Receptacles – Closures – Having means for securing or retaining closure in its closed...
Patent
1996-01-16
1998-05-26
Castellano, Stephen J.
Receptacles
Closures
Having means for securing or retaining closure in its closed...
220908, 220345, 220326, B65D 4320
Patent
active
057553513
ABSTRACT:
For a container having sides, a top and an upwardly facing opening in the top, a lid assembly includes a lid member having a width and being sized to cover and seal shut the opening; elements for mounting the lid to the container including a pair of guide rails mountable to the top of the container and at least one guide channel mountable to the top of the container; a plurality of rollers mounted to and at opposite ends of the lid member, the rollers being sized, configured and positioned to ride upon and follow the guide rails; at least one follower roller mounted to the lid member to one of the inside and the outside of the plurality of rollers, the follower roller being sized, configured and positioned to follow and stay operably engaged with the at least one guide channel; and wherein the guide rails and plurality of rollers and at least one guide channel and at least one follower roller all mutually coact to permit the lid member to be moved between a closed and clamped position wherein the lid member is positioned over and tightly clamped to the container to seal shut the opening and a closed and unclamped position wherein the lid member is positioned over the opening but is free to be slid laterally along the guide rails, and to permit the lid member to be moved between the closed and unclamped position and an open position wherein the lid member is positioned away from the opening along either side of the container.
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Castellano Stephen J.
Galbreath, Inc.
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