U.S. patent application number 10/950743 was filed with the patent office on 2007-03-22 for receptacle closure device having hand grip.
Invention is credited to Hsien-Chang Hsieh.
Application Number | 20070062944 10/950743 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 37883027 |
Filed Date | 2007-03-22 |
United States Patent
Application |
20070062944 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Hsieh; Hsien-Chang |
March 22, 2007 |
Receptacle closure device having hand grip
Abstract
A receptacle closure device includes a receptacle having an open
upper end, and a closure having a top wall and a marginal flange
portion bent downwardly from the top wall for engaging onto the
upper end of the receptacle. The closure includes one or more hand
grips extended from the marginal flange portion of the closure, and
each has two ends secured to the marginal flange portion of the
closure with connectors, for allowing the hand grip to be folded
relative to the closure to carry and lift the closure and the
receptacle. The closure includes one or more hinge connectors
coupled between the hand grip and the marginal flange portion of
the closure, and breakable by users.
Inventors: |
Hsieh; Hsien-Chang;
(Tienchong Town, TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
CHARLES E. BAXLEY, ESQ.
90 JOHN STREET
THIRD FLOOR
NEW YORK
NY
10038
US
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Family ID: |
37883027 |
Appl. No.: |
10/950743 |
Filed: |
September 27, 2004 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
220/212.5 ;
215/228; 215/256; 215/317; 220/780 |
Current CPC
Class: |
B65D 51/242
20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
220/212.5 ;
215/256; 215/317; 215/228; 220/780 |
International
Class: |
B65D 25/28 20060101
B65D025/28; B65D 41/18 20060101 B65D041/18; B65D 41/00 20060101
B65D041/00; B65D 39/00 20060101 B65D039/00 |
Claims
1. A closure device for attaching onto an upper end of a
receptacle, said closure device comprising: a closure including a
top wall, and a marginal flange portion bent downwardly from said
top wall, for engaging onto the upper end of the receptacle, and
said closure including at least one hand grip extended from said
marginal flange portion of said closure, and having two ends
secured to said marginal flange portion of said closure with
connectors, for allowing said at least one hand grip to be folded
from or relative to said closure to carry and lift said closure and
the receptacle.
2. The receptacle closure device as claimed in claim 1, wherein
said closure includes at least one hinge connector coupled between
said at least one hand grip and said marginal flange portion of
said closure, and breakable by users, to openably securing said at
least one hand grip to said marginal flange portion of said
closure.
3. The receptacle closure device as claimed in claim 1, wherein
said closure includes an inner thread extended inwardly from said
marginal flange portion of said closure, for threading with the
receptacle, and for openably attaching said closure onto the
receptacle.
4. The receptacle closure device as claimed in claim 1, wherein
said closure includes a lock rib extended inwardly from said
marginal flange portion of said closure, for engaging into the
receptacle, and for locking said closure onto the receptacle.
5. The receptacle closure device as claimed in claim 1, wherein
said closure includes a peripheral band located at a lower portion
of said marginal flange portion of said closure, and releasably
coupled to said marginal flange portion of said closure with a
first hinge line, for allowing said peripheral band to be
disengaged from said marginal flange portion of said closure by
breaking said first hinge line.
6. The receptacle closure device as claimed in claim 5, wherein
said peripheral band includes a second hinge line provided in a
segment thereof, to form two parallel narrowed strips, to allow
said strips to be disengaged from said marginal flange portion of
said closure and said peripheral band by breaking said first and
said second hinge lines.
7. The receptacle closure device as claimed in claim 6, wherein
said peripheral band includes a knob attached to either of said
strips, to pull and disengage said strips from said marginal flange
portion of said closure and said peripheral band.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a receptacle closure
device, and more particularly to a receptacle closure device having
a pivotal hand grip for being selectively released from the closure
device, and for carrying or lifting the receptacle.
[0003] 2. Description of the Prior Art
[0004] Typical receptacle closure devices comprise a number of
helical or thread lugs formed or extended from an upper end surface
of a receptacle and spaced away from each other, and a closure
including a marginal flange portion bent downwardly from the margin
of a top wall and including an inturned wire edge turned upwardly
within the closure, for threading or engaging with the thread lugs
of the receptacle.
