Storage container

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10717580-B2
Application number	US-201715431047-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 13, 2017
Priority date	Feb 12, 2016
Publication date	Jul 21, 2020
Grant date	Jul 21, 2020

Abstract

Provided is a storage container for storing a coating material including a container body having first and second ends, a receptacle disposed within the container body, an end cap attached to the container body at the first end and including a base and a collar projecting upward from the base in a first direction that defines a through passage in communication with the receptacle, and a lid removably coupled to the collar of the end cap, the lid including a carrying handle extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and a pour spout adjacent an edge of the lid that defines a through passage in communication with the through passage of collar and the receptacle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A storage container for storing a coating material, comprising:
a container body having a polygonal shape;
a receptacle disposed within the container body;
a lid assembly attached to the container body and including an end cap and a lid with threads along an interior surface that is removably coupled to the end cap, wherein the end cap includes a base having a polygonal shape, a circular collar projecting upward from the base in a first direction defining a through passage in communication with the receptacle and including threads along an exterior of the collar to mate with the threads along the interior surface of the lid to removably couple the lid to the collar, and one or more skirts extending downward from the base in a second direction opposite the first direction, and wherein the lid includes a body, a carrying handle integrally formed with the body extending from a top surface of the body in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions and having top and bottom surfaces, and a pour spout projecting upward from the body in the first direction and defining a through passage in communication with the through passage of the circular collar and the receptacle; and
a cap removably coupled to the pour spout via threads on an inner surface thereof that mate with threads on an outer surface of the pour spout, wherein the cap is at or above a height of the carrying handle when the cap is coupled to the pour spout,
wherein a cavity is formed below the carrying handle between a lower surface of the lid and an upper surface of the lid for receiving a user's hand below the bottom surface of the handle to allow a user's hand to grip the top and bottom surfaces of the carrying handle, and
wherein the base includes a raised structure on a top side thereof having a polygonal shape and extending around the base, and wherein the raised structure is inwardly spaced from an edge of the base and the collar is inwardly spaced from the raised structure.

2. The storage container according to claim 1 , wherein the carrying handle is in a fixed position relative to the pour spout.

3. The storage container according to claim 1 , wherein the lid additionally includes an alignment marker that aligns with a corresponding alignment marker on the base of the end cap when the lid is in a closed position.

4. The storage container according to claim 1 , wherein the container body includes a multiple sided wall having a first end coupled to the end cap, a second end, and the multiple sided wall defines a cavity for the receptacle.

5. The storage container according to claim 4 , wherein the container body additionally includes a bottom portion in the cavity proximate the second end and defining with an inner surface of the multiple sided wall a stacking cavity for receiving a lid assembly of another container during stacking.

6. The storage container according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more skirts includes an outer skirt extending downward in the second direction along a periphery of the base and an inner skirt radially inwardly spaced from the outer skirt and projecting downward from the base in the second direction, and wherein the outer and inner skirts form therebetween and with the base a channel for receiving an end of the container body.

7. The storage container according to claim 6 , wherein the outer and inner skirts follow the geometry of the base.

8. The storage container according to claim 6 , wherein the outer skirt follows the geometry of the base and the inner skirt has a substantially rhombus shaped geometry.

9. The storage container according to claim 6 , wherein the outer skirt follows the geometry of the base and the inner skirt has a substantially circular geometry.

10. The storage container according to claim 9 , wherein the inner skirt includes a plurality of circumferential ribs extending around the inner skirt that are spaced along the inner skirt from one another to form channels therebetween.

11. The storage container according to claim 6 , further including a plurality of attachment tabs projecting inward from the outer skirt into the channel that bite into an outer surface of the container body to secure the end cap to the container body.

12. The storage container according to claim 6 , wherein the receptacle is a storage bag having an open end attached to and sealed to the inner skirt and a closed end opposite the open end.

13. A storage container for storing a coating material, comprising:
a container body having first and second ends and a polygonal shape;
a receptacle disposed within the container body;
an end cap attached to the container body at the first end and having a polygonal shape corresponding to the polygonal shape of the container body, the end cap including a base, a circular collar projecting upward from the base in a first direction that defines a through passage in communication with the receptacle, and a raised structure projecting upward from the base in the first direction having a polygonal shape corresponding to the polygonal shape of the base and extending around the base, the raised structure being inwardly spaced from an edge of the base and outwardly spaced from the circular collar;
a lid removably coupled to the circular collar of the end cap, the lid including a carrying handle integrally formed with the lid extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the handle having a top surface and a bottom surface, and a pour spout adjacent an edge of the lid that defines a through passage in communication with the through passage of collar and the receptacle,
wherein a cavity is formed below the handle between a lower surface of the lid and an upper surface of the lid for receiving a user's hand below the bottom surface of the handle to allow a user's hand to grip the top and bottom surfaces of the carrying handle, and
wherein the handle is in a fixed position relative to the pour spout.

14. The storage container according to claim 13 , wherein the end cap further includes outer and inner skirts extending downward from the base in a third direction opposite the first direction, wherein the outer skirt extends along a periphery of the base and the inner skirt is radially inwardly spaced from the outer skirt, and wherein the outer and inner skirts form therebetween and with the base a channel for receiving the first end of the container body.

15. The storage container according to claim 14 , further including a plurality of attachment tabs projecting inward from the outer skirt into the channel that bite into an outer surface of the container body to secure the end cap to the container body.

16. The storage container according to claim 14 , wherein the receptacle is a storage bag having an open end attached to and sealed to the inner skirt and a closed end opposite the open end.

17. The storage container according to claim 13 , wherein the container body includes a multiple sided wall having a first end coupled to the end cap, a second end, and the multiple sided wall defines a cavity for the receptacle.

Assignees

• Sherwin Williams Co

Inventors

• Hudson Richard D
• Johnson James J
• Morales Gustavo A

Classifications

• B65D15/22 Primary

  of polygonal cross-section · CPC title

• B65D77/062

  Flexible containers disposed within polygonal containers formed by folding a carton blank · CPC title

• B65D51/242

  provided with means for facilitating lifting or suspending of the container · CPC title

• B65D47/122

  Threaded caps · CPC title

• B65D5/02

  by folding or erecting a single blank to form a tubular body with or without subsequent folding operations, or the addition of separate elements, to close the ends of the body (specially constructed to allow collapsing and re-erecting without disengagement of side or bottom connections B65D5/36) · CPC title