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Container

Assignee: Lion Corp
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Filing: 1988-11-14
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Granted: 1990-12-11
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Expires: 2008-11-14
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Abstract

Abstract A container used for selling powders such as a washing powder and the like comprises a main body for filling the powders therein and a lid member for covering an upper opening of the main body. A band member is disposed through a score at a peripheral edge of the lid member except at a part of the peripheral edge thereof and has a peeling-off projection formed at its end. A picking-up projection is disposed at a wall of the lid member just above a space where no band member is defined. Each of these projections has a rectangular shape and has opposite surfaces. The surfaces of the peeling-off and picking-up projection are at approximately right angles to each other. These projections serve to protect one another from impacts or shocks exerted on one another. As the result, these projections are prevented them from deformation. Therefore, the container gives confidence that it can be opened by the impacts or the shocks exerted thereon at ease. After it has been opened, the fact can be confirmed because it cna hardly be opened without peeling off the band member. At least a pair of rivets is preferably formed at upper portions of pillars of a frame member of the main body because the pillars have a mechanical strength enough to hold out against a force exerted through the handle member on the rivets.

Inventors

  • 👤 Nobuaki Shindo
  • 👤 Seiji Naruse
  • 👤 Fumiaki Maeda
  • 👤 Yuujirou Miyamoto
  • 👤 Toshio Takeuchi

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 17:51
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D25/00; B65D25/28; B65D25/32; B65D43/00; B65D43/02; B65D43/0235; B65D43/0237; B65D43/0256; B65D43/0258; B65D2401/00; B65D2401/15; B65D2401/25; B65D2543/00; B65D2543/00009; B65D2543/00018; B65D2543/00064; B65D2543/0012; B65D2543/00175; B65D2543/00194; B65D2543/00259; B65D2543/00296; B65D2543/00444; B65D2543/00481; B65D2543/0049; B65D2543/00509; B65D2543/00537; B65D2543/00555; B65D2543/00592; B65D2543/00601; B65D2543/00611; B65D2543/00629; B65D2543/00675; B65D2543/00685; B65D2543/00712; B65D2543/00722; B65D2543/0074; B65D2543/00787; B65D2543/00805; B65D2543/00824; B65D2543/00833; B65D2543/00842

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim 179 words
A container comprising: a main body including a bottom portion; at least one end wall disposed at an outer edge of said bottom portion and a peripheral projection disposed outward peripherally on the outer surface of said end wall; a lid member including a central portion; a peripheral wall disposed at an outer edge of said central portion and a picking-up projection formed outward on said peripheral wall and oriented in an outward direction thereof; a band member disposed through a score at an outer edge of said peripheral wall of said lid member and having a peripheral groove formed at an inner surface thereof, said groove for engaging with said peripheral projection of said lid member when said main body is covered with said lid member; and a peeling off projection formed on at least one of opposite ends of said band member and extended in a transverse direction thereof, said picking up and peeling off projections formed at a position near each other having the approximately identical height and being at approximately right angles to each other.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 179 words
A container comprising: a main body including a bottom portion; at least one end wall disposed at an outer edge of said bottom portion and a peripheral projection disposed outward peripherally on the outer surface of said end wall; a lid member including a central portion; a peripheral wall disposed at an outer edge of said central portion and a picking-up projection formed outward on said peripheral wall and oriented in an outward direction thereof; a band member disposed through a score at an outer edge of said peripheral wall of said lid member and having a peripheral groove formed at an inner surface thereof, said groove for engaging with said peripheral projection of said lid member when said main body is covered with said lid member; and a peeling off projection formed on at least one of opposite ends of said band member and extended in a transverse direction thereof, said picking up and peeling off projections formed at a position near each other having the approximately identical height and being at approximately right angles to each other.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 68 words
A container according to claim 1, wherein said main body comprises a frame member including a lower portion having a bottom portion, an upper portion having an opening at a center thereof and at least two of pillars for connecting said upper portion with said lower portion at a predetermined interval, and a blank sheet covering a space defined by said upper and lower portions and said pillars.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 33 words
A container according to claim 2, wherein said main body further comprises at least one pair of rivets for connecting said main body with a handle member used for carrying said main body.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 21 words
A container according to claim 3, wherein said picking-up projection is disposed at a portion just above one of said rivets.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 23 words
A container according to claim 3, wherein said rivets are formed together with said main body in one step of an injection molding.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 18 words
A container according to claim 3, wherein said rivets are disposed on upper portions of said pillars, respectively.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 21 words
A container according to claim 5, wherein said blank sheet is fixedly secured to said frame member during said injection molding.

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