Compartmented container

• US 3,139,208 A
• Filed: 07/06/1959
• Issued: 06/30/1964
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/1959
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Joseph F. Sanlader, Raymond A. Irwin
• Original Assignee: Joseph F. Sanlader, Raymond A. Irwin
• Inventors: Irwin, Raymond A., Sanlader, Joseph F.
• Application Number:
  US03/825,263
• Time in Patent Office: 1,821 Days
• US Class Current: 220/23.8
• CPC Class Codes: B44D 3/00 Accessories or implements for use in connection with painting or artistic drawing, not otherwise provided for hand tools for applying liquids, e.g. paints, to surfaces B05C17/00, implements for finishing work on buildings, other than painting, E04F21/00; Methods or devices for colour determination, selection, or synthesis, e.g. use of colour tables colorimetry G01J3/00
• CPC Class Codes: B44D 3/122 having separate compartments for the different paint compounds

Claims

1. A CONTAINER FOR PAINTS AND THE LIKE COMPRISING:

A UNITARY MOLDING OF MATERIAL HAVING A DEGREE OF RESILIENCE, SAID MOLDING FORMING A TUB-LIKE VESSEL WITH A SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL SIDE WALL, AND A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT WEB PORTION ENCIRCLING AND PROJECTING LATERALLY OUTWARDLY FROM THE TOP OF THE SIDE WALL TO THEREBY STIFFEN THE SIDE WALL AGAINST OUTWARD DEFORMATION;

A CLOSURE FOR THE TOP OF THE VESSEL, ALSO MOLDED OF MATERIAL HAVING A DEGREE OF RESILIENCE, SAID CLOSURE BEING CUP SHAPED AND HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT BOTTOM WALL AND A SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL SIDE WALL OF A DIAMETER TO SNUGLY FIT INTO THE MOUTH OF THE VESSEL;

MEANS ON THE CLOSURE TO CONSTRAIN THE SAME TO ENTRY INTO THE MOUTH OF THE VESSEL WITH THE BOTTOM WALL OF THE CLOSURE LOWERMOST AND TO LIMIT THE DEPTH TO WHICH THE CLOSURE CAN ENTER THE MOUTH OF THE VESSEL, SAID MEANS INCLUDING A RADIALLY OUTWARDLY PROJECTING FLANGE ON THE CLOSURE, ADAPTED TO OVERLIE THE WEB PORTION, AND A STRAP INTEGRAL WITH SAID FLANGE AND WITH THE WEB PORTION AND EXTENDING EDGEWISE FROM THE WEB PORTION;

AND COMBINED SEALING AND CLOSURE SECURING MEANS COMPRISING, MEANS ON THE SIDE WALL OF THE VESSEL FORMING A WELL DEFINED INWARDLY DIRECTED CIRCUMFERENTIALLY EXTENDING RIDGE ADJACENT TO THE MOUTH OF THE VESSEL AND SO LOCATED THAT THE CROWN OF SAID RIDGE IS SUBSTANTIALLY COPLANAR WITH THE UNDERSIDE OF THE WEB PORTION WHICH ENCIRCLES THE VESSEL, AND AN OUTWARDLY PROJECTING WELL DEFINED RIDGE ON AND CIRCUMFERENTIALLY ENCIRCLING THE SIDE WALL OF THE CLOSURE AND SO POSITIONED THAT THE CROWN THEREOF LIES IN A PLANE JUST BELOW THE UNDERSIDE OF THE WEB PORTION WHICH ENCIRCLES THE VESSEL WHEN THE CLOSURE IS FULLY INSERTED INTO THE MOUTH OF THE VESSEL, SO THAT DURING ENTRY OF THE CLOSURE INTO THE MOUTH OF THE VESSEL, SAID RIDGES SNAP PAST ONE ANOTHER WITH A SHARP DETENT ACTION AND ENGAGE ONE ANOTHER ON A PLANE DIRECTLY BELOW SAID WEB PORTION.