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US3632016A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Cover interlocking preventive device

Assignee: Continental Can Co Inc
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Filing: 1969-06-11
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Granted: 1972-01-04
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Expires: 1989-06-11
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Abstract

Abstract Irregularly spaced detents or protuberances are placed around near the edge of a container header in order to prevent headers from interlocking when they are nested. The forming of the protuberances is accomplished as part of other operations necessary in making the header.

Inventors

  • 👤 John S Bozek

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-24 11:13
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D43/00; B65D43/02; B65D43/0202; B65D43/0214; B65D43/0218; B65D2543/00; B65D2543/00009; B65D2543/00018; B65D2543/00027; B65D2543/00064; B65D2543/00074; B65D2543/00092; B65D2543/00259; B65D2543/00277; B65D2543/00342; B65D2543/00398; B65D2543/00407; B65D2543/00416; B65D2543/00444; B65D2543/00481; B65D2543/0049; B65D2543/00509; B65D2543/00537; B65D2543/00555

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 211 words
A container header comprising: a short, circular, flared skirt having a bottom edge and forming a lateral surface of a container header, a discontinuous ridge means formed on the upper surface of said container header; seven protuberances provided on the lower surface of said header, located at radially spaced intervals of 33*, 70*, 39*, 58*, 51*, 45* and 64* and said protuberances are of a depth such that the protuberances extend to a level above the plane defined by the edge of said flared skirt whereby when said headers are stacked, said protuberances on said lower surface fall upon said discontinuous ridge means on said upper surface to provide a spacing means between headers and prevent interlocking of one header to another, a circular ridge on the upper surface of the header and having formed on its inner side a depression between said first circular ridge and said discontinuous ridge means and having said skirt as its outer side, whereby the inside of said skirt of a first header dovetails with the outside of the skirt of the circular ridge of a second header just below it to prevent the headers from shifting relative to each other when a plurality of headers are stacked upon each other one above the other.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 211 words
A container header comprising: a short, circular, flared skirt having a bottom edge and forming a lateral surface of a container header, a discontinuous ridge means formed on the upper surface of said container header; seven protuberances provided on the lower surface of said header, located at radially spaced intervals of 33*, 70*, 39*, 58*, 51*, 45* and 64* and said protuberances are of a depth such that the protuberances extend to a level above the plane defined by the edge of said flared skirt whereby when said headers are stacked, said protuberances on said lower surface fall upon said discontinuous ridge means on said upper surface to provide a spacing means between headers and prevent interlocking of one header to another, a circular ridge on the upper surface of the header and having formed on its inner side a depression between said first circular ridge and said discontinuous ridge means and having said skirt as its outer side, whereby the inside of said skirt of a first header dovetails with the outside of the skirt of the circular ridge of a second header just below it to prevent the headers from shifting relative to each other when a plurality of headers are stacked upon each other one above the other.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1975-01-03 1975-07-05 1976-01-04 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1979-01-03 1979-07-05 1980-01-04 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1983-01-03 1983-07-05 1984-01-04 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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