[0005] For example, U.S. Pat. No. 2,148,169 to Merolle discloses
one of the typical receptacle closure devices comprising a number
of thread lugs provided or extended from an upper end surface of a
receptacle, and a closure including an inturned wire edge turned
upwardly within the closure, for threading or engaging with the
thread lugs of the receptacle, and for openably attaching the
closure onto the receptacle.
[0006] Recently, the typical closures and the receptacles are
normally made of plastic or other synthetic materials and formed by
molding or mold injection processes. The other typical closures may
be molded onto the receptacles, and selectively releaseable from
the receptacle, for allowing the typical closures to be opened from
the receptacles.
[0007] However, all of the typical closure devices comprise a
closure that may be used for threading or engaging with the
receptacle only, but fail to provide handles or hand grips for
carrying or lifting the receptacles.
[0008] The present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate
the afore-described disadvantages of the conventional receptacle
closure devices.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0009] The primary objective of the present invention is to provide
a receptacle closure device including a pivotal hand grip for being
selectively released from the closure device, and for carrying or
lifting the receptacle.
[0010] In accordance with one aspect of the invention, there is
provided a receptacle closure device comprising a receptacle
including an open upper end, and a closure including a top wall,
and a marginal flange portion bent downwardly from the top wall,
for engaging onto the upper end of the receptacle, and the closure
includes at least one hand grip extended from the marginal flange
portion of the closure, and having two ends secured to the marginal
flange portion of the closure with connectors, for allowing the
hand grip to be folded from or relative to the closure to carry and
lift the closure and the receptacle.
[0011] The closure includes at least one hinge connector coupled
between the hand grip and the marginal flange portion of the
closure, and breakable by users, to openably securing the hand grip
to the marginal flange portion of the closure.
[0012] The closure includes an inner thread extended inwardly from
the marginal flange portion of the closure, for threading with the
receptacle, and for openably attaching the closure onto the
receptacle.
[0013] The receptacle includes a lock groove formed in an outer
peripheral portion of the upper end thereof, and the closure
includes a lock rib extended inwardly from the marginal flange
portion of the closure, to engage into the lock groove of the
receptacle, and to lock the closure onto the receptacle.
[0014] The closure includes a peripheral band located at a lower
portion of the marginal flange portion of the closure, and
releasably coupled to the marginal flange portion of the closure
with a first hinge line, for allowing the peripheral band to be
disengaged from the marginal flange portion of the closure by
breaking the first hinge line.
[0015] The peripheral band includes a second hinge line provided in
a segment thereof, to form two parallel narrowed strips, to allow
the strips to be disengaged from the marginal flange portion of the
closure and the peripheral band by breaking the first and the
second hinge lines.
[0016] The peripheral band includes a knob attached to either of
the strips, to pull and disengage the strips from the marginal
flange portion of the closure and the peripheral band.
[0017] Further objectives and advantages of the present invention
will become apparent from a careful reading of the detailed
description provided hereinbelow, with appropriate reference to the
accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0018] FIG. 1 is an upper perspective view of a receptacle closure
device in accordance with the present invention, having a closure
attached onto a receptacle;
[0019] FIG. 2 is a bottom perspective view of the receptacle
closure device;
[0020] FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view of the receptacle closure
device;
[0021] FIG. 4 is a partial cross sectional view of the receptacle
closure device, taken along lines 4-4 of FIG. 1;
[0022] FIG. 5 is a bottom perspective view illustrating another
embodiment of the receptacle closure device;
[0023] FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view of the receptacle closure
device as shown in FIG. 5;
[0024] FIG. 7 is an upper perspective view of the receptacle
closure device as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6;
[0025] FIG. 8 is a front plan view of the receptacle closure device
as shown in FIGS. 5-7;
[0026] FIG. 9 is an upper perspective view similar to FIGS. 1 and
7, illustrating a further embodiment of the receptacle closure
device;
[0027] FIG. 10 is an upper perspective view similar to FIGS. 1, 7
and 9, illustrating a still further embodiment of the receptacle
closure device; and
[0028] FIG. 11 is a partial cross sectional view taken along lines
11-11 of FIG. 10.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0029] Referring to the drawings, and initially to FIGS. 1-4, a
receptacle closure device in accordance with the present invention
comprises a closure 10 including a top wall 11, and a marginal
flange portion 12 bent downwardly from the margin or the outer
peripheral portion of the top wall 12, for engaging onto an open
upper end 41 of a receptacle 40.
[0030] The closure 10 may include a typical inner thread 13 (FIG.
