Receptacles – Closures – Externally adjustable plug or gasket
Reexamination Certificate
2006-03-31
2010-10-19
Stashick, Anthony (Department: 3781)
Receptacles
Closures
Externally adjustable plug or gasket
C220S212000, C220S803000, C220S377000, C215S359000, C292S341170, C292SDIG037
Reexamination Certificate
active
07815067
ABSTRACT:
A storage container including a housing having an open-top wall structure defining a receptacle for receiving material to be stored. The container includes a cover disposable on the housing in a closed position relative to the receptacle. A button is movably carried by the cover and a seal. The seal is carried by the cover and shiftable between a compressed condition for sealingly engaging the wall structure when the cover is disposed in the closed position, and an uncompressed condition for disengaging from the wall structure. The container also includes a toggle mechanism coupled to the button and to the seal for effecting movement of the seal to its compressed and uncompressed conditions respectively in response to alternate actuations of the button.
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Kaneko Eugene R.
Kida Makiko
Matsumoto Tamotsu
Helen of Troy Limited
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Smalley James N
Stashick Anthony
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