Hingeless lid

Details Hingeless lid Hingeless lid

1996-08-15

1999-03-23

Cronin, Stephen K.

Receptacles

Closures

Having means for securing or retaining closure in its closed...

220335, 220379, B65D 4314

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058847979

ABSTRACT:
A hingeless lid for use with a container can be closed by a child while reducing the likelihood of a freefalling lid. The hingeless lid can be used with a toy box or any application that includes a horizontal and vertical lid position, and especially where it is desirable to reduce the likelihood of a freefalling lid. The hingeless lid of the invention includes a plurality of hingeless couplers, each coupler including a container portion having a plurality of ridges and pivots and a lid portion having a plurality of W-shaped members depending downwardly from the bottom surface of the lid. The W-shaped members include a first plurality of saddles for engaging the ridges and a second plurality of saddles for engaging the pivots. The engagement of the saddles and the ridges retains the lid against back-and-forth horizontal movement when the lid is in a closed position. The engagement of the saddles with the pivots provides a lever action and urges the lid into a frictional engagement with the container to retain the lid in an open position. The hingeless lid permits a substantially frictionless movement from a closed position to an open position, while frictionally resisting movement from an open position to a closed position.

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Fisher-Price Product No. 9498 ("2-in-1 Toy Box"), 8 photographs. Date Unknown.

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