4) extended inwardly from the marginal flange portion 12 of the
closure 10, for threading or engaging with the corresponding
threads or outer thread 42 of the receptacle 40, and for openably
attaching the closure 10 onto the receptacle 40.
[0031] The closure 10 may further include a lock rib 14 extended
inwardly from the marginal flange portion 12 of the closure 10, and
preferably located at or close to the lower portion 15 of the
closure 10 (FIGS. 2, 4, 5), for engaging into a corresponding lock
groove 43 (FIG. 4) that is formed in the outer peripheral portion
of the upper end 41 of the receptacle 40, and for locking the
closure 10 onto the receptacle 40.
[0032] The closure 10 further includes one (FIGS. 5-9) or more,
such as two hand grips 20 (FIGS. 1-3 and 10) provided on or
attached to or formed on or extended outwardly from the marginal
flange portion 12 of the closure 10, and each having two ends 21
secured to the marginal flange portion 12 of the closure 10 with
welding or hinge connectors 22, for allowing the hand grips 20 to
be folded or bent upwardly and formed as carrying devices for
carrying or lifting the closure 10 and the receptacle 40 (FIGS. 1,
4, and 7-11).
[0033] The closure 10 may further include one or more further dots
or welding or hinge connectors 23 coupled between the hand grips 20
and the marginal flange portion 12 of the closure 10, to openably
or temporarily securing or coupling the middle portions of the hand
grips 20 to the marginal flange portion 12 of the closure 10, and
for allowing the hand grips 20 to be optionally or selectively
released and folded or bent upwardly from the marginal flange
portion 12 of the closure 10 when the hinge connectors 23 are
broken by the users, for example.
[0034] In operation, as shown in FIGS. 1, 4, and 7-11, when it is
required to carry or lift the receptacle 40, the hinge connectors
23 may be broken by the users, to release either or all of the hand
grips 20 from the marginal flange portion 12 of the closure 10, and
thus to allow the hand grips 20 to be folded or bent upwardly
relative to the marginal flange portion 12 of the closure 10, to
allow the receptacle 40 to be easily and readily carried or lifted
by the users, without attaching additional handles or hand grips
onto the receptacle 40.
[0035] The closure 10 may further include a releaseable or openable
peripheral band 30 formed or provided or located at the lower
portion 15 of the marginal flange portion 12 of the closure 10, and
releasably or openably coupled to the marginal flange portion 12 of
the closure 10 with a hinge line 31, for allowing the peripheral
band 30 to be disengaged or removed from the marginal flange
portion 12 of the closure 10 by breaking the hinge line 31.
[0036] The peripheral band 30 includes another hinge line 32 formed
or provided in a portion or a segment thereof, to form two
substantially parallel narrowed strips 33, 34, best shown in FIGS.
5 and 8, and a knob 35 attached to one of the strips 33, for
pulling and disengaging the strip 33 from the marginal flange
portion 12 of the closure 10 and the peripheral band 30 and the
other strip 34, by breaking the hinge lines 31, 32, and thus for
disengaging the peripheral band 30 from the marginal flange portion
12 of the closure 10, in order to remove the lock rib 14 of the
closure 10 from the receptacle 40, and thus to unlock the closure
10 from the receptacle 40.
[0037] The hand grips 20 may be optionally or selectively formed or
provided on the peripheral band 30, for allowing the hand grips 20
to be disengaged or removed from the marginal flange portion 12 of
the closure 10 together with the peripheral band 30. The closure 10
may include a single hand grip 20 (FIGS. 5-9), or two or more hand
grips 20 (FIGS. 1-3 and 10) attached onto the marginal flange
portion 12 of the closure 10, to allow either of the hand grips 20
to be optionally or selectively released and folded or bent
upwardly from the marginal flange portion 12 of the closure 10 when
the hinge connectors 23 are broken by the users. The knobs 35 may
be formed into various kinds of shapes, such as those shown in
FIGS. 1-3 and 5-8, or as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10.
[0038] Accordingly, the receptacle closure device in accordance
with the present invention includes a pivotal hand grip for being
selectively released from the closure device, and for carrying or
lifting the receptacle.
[0039] Although this invention has been described with a certain
degree of particularity, it is to be understood that the present
disclosure has been made by way of example only and that numerous
changes in the detailed construction and the combination and
arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the
spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed.
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