TAPERING FROM LARGER ENDS NEAREST SAID OTHER END TO SMALLER ENDS NEAREST SAID OUTLET END, AND SAID OUTLET END OF SAID CONTAINER BEING WITHOUT EQUIVALENT OFFSET FOLD PORTIONS WHEREBY WHEN AN EQUAL PRESSURE IS APPLIED ALONG SAID CONTANIER SAID CONTAINER WILL COMPRESS MORE EASILY AT ITS SAID CLOSED OTHER
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 241 words
IN COMBINATION: A SPOUT HAVING A LARGER THREADED INNER END AND A SMALLER OUTER END AND AN ELONGATED HOLLOW COMPRESSIBLE CONTAINER-DISPENSER HAVING AN EXTERNALLY THREADED OPEN NECK AT ONE END RECEIVING SAID SPOUT AND THE REMAINDER OF SAID CONTAINER BEING CLOSED, SAID THREADED NECK PRESENTING A MUCH MORE SUBSTANTIAL RESISTANCE TO THE COMPRESSION OF SAID CONTAINER THAN THE SIDES OF THE CONTAINER, MEANS FOR FACILITATING COMPRESSION TO MAKE POSSIBLE THE DISPENSING OF CONTENTS WHEN SAID CONTAINER IS PARTIALLY EMPTY, SAID MEANS COMPRISING: THAT PORTION OF SAID CONTAINER WHICH IS CLOSEST TO THE OTHER END THEREOF HAVING A SIDE WALL PROVIDED WITH LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING INWARDLY OFFSET FOLDING SIDE WALL PORTIONS ON TWO OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID CONTAINER, AND SAID OTHER CLOSED END OF SAID CONTAINER ALSO HAVING A FOLD PORTION INWARDLY OFFSET TOWARD SAID OUTLET END AND EXTENDING FROM ONE SIDE OF SAID CONTAINER TO THE OTHER AND INTERCONNECTED WITH SAID INWARDLY OFFSET FOLD PORTIONS OF SAID SIDE WALL WHEREBY WHEN SAID CONTAINER IS SQUEEZED IN THE AREA OF SAID SIDE WALL FOLD PORTIONS, SAID INTERCONNECTING FOLD PORTIONS WILL ASLO FURTHER FOLD TO FACILITATE COMPRESSIBILITY, SAID FOLDING SIDE WALL PORTIONS BEING ELONGATED AND TAPERING FROM LARGER ENDS NEAREST SAID OTHER END TO SMALLER ENDS NEAREST SAID OUTLET END, AND SAID OUTLET END OF SAID CONTAINER BEING WITHOUT EQUIVALENT OFFSET FOLD PORTIONS WHEREBY WHEN AN EQUAL PRESSURE IS APPLIED ALONG SAID CONTANIER SAID CONTAINER WILL COMPRESS MORE EASILY AT ITS SAID CLOSED OTHER

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