Receptacles – End wall structure – Support structure
Patent
1996-09-30
1997-06-17
Moy, Joseph M.
Receptacles
End wall structure
Support structure
220666, 220DIG13, 206457, 206822, B65D 8534
Patent
active
056389825
ABSTRACT:
A container adapted to store a beverage and, when empty, to function as a playball. The container includes a spherical shell formed of a flexible synthetic plastic material having a tubular neck projecting therefrom on which is received a screw-on cap. The neck is retractable into the shell whereby the neck then assumes a re-entrant form and the cap is then frictionally held therein flush with the shell. In a storage mode of the container, the shell is filled with a beverage and is sealed by the flush cap. To switch to an active mode, the shell is squeezed and the resultant internal pressure produced by the beverage causes the cap to pop out and project the neck so that the cap can be unscrewed to dispense the beverage. In the play mode, the shell is empty and the air therein is sealed by the cap which is depressed to be again flush with the shell, the container now being a pneumatic play ball.
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Ebert Michael
Moy Joseph M.
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