Plastic container with lid

• US 5,303,839 A
• Filed: 11/25/1992
• Issued: 04/19/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Jokey Plastik Wipperfurth GMBH
• Original Assignee: Jokey Plastik Wipperfurth GMBH
• Inventors: Blumenschein, Marcus
• Primary Examiner(s): Shoap, Allan N.
• Application Number:
  US07/982,296
• Time in Patent Office: 510 Days
• Field of Search: 220/355, 220/354, 220/270, 220/266, 220/306
• US Class Current: 222/572
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2401/10 Tearable part of the container B65D2401/60 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 25/32 Bail handles, i.e. pivoted rigid handles of generally semi-circular shape with pivot points on two opposed sides or wall parts of the conainter
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2543/00101 square-like or rectangular-like
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2543/00194 square or rectangular with curved sides B65D2543/00101
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2543/00296 Plastic
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2543/00472 Skirt
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2543/00509 Cup
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2543/00944 Located only on the container, e.g. recesses
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 43/0216 inside a peripheral U-shaped channel in the mouth of the container

Abstract

The invention relates to a plastic container with lid, preferably of rectangular or oval cross-section, for holding granular, powdery, pasty or liquid materials, with sealing edge and a locating part which is provided with an intermittent snap-on edge and is borne roughly centrally by a continuous supporting edge. The invention is intended to facilitate the grasping of the lid when the container is closed, on the one hand, and the pouring of liquid or pasty materials on the other. The invention is characterized in that the top edge of the locating part (6) and the supporting edge (7) are drawn down to the level of the lower edge of the locating part (6) in the form of an arc in at least one region of major curvature of the container perimeter, in such a way that a recessed grip (13) is formed in this region which makes it possible to grasp below the retaining fold of the lid and in such a way that the lower part of the recessed grip (13) is designed as a pourer (14) consisting of the laterally lowered surfaces of the supporting edge (7) and its lower, plane section.

Claims

1. A plastic container with a lid for holding granular, powdery, pasty or liquid materials, said container comprising;

at least one wall (3) having a top sealing edge (4);

an upper section of said at least one wall having a locating part (6);

a supporting flange (7) connecting said wall (3) adjacent to said sealing edge (4) to approximately a center of said locating part (6);

said supporting flange having a top surface,

an intermittent snap-on edge (8) on an inside of a top edge of said locating part (6);

said lid sealingly mountable below said snap-on edge on said sealing edge (4),

said top edge of said locating part (6) and said supporting flange (7) having an arced down region,

said arced down region of said top edge of said locating part (6) and said supporting flange (7) being formed when said top edge of said locating part and said top surface of said supporting flange coincide at a level substantially equal to a lower edge of said locating part (6);

wherein, said arced down region creates a recess and pourer which respectively allows grasping below a retaining fold (9) of said lid in place on said sealing edge and pouring of said materials from said container or located between said wall (3) and said locating part (6).

2. The container according to claim 1, wherein,

said container has a rectangular planar cross-section, and

said recess and pourer are located in one corner of said container.

3. The container according to claim 1, wherein,

said recess and pourer are covered by a tear-off strip (15) connected to said arced down region by several webs (16) having predetermined breaking points.

4. The container according to claim 1, wherein said container has an oval planar cross-section and

said recess and pourer are located at a point of greatest curvature on a perimeter of said container.