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US3182841A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Snap-on lid for baby food containers

Assignee: Pet Milk Co
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Filing: 1962-10-01
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Granted: 1965-05-11
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Expires: 1982-10-01
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Harold J Searer

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 03:54
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61J; A61J9/00

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 203 words
IN COMBINATION A SNAP-ON LID AND NIPPLE FOR BADY FOOD CONTAINERS, SAID LID COMPRISING A DISC-SHAPE LID BODY PROVIDED WITH A CENTRALLY LOCATED APERTURE, SAID APERTURE RECEIVING A NIPPLE HAVING AN ANNULAR GROOVE AND A BOTTOM FLANGE, A CURVED HOOP-LIKE FLANGE SURROUNDING SAID APERTURE AND A FIRST RECESSED PORTION JOINED TO THE HOOK-LIKE FLANGE, SAID RECESSED PORTION HAVING AN INNER SURFACE SPACED AXIALLY FOR THE HOOP-LIKE FLANGE, SAID CURVED HOOP-LIKE PORTION CONTACTING THE UPPER PORTION OF THE NIPPLE GROOVE AND SAID RECESSED PORTION CONTACTING THE FLANGE PORTION OF THE NIPPLE TO UNIFORMLY DISTENT AND SLIGHTLY STRETCH THE NIPPLE TO PROVIDE A FLUID TIGHT SEAL BETWEEN THE LID AND NIPPLE, SAID LID HAVING AN INTERMEDIATE FLAT PORTION EXTENDING RADIALLY OUTWARDLY FROM THE FIRST RECESS AND A SECOND RECESS JOINED TO THE OUTER PERIPHERAL EDGE OF THE INTERMEDIATE FLAT PORTION, AND A CYLINDRICAL SECOND FLANGE POSITIONED COAXIALLY AND RADIALLY OUTWARDLY OF THE SECOND RECESS AND LOCATED AT THE RADIALLY OUTER EXTREMITIES OF SAID LID BODY, SAID SECOND FLANGE BEING FORMED OF JOINED RADIALLY INNER AND RADIALLY OUTER SKIRTS, SAID INNER SKIRT ADJOINING THE INNER SURFACE AT THE CONTAINER LIP AND SAID OUTER SKIRT HAVING A RADIALLY INNER FACE CARRYING AN INWARDLY DIRECTED CIRCUMFERENTIALLY LOCKING BEAD.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 203 words
IN COMBINATION A SNAP-ON LID AND NIPPLE FOR BADY FOOD CONTAINERS, SAID LID COMPRISING A DISC-SHAPE LID BODY PROVIDED WITH A CENTRALLY LOCATED APERTURE, SAID APERTURE RECEIVING A NIPPLE HAVING AN ANNULAR GROOVE AND A BOTTOM FLANGE, A CURVED HOOP-LIKE FLANGE SURROUNDING SAID APERTURE AND A FIRST RECESSED PORTION JOINED TO THE HOOK-LIKE FLANGE, SAID RECESSED PORTION HAVING AN INNER SURFACE SPACED AXIALLY FOR THE HOOP-LIKE FLANGE, SAID CURVED HOOP-LIKE PORTION CONTACTING THE UPPER PORTION OF THE NIPPLE GROOVE AND SAID RECESSED PORTION CONTACTING THE FLANGE PORTION OF THE NIPPLE TO UNIFORMLY DISTENT AND SLIGHTLY STRETCH THE NIPPLE TO PROVIDE A FLUID TIGHT SEAL BETWEEN THE LID AND NIPPLE, SAID LID HAVING AN INTERMEDIATE FLAT PORTION EXTENDING RADIALLY OUTWARDLY FROM THE FIRST RECESS AND A SECOND RECESS JOINED TO THE OUTER PERIPHERAL EDGE OF THE INTERMEDIATE FLAT PORTION, AND A CYLINDRICAL SECOND FLANGE POSITIONED COAXIALLY AND RADIALLY OUTWARDLY OF THE SECOND RECESS AND LOCATED AT THE RADIALLY OUTER EXTREMITIES OF SAID LID BODY, SAID SECOND FLANGE BEING FORMED OF JOINED RADIALLY INNER AND RADIALLY OUTER SKIRTS, SAID INNER SKIRT ADJOINING THE INNER SURFACE AT THE CONTAINER LIP AND SAID OUTER SKIRT HAVING A RADIALLY INNER FACE CARRYING AN INWARDLY DIRECTED CIRCUMFERENTIALLY LOCKING BEAD.

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