LID HINGE

• US 3,713,578 A
• Filed: 03/02/1971
• Issued: 01/30/1973
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/1971
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Glenn Norman Johnson
• Original Assignee: Glenn Norman Johnson
• Inventors: Johnson, Glenn Norman
• Primary Examiner(s): Norton, Donald F.
• Application Number:
  US05/120,094
• Time in Patent Office: 700 Days
• Field of Search: 16/139,143,150 229/44M 220/32 217/57,58,6B,6R
• US Class Current: 229/125
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/6697 Separate lids attached to the container body by a hinge element

Abstract

The invention involves the use of a flat piece of flexible metal attached to both the lid and side of a container to enable one to raise the lid to a preselected position and have the lid remain in such position until a change in position is desired.

Claims

1. A container comprising a base having a bottom and four sides, a lid of substantially the same size as said bottom adapted to completely close off said base, said lid adapted to be moved between an open and a closed position, and hinge means secured directly to said lid and directly to one of said four sides, said hinge having a score line on the surface of said hinge which faces the interior of the container, said score line extending substantially parallel to the top of said one of sAid four sides, said hinge means adapted to maintain said lid in spaced relationship and out of contact with said one of said four sides when the lid is in an open position, whereby said hinge means maintains said lid in any one of a plurality of fixed positions relative to said one of said four sides.

2. The container set forth in claim 1 wherein said hinge means is made out of a flexible material.

3. The container set forth in claim 2 wherein said hinge means is made out of metal.

4. The container set forth in claim 3 wherein said container has a printed paper attached to its outer surface area.

5. The container set forth in claim 1 wherein said hinge means is attached to the bottom of said lid and the inside of said side member.