Storage container with spout

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11072465-B2
Application number	US-201916671808-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 1, 2019
Priority date	Mar 21, 2016
Publication date	Jul 27, 2021
Grant date	Jul 27, 2021

Abstract

A storage container with a spout is provided that can store a coating material. The storage container can include a container body having a shape, which may be a circular shape, polygonal shape, or a rounded-polygonal shape. The container body includes a side wall having first and second ends. The storage container with a spout can include a first opening with a corresponding lid and the spout providing a second opening with a corresponding cap. The storage container can further include a handle formed with an aperture through a side of the container body.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A storage container for storing a material, comprising:
a body having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, a front side, a back side opposite the front side, a left side, and a right side opposite the left side;
a collar forming a first opening on the first end, a top of the collar being situated on a first geometric plane;
a lip forming a second opening on the front side and on the first end, the second opening being smaller than the first opening, a top of the lip being situated on a second geometric plane below the first geometric plane and parallel to the first geometric plane;
an integrated handle opposite the second opening on the back side, the integrated handle being formed with an aperture;
a lid configured to be removably attach to the first opening; and
a cap configured to be removably attach to the second opening.

2. The storage container of claim 1 , wherein the lid has a handle to move the container while coupled to the first opening.

3. The storage container of claim 1 , wherein a front side notch is positioned on the front side of the second end and a back side notch is positioned on the back side of the second end opposite the front side notch.

4. The storage container of claim 1 , wherein the front side of the first end provides a shape of a front curve.

5. The storage container of claim 4 , wherein the back side of the first end includes the integrated handle and provides a shape of a back curve opposite the front curve.

6. The storage container of claim 5 , wherein the left side of the first end is rounded in shape and connects between a portion of the back curve to a portion of the front curve.

7. The storage container of claim 6 , wherein the right side of the first end is opposite the left side and is rounded in shape to connect between a portion of the back curve to a portion of the front curve.

8. The storage container of claim 7 , wherein the front side of the second end provides a shape of a front curve.

9. The storage container of claim 8 , wherein the back side of the second end includes the integrated handle and provides a shape of a back curve opposite the front curve.

10. The storage container of claim 9 , wherein the left side of the second end is rounded in shape and connects between a portion of the back curve to a portion of the front curve.

11. The storage container of claim 10 , wherein the right side of the second end is opposite the left side and is rounded in shape to connect between a portion of the back curve to a portion of the front curve.

12. The storage container of claim 1 , wherein the integrated handle further comprises a handle top, a handle bottom, and a grip section in between the handle top and the handle bottom, wherein the handle top connects with the first end and the handle bottom connects with the second end, and wherein the grip section is rounded in shape and includes a varying diameter from the handle top to the handle bottom.

13. The storage container of claim 12 , wherein the handle top includes a first curved portion and a second curved portion opposite thereof for the connection to the first end, and the handle bottom includes a third curved portion and a fourth curved portion opposite thereof for the connection to the second end.

14. The storage container of claim 12 , wherein the front side includes a transition section that spans from the second end to the first end in a pyramid shape in which a top of the pyramid is positioned toward the first end and a base of the pyramid is positioned toward the second end, wherein the lip and second opening is positioned on the first end proximate to the top of the pyramid.

15. The storage container of claim 14 , wherein the second opening includes threads on a lip to allow removable attachment of a cap, the threads extending at least partially around a perimeter of the lip.

16. The storage container of claim 15 , the threads extending non-continuously around the perimeter of the lip such that a gap is formed between the threads in a circumferential direction forming an area free of threads that defines a smooth surface around a center line of the second opening.

17. A storage container for storing a material, comprising:
a body having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, a front side, a back side opposite the front side, a left side, and a right side opposite the left side;
a collar forming a first opening on the first end;
a lip forming a second opening on the front side and on the first end, the second opening being smaller than the first opening;
an integrated handle opposite the second opening on the back side, the integrated handle being formed with an aperture; and
a front side notch positioned on the front side of the second end and a back side notch positioned on the back side of the second end opposite the front side notch,
wherein the second end includes an indent feature recessed into the second end for mating with a corresponding raised feature on a storage container lid.

18. The storage container of claim 17 , wherein the indent features is in the form of a channel extending from the left side to the right side for engaging with the corresponding raised feature on the storage container lid of another storage container during stacking.

Assignees

• Sherwin Williams Co

Inventors

• Hudson Richard D
• Johnson James J
• Morales Gustavo A
• Goodwin Jr Edward Ray
• Lambertson Jr Michael C
• Buckel Jr Charles T

Classifications

• B65D23/102 Primary

  Gripping means formed in the walls, e.g. roughening, cavities, projections · CPC title

• B65D1/20

  characterised by location or arrangement of filling or discharge apertures · CPC title

• B44D3/127

  Covers or lids for paint cans (covers or lids for containers of general type B65D) · CPC title

• B65D1/04

  Multi-cavity bottles · CPC title

• B65D25/42 Primary

  Integral or attached nozzles or spouts · CPC title