Plastic jerry can

Claim 2

A safety container comprising an all plastic wall having a continuously closed inner surface terminating at a threaded necklike opening having an upper ledge surface at the top thereof, a handle and fin combination integrally formed in the outer surface of the wall, at least one handle supplement attached to said fin, a breather tube extending from the interior of said wall, through the handle to the upper ledge surface of the neck-like opening, said breather tube extending from the point of the container which is the highest geometric point inside the container when it is tipped to a pouring position, said breather tube and neck-like opening sealed by a cap threaded into said opening and opening when the cap opens.

Claim 3

The container of claim 1 wherein said highest geometric point is formed by said all-plastic wall having an upstanding contoured part giving a high fluid level inside the container which is above the level of the pouring neck when the container is resting in a storage position, whereby an air pocket is formed inside said container, said breather tube extending from said upstanding contoured part.

Claim 4

The container of claim 1 wherein the bottom of said container has integrally molded feet formed therein, and means on the top of said container shaped to receive said feet in cleated interlock when said container are stacked vertically.

Claim 5

The container of claim 1 wherein said handle supplement is an injection molded plastic piecepart, there being two of said handle supplements, one being attacked to either side of said fin.

Claim 6

The container of claim 4 wherein each of said handle supplements is a glass fiber filled nylon material, or the equivalent thereof.

Claim 7

The container of claim 5 wherein each of said handle supplements has trusses molded therein for giving added strength.

Claim 8

The container of claim 4 wherein said handle supplements and the bottom of said containers have complementary cleating parts molded therein, whereby the containers are inTerlocked when one is stacked atop another.

Claim 9

The safety container comprising an all-plastic wall having a continuously closed inner surface terminating at a threaded neck-like opening having an upper ledge surface at the top thereof, a handle and fin combination integrally formed in the outer surface of the wall, a breather tube extending from the interior of said wall, through the handle to the upper ledge surface of the neck-like opening, said breather tube extending from the point of the container which is the highest geometric point inside the can when it is tipped to a pouring position, said breather tube and neck-like opening sealed by a cap threaded into said opening and opening when the cap opens said fin being integral with and extending from the neck to the handle, and said breather tube is completed at the neck end by a passageway extending from said ledge through the fin to the tube in the handle.

Claim 10

The safety container comprising an all-plastic wall having a continuously closed inner surface terminating at a threaded neck-like opening having an upper ledge surface at the top thereof, a handle and fin combination integrally formed in the outer surface of the wall, a breather tube extending from the interior of said wall, through the handle to the upper ledge surface of the neck-like opening, said breather tube extending from the point of the container which is the highest geometric point inside the can when it is tipped to a pouring position, said breather tube and neck-like opening sealed by a cap threaded into said opening and opening when the cap opens said fin being integral with and extending from the neck to the handle, and said breather tube is completed at the neck end by a passageway extending from said ledge through the fin to the tube in the handle.

Claim 11

The container of claim 8 wherein said cap has a lip edge which projects over said ledge opening thereby sealing said breather tube opening when said cap is tightened in position in said opening.