Special receptacle or package – Combined or convertible – For pocket or personal use
Patent
1985-04-17
1986-12-02
Price, William
Special receptacle or package
Combined or convertible
For pocket or personal use
206 38, 206 86, 7151, 81 315, 81 336, B65D 8520, B65D 6702
Patent
active
046258612
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
The invention relates to a case preferably for a lighter especially of the disposable type, and which retains the lighter through friction, said case being tubular with an opening at its upper end and at its lower end comprising a recess, which partly is provided with a gripping part projecting radially inwards and gripping under the free rim of a cap so as to loosen said cap from a bottleneck, and partly comprises a counter-holding part opposing the gripping part and cooperating with said gripping part and further abutting and pressing on the top side of a cap.
BACKGROUND ART
Danish divulgated Patent Application No. 4157/81 discloses a case for a lighter, preferably a disposable lighter, and of the type stated above, said case being made of plastics and provided with a bottom wall. The gripping part comprises a separate part of band iron secured by means of barbs in a guideway inside the case, whereas the counter-holding part is formed by a recess on the underside of the bottom wall. The bottom wall comprises a planar top side forming a stop for the bottom of the lighter inserted in the case. As the bottle opener formed by the gripping part and the counter-holding part is positioned below the bottom wall, i.e. outside the channel-shaped room defined by the side and bottom walls of the case and containing the lighter, the total length of the lighter case with a completely inserted lighter therein is relatively great compared to the length of the lighter alone. As a result, the lighter case with a lighter inserted therein is rather large to carry in the pocket, a bag or the like carrying place. Furthermore the gripping part projecting freely and radially into the recess and made of band iron may tear the lining of a pocket or bag during transport, or the user may get scratched thereon when he puts his hand in the pocket or the bag. In addition, the gripping part has a tendency to work loose from the case when said case is used for removing tight-fitting caps.
DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION
The object of the present invention is to provide a case with a bottle opener of the type mentioned above, which permits the total length of the case with a completely inserted lighter therein to be relatively small.
The case according to the invention is characterised in that the case is made of a single sheet member of metal, especially steel, that the case is bent substantially symmetrically from the longitudinal central line of the sheet member so as to form two opposing side walls, of which the first side wall is continuous, whereas the second side wall formed by the outer portions of the sheet member is broken, the rims of the outer portions maintaining a narrow slot therebetween, whereby the lighter is retained by the resilience of the metal, and that the recess extends obliquely from the lower rim of the case on the when the continuous first side wall when the lighter is completely inserted, the gripping part being formed at said lower rim of the case, and further upwards to the second side wall while the recess covers the body of the lighter over a length corresponding, when seen in the longitudinal direction, to the distance between the gripping part and the counter-holding part, said distance being necessary for the gripping part to grip the cap. As a result, the channel-shaped room formed by the side walls of the case and receiving a lighter extends to the lower rim of the case on the continued first side wall, and both the gripping part and the counter-holding part are positioned at the bottom inside said room, the latter two parts forming a cap remover. When the lighter is to be used for removing a cap, it is pushed a short distance out of the case, said distance corresponding to the height of the recess. Upon use the lighter is inserted into the case again. The movement in- and outwards of the case of the lighter is easy to carry out since the case retains the lighter through a clamping effect by means of a slot between the rims of the second side wall and the resilience of the sheet metal u
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patent: 2208478 (1940-07-01), Simons et al.
patent: 2828855 (1958-04-01), Mosch
patent: 4361920 (1982-12-01), Zanni
patent: 4373223 (1983-02-01), Miller
Foster Jimmy G.
Price William
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