Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
232 words
In combination with a receptacle having a mouth, a closure member plugging said mouth so completely that nothing solid can be entered between said plug and receptacle; said closure plug being push-fitted in said mouth its perimetrical edge being in substantial frictional contact with the interior wall of the receptacle; the receptacle being provided with a relatively small aperture spaced from the bottom and adjacent said seat structure opening into the interior of the receptacle whereupon the insertion of the short leg of a stiff L-shaped pry through said aperture into the receptacle and subsequent manual swing of the distal end of the other end of the L-shape away from the receptacle, the distal end of the short leg will contact the underside of the closure plug and swing it to a tilted position so said closure plug is made accessible for removal; said pry acting as a bellcrank with its vertex bearing against the wall of said aperture as the fulcrum therefor, and a point on the perimeter of said plug opposite the location of said aperture, bearing against the seat and serving as the fulcrum for such swing to attain the tilted position of said plug; the outer surface of said plug being ungrippable when said plug is in closing position on said seat structure and said plug when in such closing position, being undeformable by hand pressure applied thereto.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
232 words
In combination with a receptacle having a mouth, a closure member plugging said mouth so completely that nothing solid can be entered between said plug and receptacle; said closure plug being push-fitted in said mouth its perimetrical edge being in substantial frictional contact with the interior wall of the receptacle; the receptacle being provided with a relatively small aperture spaced from the bottom and adjacent said seat structure opening into the interior of the receptacle whereupon the insertion of the short leg of a stiff L-shaped pry through said aperture into the receptacle and subsequent manual swing of the distal end of the other end of the L-shape away from the receptacle, the distal end of the short leg will contact the underside of the closure plug and swing it to a tilted position so said closure plug is made accessible for removal; said pry acting as a bellcrank with its vertex bearing against the wall of said aperture as the fulcrum therefor, and a point on the perimeter of said plug opposite the location of said aperture, bearing against the seat and serving as the fulcrum for such swing to attain the tilted position of said plug; the outer surface of said plug being ungrippable when said plug is in closing position on said seat structure and said plug when in such closing position, being undeformable by hand pressure applied thereto.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
The combination as defined in claim 1, wherein the seat structure is annular and is provided by having the mouth of the receptacle counterbored.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
The combination as defined in claim 1, wherein no part of the closure plug is directly over the mouth rim of the receptacle.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
The combination as defined in claim 1, wherein no part of the perimetrical surface of the closure plug is through the plane of the mouth rim of the receptacle.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
The combination as defined in claim 1, wherein at its perimeter, the closure plug is flush with the plane of the mouth rim of the receptacle.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
The combination as defined in claim 1, wherein at its perimeter, the closure member is recessed in the receptacle.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
17 words
The combination as defined in claim 1, wherein the upper surface of the closure plug is flat.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
17 words
The combination as defined in claim 1, wherein the upper surface of the closure plug is convex.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
29 words
The combination as defined in claim 1, wherein one of said receptacle and closure plug members has some resilient quality, and they are in tongue and groove releasable engagement.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
29 words
The combination as defined in claim 1, wherein the receptacle is wall mounted, and the aperture is in the rear and out of view but accessible for the pry.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
22 words
The combination as defined in claim 10, wherein the means mounting the receptacle to the wall, is accessible only interior the receptacle.