Receptacles – Closures – Tethered closure
Reexamination Certificate
2003-01-03
2004-07-27
Ricci, John A. (Department: 3712)
Receptacles
Closures
Tethered closure
C220S843000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06766918
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE: Applicant(s) hereby incorporate herein by reference, any and all U.S. patents, U.S. patent applications, and other documents and printed matter cited or referred to in this application.
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally to food storage containers and more particularly to such a container with means for capturing a removable lid so that the lid and container proper cannot become separated.
2. Description of Related Art
The following art defines the present state of this field:
Gedell, U.S. Des. Pat. No. 228,887 describes a combined can sealing plug and retainer ring design.
Low, U.S. Pat. No. 715,399 describes a means for retaining sealing-caps with vessels, the combination consisting of the cap provided with a circumferential enlargement at its top, and an outwardly trending flange at its bottom; a band encircling said cap, and free to move circumferentially and longitudinally between said enlargement and said flange; and provided with ears to receive an attachment, by which said band is secured to the said cap; a flexible attachment connected at one end with the said ears of said band and at the other connected to a band located upon the neck of a vessel between beads formed upon said neck, the said neck-band being closed upon the said neck by passing the end of the said al,tachment through ears upon the ends of said neck-band, and a vessel-neck having channel formed between beads on said neck, all constructed, arranged and combined to operate, substantially as specified, whereby the said neck-band is restricted as to vertical motion and the capband is unrestricted in its movements upon the said cap.
MacMillan, U.S. Pat. No. 1,234,189 describes a liquid-tight receptacle comprising a can provided with a neck, the upper edge of which is rolled to form an external bead, said beaded upper edge being of less diater than the body portion of said neck, a flexible moisture seal extending across the mount of the can and having its edges terminating below said external bend, a sealing band confining the edge of said seal beneath said bead, and a cover having a flat central portion extending extirely over the mouth of the can in contact with said moisture seal, said cover being formed with a depending annular flange enclosing the moisture seal and sealing band and closely fitting the body portion of the can neck below said bead and sealing band.
Menefee, U.S. Pat. No. 1,513,921 describes the combination with a container and a cover, of a flexible loop-shaped member passing through registering openings in the cover and container to maintain them in operative relation and adapted to be drawn upwardly through the openings and held taut while putting the cover in place, a staple member rigidly mounted upon said cover and extending downwardly and outwardly from the cover for extending through a slot in the container, and means for engaging the protruding end of the staple whereby the cover may be locked upon said container.
Perdue, U.S. Pat. No. 2,155,329 describes a receptacle having a discharge neck and a cap adapted to be removably secured over the neck, attaching means for said cap comprising a band of stretchable material having each end enlarged to form a flat tab, each of said tabs having an opening therethrough, one of said tabs being stretched for the reception of said neck and the other tab being stretched over and securing the cap in the opening thereof, the said cap and neck being tightly secured to the tab by the contraction of the same thereabout whereby the cap and neck are held against turning independently of the attached tabs and the said band being of sufficient length to permit the cap to be turned on and for connection with the neck of the receptacle.
Wiinikka, U.S. Pat. No. 2,547,353 describes the combination with the neck of a container of a cap for the neck, and connecting means between the cap and neck and including a guide carried by the neck, and a connector carried by the cap and slidably engaged with the guide, said connector including a tongue projecting laterally from the surface of the connector and resting on an edge of the neck to support the cap in an elevated position when removed from the neck.
Fisch, U.S. Pat. No. 2,581,849 describes a container having a threaded neck including an upper and a lower part and a cap adapted for engagement with said threaded neck; a flexible non-metallic connector device made from a single peice of a tubular body cut so as to provide two co-axilly arranged and normally spaced apart rings and a strap interconnecting said rings; one of said rings being adapted for position at the lower end of said threaded neck and for rotation thereabout, the other ring being adapted for frictional and firm engagement with said cap, said strap being of such length that in engagement position of said cap on said threaded neck said strap projects laterally beyond said rings whereby upon disengagement of said cap from said upper part of said threaded neck said cap will be springedly removed from said threaded neck by said strap and securely held by the latter on said container.
Freeman, U.S. Pat. No. 2,704,100 describes a container of rubber or the like having a neck provided with a passageway extending longitudinally thereof between the inner and outer surfaces of the neck, said passageway opening at the upper rim of the neck, said neck having an opening is the outer surface thereof beneath the rim thereof communicating with and forming part of the lower end of said passageway and providing a throughway from the rim of the, neck to the opening in the outer surface of the neck, a closure for said container, and a connecting member integral with the closure and extending down into the passageway into the opening in the outer surface of the neck.
Hayes, U.S. Pat. No. 3,145,872 describes a captive closure and nozzle assembly for a container comprising, a nozzle having vertically spaced external locking beads with the upper bead of lesser diameter than the lower bead, a closure including a cap and an annular holding ring permanently hingedly secured thereto, said cap having a depending annular skirt provided with locking shoulders on both the interior and exterior peripheries thereof, said holding ring having a pair of vertically spaced inwardly facing locking shoulders with the upper shoulder of greater diameter than the lower shoulder, said ring upper shoulder being detachably interengageable with said cap skirt exterior shoulder to facilitate unit handling of said closure prior to and during application thereof to said nozzle, said cap skirt interior shoulder being detachably interengageable with said upper nozzle bead to dispose said cap in sealing relation to said nozzle, and said ring lower shoulder being lockingly interengageable with said greater diameter lower nozzle bead when said ring upper shoulder is detached from said cap skirt exterior shoulder following engagement of said cap skirt interior shoulder with said upper nozzle bead, to thereby lock said closure to said nozzle and prevent loss thereof.
Berkstresser, Jr. et al., U.S. Pat. No. 4,339,056 describes a mechanism for tethering a removable cover to a container so that the cover does not become lost therefrom; the mechanism consisting of a flexible elongated strap which at one end includes a means for connecting to the cover, and which at the other end has means for connection to the container.
Mayes et al., U.S. Pat. No. 4,934,547 describes a specimen collection apparatus particularly useful for urine samples is disclosed the apparatus includes a container or beaker and a screw on self-locking top that cannot be removed without damage either to the top or the beaker.
Abrams et al., U.S. Pat. No. 5,012,941 describes a tamper-proof container and cap assembly including apertured flanges disposed on the container and cap, the apertures of which become substantially aligned when the cap is inserted onto the container. Integrally molded with one of the flanges is a locking strip designed for one-way passag
Gene Scott-Patent Law & Venture Group
Ricci John A.
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