Container lid with encapsulated reinforcing members

• US 3,419,184 A
• Filed: 10/23/1965
• Issued: 12/31/1968
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/1965
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Buckhorn Material Handling Group Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Donald J. Asenbauer
• Inventors: Asenbauer, Donald J.
• Application Number:
  US04/504,030
• Time in Patent Office: 1,165 Days
• US Class Current: 206/508
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 21/0222 the closure and the bottom presenting co-operating peripheral ribs and grooves
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 292/0902 Rigid

Claims

1. A REINFORCED LID FOR A CONTAINER HAVING A BOTTOM WALL, UPSTANDING SIDE AND END WALLS, AND ALIGNED NOTCHES EXTENDING INTO THE UPPER EDGES TO TWO OPPOSITE UPSTANDING WALLS, SAID LID COMPRISING:

A WALL MEMBER BOUNDED BY A PARAMETRICAL RIM DEFINING A CHANNEL OPENING TO THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID LID FOR RECEIVING THE UPPER EDGES OF SAID UPSTANDING CONTAINER WALLS;

SAID RIM HAVING AN UPPER WALL, PORTIONS OF WHICH ARE DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY IN A COMMON PLANE GENERALLY PARALLEL TO SAID WALL MEMBER FOR SEATING CONTACT WITH THE UPPER EDGES OF SAID UPSTANDING CONTAINER WALLS;

A REINFORCING MEMBER SECURED TO AND EXTENDING ACROSS SAID WALL MEMBER;

THE ENDS OF SAID REINFORCING MEMBER PROJECTING ACROSS SAID CHANNEL AT OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID WALL MEMBER FOR DIRECT SEATING CONTACT WITH THE UPPER EDGES OF SAID OPPOSITE CONTAINER WALLS;

AND SAID PROJECTING ENDS OF SAID REINFORCING MEMBER BEING DISPOSED BELOW SAID PLANE AND LOCATED FOR SEATING ENGAGEMENT IN SAID CONTAINER NOTCHES.