Containers for liquid

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9334085-B2
Application number	US-201214429569-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 19, 2012
Priority date	Sep 19, 2012
Publication date	May 10, 2016
Grant date	May 10, 2016

Abstract

A container for liquid ( 1; 51 ), comprising a body in which liquid can be stored, in which the body has a orifice ( 8; 58 ) allowing access into the void, the body being provided with a handle ( 10; 60 ) arranged to be grasped by a user, the container being provided with an elongate spout ( 9; 59 ) that removably engages the orifice ( 8; 58 ), the handle being provided with a location ( 71 ) for storage of the spout. Additionally, a container ( 1; 51 ) for liquid, comprising a body in which liquid can be stored, the body having a base ( 2; 52; 72 ), two opposing side faces ( 3; 53 ), the side faces ( 3;53 ) being joined by first and second opposing side walls ( 4, 5; 54, 55 ), the side faces and the side walls being capped by a top wall ( 6; 56 ) opposing the base, in which the top wall ( 6; 56 ) has a orifice ( 8;57 ) adjacent to the first side wall ( 4; 54 ), in which both the first and second side walls are provided with handles ( 10, 11; 60, 61 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A container for liquid, comprising
a body defining a void in which liquid can be stored, in which the body has an orifice allowing access into the void, the body being provided with a handle arranged to be grasped by a user,
the container being provided with an elongate spout that removably engages the orifice,
the handle being provided with a location for storage of the spout, wherein the location comprises a first portion of the handle sufficiently wide such that the spout can pass through along its length and a second portion adjacent to the first portion, the spout being able to move from the first portion into the second portion at at least one position along its length, the second portion being narrower than the first portion such that once moved into the second portion, the spout can no longer be removed from the second portion along the length of the spout, and
wherein the spout comprises a waist providing a local minimum in a width of the spout perpendicular to its length, the waist defining the position at which the spout can be moved into the second portion of the handle.

2. The container of claim 1 , in which the handle comprises a through passage through the body of the container, within which are a first position and a second position, in which, with the spout in the second portion, the through passage being sufficiently large to allow the passage of a user's hand.

3. The container of claim 1 , in which the body has a base on which the container can be stably stood and two opposing side faces extending away from the base, the side faces being joined by first and second opposing side walls extending away from the base, the side faces and the first and second side walls being capped by a top wall opposing the base, the orifice being in the top wall adjacent to one of the first or second side walls with both the first and second side walls being provided with handles arranged to be grasped by a user, the location being in one of the handles in the first and second side walls.

4. The container of claim 3 , in which the top wall is provided with a handle.

5. The container of claim 3 , in which the second side wall is provided with a plurality of feet, on which the container can be stably stood.

6. The container of claim 5 , in which the feet extend into, and act to stiffen, the side faces.

7. The container of claim 5 in which the handle in the second side wall is provided in one of the feet.

8. A container for liquid, comprising
a body defining a void in which liquid can be stored, the body having a base on which the container can be stably stood, two opposing side faces extending away from the base, the side faces being joined by first and second opposing side walls extending away from the base, the side faces and the first and second side walls being capped by a top wall opposing the base,
in which the top wall has a orifice adjacent to the first side wall, the orifice allowing access into the void, and the orifice extends substantially perpendicular to the base, in which both the first and second side walls are provided with handles arranged to be grasped by a user,
wherein the handle in the first side wall is in the form of a through passage through the body of the container, leaving a generally tubular part which can be grasped by a user for the container to be carried, and
wherein the second side wall is provided with a plurality of feet, on which the container can be stably stood.

9. The container of claim 8 , in which the top wall is provided with a handle.

10. The container of claim 8 , in which the container is provided with an elongate spout that removably engages the orifice.

11. The container of claim 10 , in which one of the handles is provided with a location for storage of the spout.

12. The container of claim 11 , in which the location comprises a first portion of the handle sufficiently wide such that the spout can pass through along its length and a second portion adjacent to the first portion, the spout being able to move from the first portion into the second portion at at least one position along its length, the second portion being narrower than the first portion such that once moved into the second portion, the spout can no longer be removed from the second portion along the length of the spout.

13. The container of claim 12 , in which the spout comprises a waist providing a local minimum in a width of the spout perpendicular to its length, the waist defining the position at which the spout can be moved into the second portion of the handle.

14. The container of claim 8 , in which the base is provided with a plurality of feet, on which the container can be stably stood.

15. The container of claim 8 , in which the feet extend into, and act to stiffen the side faces.

16. The container of claim 8 , in which the handle in the second side wall is provided in one of the feet.

17. The container of claim 8 , in which the liquid is a petroleum-based fuel.

18. The container of claim 8 , provided with a stopper, arranged so as to block the orifice when the spout is not being used.

19. The container of claim 8 , in which the orifice is the only access into the void.

Assignees

• Husqvarna Ab

Inventors

• Persson Alexander
• Svanberg Jan

Classifications

• B65D25/48 Primary

  Separable nozzles or spouts · CPC title

• B65D25/2885

  provided on the side wall · CPC title

• B65D25/2897

  formed in the wall(s), e.g. roughenings, cavities or projections · CPC title

• B65D25/2894

  provided on the top or upper wall · CPC title

• B65D25/24

  for spacing bases of containers from supporting surfaces, e.g. legs (for pallets B65D19/40) · CPC title