Receptacles – Container attachment or adjunct – Includes edge for removing excess material
Reexamination Certificate
1998-10-05
2001-02-20
Moy, Joseph M. (Department: 3727)
Receptacles
Container attachment or adjunct
Includes edge for removing excess material
Reexamination Certificate
active
06189725
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a paint can with rim drainage apertures and more particularly pertains to preventing paint from accumulating in a lid engaging annular groove of a paint can.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of paint cans is known in the prior art. More specifically, paint cans heretofore devised and utilized for the purpose of storing paint are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
By way of example, the prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 4,512,494; U.S. Pat. No. 4,524,882; U.S. Pat. No. 5,212,869; U.S. Pat. No. 5,255,814; U.S. Pat. Des. 323,115; and U.S. Pat. No. 4,619,373.
In this respect, the paint can with rim drainage apertures according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of preventing paint from accumulating in a lid engaging annular groove of a paint can.
Therefore, it can be appreciated that there exists a continuing need for a new and improved paint can with rim drainage apertures which can be used for preventing paint from accumulating in a lid engaging annular groove of a paint can. In this regard, the present invention substantially fulfills this need.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of paint cans now present in the prior art, the present invention provides an improved paint can with rim drainage apertures. As such, the general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new and improved paint can with rim drainage apertures which has all the advantages of the prior art and none of the disadvantages.
To attain this, the present invention essentially comprises a paint can. Such paint can has a cylindrical configuration with a circular bottom face and a cylindrical periphery integrally coupled thereto and extending upwardly therefrom. As such, an interior space with an open top is defined. It should be noted that the periphery has both an interior surface and an exterior surface. The interior surface of the periphery has an annular lip integrally coupled thereto. Such lip is extended radially inwardly from the periphery with a top face flush with the top of the can. For allowing the coupling of a lid thereto, the annular lip of the can has an annular groove formed in the top face thereof. For preventing paint from accumulating in the annular groove, a plurality of oval apertures are formed between a bottom surface of the annular lip and a bottom of the annular groove. By this structure, the paint is allowed to pass from the annular groove to the interior space of the can. This works to prevent splattering of the paint when the lid is attached.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are, of course, additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved paint can with rim drainage apertures which has all the advantages of the prior art paint cans and none of the disadvantages.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved paint can with rim drainage apertures which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new and improved paint can with rim drainage apertures which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved paint can with rim drainage apertures which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such paint can with rim drainage apertures economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved paint can with rim drainage apertures which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to prevent paint from accumulating in a lid engaging annular groove of a paint can.
Lastly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved paint can which has a bottom face and a periphery integrally coupled thereto and extended upwardly therefrom for defining an interior space with an open top. The periphery has an annular lip integrally coupled thereto. The annular lip includes an annular groove formed in the top face thereof and at least one aperture in communication with both the annular groove and the interior space of the paint can.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be had to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there is illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention.
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