Seal container

• US 7,204,383 B2
• Filed: 06/16/2004
• Issued: 04/17/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Jumper Enterprise Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Jumper Enterprise Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Hsu, Chun-Feng
• Primary Examiner(s): Stashick; Anthony D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): SMALLEY, JAMES N
• Application Number:
  US10/868,068
• Publication Number:
  US 20050279746A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,035 Days
• Field of Search: 220/234, 220/237, 220/238, 220/301, 220/801, 215/358, 215/359, 215/360, 138/89
• US Class Current: 220/238
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 39/12 expansible, e.g. inflatable

Abstract

A seal container includes a container, a lid, a knob fitted on the lid, a soft seal fitted over a lower side of the lid, and a depressing member arranged under the knob and connected with a middle of the seal at a lower end; the depressing member has several slopes on an annular edge; the knob has projections, which are spaced on an annular edge, and touch the slopes respectively; the depressing member will move down, and the seal will be depressed at the middle to reduce in circumference immediately after the knob is turned to such a position that the projections touch higher ends of the slopes; the seal will stretch to a normal shape to seal the container immediately after the knob is turned to such a position that the projections touch lower ends of the slopes.

Claims

1. A seal container, comprising

a lid, the lid having a central hole, and an annular portion on a lower side thereof, which defines a holding room facing the central hole;

the annular portion having a plurality of guide bumps spaced apart on an inner side thereof;

a knob member having a central raised portion, and a rim around the central raised portion;

the knob member having a plurality of touching projections spaced apart on an edge of a lower side thereof;

the knob member being passed through the central hole of the lid at the central raised portion with the central raised portion facing up and with the rim being confined in the holding room of the lid;

an annular depressing member, the depressing member having a plurality of upwards facing slopes of same shape formed thereon;

the depressing member having a plurality of cavities spaced apart on an outer side thereof;

the depressing member being held in the holding room of the lower side of the lid with the slopes thereof touching respective ones of lower ends of the touching projections of the knob member;

the guide bumps of the lid being respectively held in the cavities of the depressing member such that the depressing member is prevented from turning relative to the lid, and such that the depressing member is allowed to move up and down relative to the lid;

a container body having an inner touching portion around an upper opening thereof; and

a soft seal member for sealing the container body with;

the soft seal member being fitted over the lower side of the lid, and connected with the lower side of the depressing member at a substantially middle portion thereof;

whereby the seal member will be depressed at the middle portion thereof by the depressing member, and reduced in circumference as soon as the knob member is turned to such a position that the touching projections thereof touch higher ends of the slopes of the depressing member; and

whereby the seal member will stretch to a normal shape and closely touch the inner touching portion of the container body to seal the container body as soon as the knob member is turned to such a position that the touching projections thereof touch lower ends of the slopes of the depressing member.

2. The seal container as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lid is formed with a plurality of locating projections on an edge thereof, and the inner side of the container body is formed with a plurality of angle portions above the inner touching portion;

thus, when the container body is covered with the lid, the locating projections will be held in the angle portions for preventing the lid from turning relative to the container body.

3. The seal container as claimed in claim 1, wherein there is a pair of locating bumps formed between every two adjacent ones of the guide bumps of the lid, which define a holding space in between while the knob member has an engaging projection formed on an edge of the rim;

an elongated hole being formed near to the engaging projection on the rim of the knob member such that the engaging projection can be displaced when an external pushing force towards the elongated hole is exerted on the engaging projection;

the engaging projection being going to pass into one of the holding spaces of the lid as soon as the depressing member is moved to the lower position, thus preventing the knob member from turning relative to the lid after the seal member has been moved to an unsealing position.