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Tennis ball container with pressure seal and screw-on cap

  • US 5,848,690 A
  • Filed: 10/24/1996
  • Issued: 12/15/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/24/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A tennis ball container assembly comprising:

  • a container having a bottom wall, a generally cylindrical side wall, and an open top end, the side wall of the container having an upper edge portion which includes inner and outer surfaces and a top edge, the outer surface of the side wall of the container having male screw threads thereof,a plurality of tennis balls within the container,a seal secured to the top edge of the side wall and closing the top end of the container,a cap having a top wall and a generally cylindrical side wall, the side wall of the cap having inner and outer surfaces and a bottom edge, the inner surface of the side wall of the cap having female screw threads thereon which are engageable with the male threads of the container, the top wall having a flexible portion which can be flexed toward the seal, piercing means on the flexible portion for puncturing the seal when the flexible portion is flexed toward the seal, and means for venting internal pressure in the container when the piercing means punctures the seal, andpressurized gas within the container.

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