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First Claim
1. A HINGE CONSTRUCTION FOR A PIVOTED LID MEMBER COMPRISING A CONTAINER TOP WALL SUPPORTING SURFACE, A SPOUT OPENING HAVING AN UPSTANDING PERIPHERAL FLANGE IN SAID SUPPORTING SURFACE, THE LID MEMBER SELECTIVELY OPENING AND CLOSING THE OPENING BY ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID PERIPHERAL FLANGE THEREOF, (A) A PAIR OF SPACED BOSSES INTEGRAL WITH AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM SAID SUPPORTING SURFACE, EACH OF SAID BOSSES HAVING A CYLINDRICAL OPENING THERETHROUGH, SAID CYLINDRICAL OPENINGS BEING AXIALLY ALIGNED, (B) MEANS FORMING SHOULDERS DEFINING RESTRICTED ENTRANCES TO EACH ONE OF SAID CYLINDRICAL OPENINGS, SAID ENTRANCES EACH BEING OF A WIDTH LESS THAN THE DIAMETER OF SAID CYLINDRICAL OPENINGS, (C) SAID LID MEMBER COMPRISING A CLOSURE PORTION FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE UPSTANDING FLANGE OF SAID SPOUT OPENING, A CONNECTING STRAP INTEGRAL WITH SAID CLOSURE PORTION, AN AXLE MEMBER ON SAID STRAP AT THE END THEREOF DISTAL FROM SAID CLOSURE PORTION, SAID AXLE MEMBER HAVING A PAIR OF FLANGES EACH INTEGRAL AND COAXIAL WITH SAID AXLE MEMBER AND SPACED APART A DISTANCE GENERALLY EQUAL TO THE SPACING OF SAID BOSSES, A TRUNNION ON EITHER END OF SAID AXLE MEMBER OUTWARDLY OF SAID FLANGES AND IN GENERAL PROLONGATION AND AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID AXLE MEMBER, SAID TRUNNIONS BEING OF A DIAMETER SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN SAID FLANGES AND THE DIAMETERS OF THE TRUNNIONS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE DIAMETER OF THE CYLINDRICAL OPENINGS OF SAID BOSSES, (D) SAID BOSSES BEING FORMED OF YIELDABLE FLEXIBLE PLASTIC SO THAT SAID TRUNNIONS CAN BE FORCED INWARDLY THROUGH THE RESPECTIVE RESTRICTED ENTRANCES AND BEING SUBSTANTIALLY HELD AGAINST REMOVAL THEREFROM BY SAID SHOULDER FORMING MEANS.
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1. A HINGE CONSTRUCTION FOR A PIVOTED LID MEMBER COMPRISING A CONTAINER TOP WALL SUPPORTING SURFACE, A SPOUT OPENING HAVING AN UPSTANDING PERIPHERAL FLANGE IN SAID SUPPORTING SURFACE, THE LID MEMBER SELECTIVELY OPENING AND CLOSING THE OPENING BY ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID PERIPHERAL FLANGE THEREOF, (A) A PAIR OF SPACED BOSSES INTEGRAL WITH AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM SAID SUPPORTING SURFACE, EACH OF SAID BOSSES HAVING A CYLINDRICAL OPENING THERETHROUGH, SAID CYLINDRICAL OPENINGS BEING AXIALLY ALIGNED, (B) MEANS FORMING SHOULDERS DEFINING RESTRICTED ENTRANCES TO EACH ONE OF SAID CYLINDRICAL OPENINGS, SAID ENTRANCES EACH BEING OF A WIDTH LESS THAN THE DIAMETER OF SAID CYLINDRICAL OPENINGS, (C) SAID LID MEMBER COMPRISING A CLOSURE PORTION FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE UPSTANDING FLANGE OF SAID SPOUT OPENING, A CONNECTING STRAP INTEGRAL WITH SAID CLOSURE PORTION, AN AXLE MEMBER ON SAID STRAP AT THE END THEREOF DISTAL FROM SAID CLOSURE PORTION, SAID AXLE MEMBER HAVING A PAIR OF FLANGES EACH INTEGRAL AND COAXIAL WITH SAID AXLE MEMBER AND SPACED APART A DISTANCE GENERALLY EQUAL TO THE SPACING OF SAID BOSSES, A TRUNNION ON EITHER END OF SAID AXLE MEMBER OUTWARDLY OF SAID FLANGES AND IN GENERAL PROLONGATION AND AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID AXLE MEMBER, SAID TRUNNIONS BEING OF A DIAMETER SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN SAID FLANGES AND THE DIAMETERS OF THE TRUNNIONS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE DIAMETER OF THE CYLINDRICAL OPENINGS OF SAID BOSSES, (D) SAID BOSSES BEING FORMED OF YIELDABLE FLEXIBLE PLASTIC SO THAT SAID TRUNNIONS CAN BE FORCED INWARDLY THROUGH THE RESPECTIVE RESTRICTED ENTRANCES AND BEING SUBSTANTIALLY HELD AGAINST REMOVAL THEREFROM BY SAID SHOULDER FORMING MEANS.
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Current AssigneeJames B. Swett
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Original AssigneeJames B. Swett
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InventorsSwett, James B.
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Application NumberUS04/448,609Time in Patent Office634 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current220/840CPC Class CodesB65D 47/0895 one part of the hinge being...
