Storage container convertible to a closed object

Details Storage container convertible to a closed object Storage container convertible to a closed object

2007-04-03

2007-04-03

Ngo, Lien M. (Department: 3754)

Receptacles

Closures

Removable closure guided in rotary movement

C273S12600A

Reexamination Certificate

active

10835037

ABSTRACT:
A storage container convertible to a permanently closed object has a receptacle with an outside surface corresponding to the partial exterior of a closed object; and with an interior surface defining a storage chamber. A lid covers the entry opening and thereby closes the storage chamber, the lid having an outside surface corresponding to the remaining exterior of the closed object. The receptacle and lid together define releasable engagement structure for removably securing the lid on the receptacle, wherein the lid may be removed to place and remove items from the storage chamber, the releasable engagement structure incrementally spacing the outside surfaces corresponding to the partial and remaining exterior of the closed object. The receptacle and lid further define the snap-fit securing structure for permanently securing the lid on the receptacle with the outside surfaces corresponding to the partial and remaining exteriors of the closed object co-joined. The closed object may have the shape of an object of play, e.g. a hockey puck. The releasable engagement structure may be cooperative threads on a bayonet-type engagement. The snap-fit engagement is a flange received in a groove.

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patent: 4183536 (1980-01-01), Platt
patent: 5207720 (1993-05-01), Shepherd
patent: 5531442 (1996-07-01), Gill
patent: 6968965 (2005-11-01), Cunningham

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