US1482219A - Container - Google Patents

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Jan. 29 1924. 1,482219 L. c. BROOKS CONTAINER Filed Nov. 25 1921 6 7 5 6 7 5 5 I i I um I mlmug 0 9 l H8 2 8 INVENTOR Patented Jan. 29, 1924.

; f was we LEWIS C. BROOKS, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN. ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL PAPER 7 CAN COMPANY, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION OF WISCONSIN.

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Application filed November 25, 1921. Serial No. 517,506.

To all whom it my concern:

Be it known that I, Lnwrs C. BROOKS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and State 5 of Wisconsin, have invented a new and use ful Improvement in Containers, of which the following is a full,,clear, and exact'description. Y

The present invention relates to containers and more particularly to containers having readily removable closures to allow the inspection required by the postal authorities for matter sent through the mails.

The object of the present invention is to produce a container of this character which can be made cheaply and which, although the closure is readily removable, the closure will be held securely.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a container embodying the present invention with the closure removed;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the closure showing the string-attaching nob;

Figure 3 is a View of the closure a before the application to it of the string-attaching nob;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the completed package;

Figure 5 is a vertical section through the container shown in Figure 4; and

F i ure 6 is a vertical section showing a modi cation.

Referring to the illustrated embodiment of the invention, the container 1 is shown as the usual can or tube, preferably made of paper or other light material.

A closure 2 is permanently applied to the bottom in any suitable way.

The closure 3 is removably applied to the upper end Or mouth of the container. This closure 3 is shown as a snap disk which is inserted in the mouth of the container and is seated against an annular internal bead or seat 4. This seat is shown in the illus trated embodiment as formed by heading in the body of the container, but may be otherwise formed. The mouth of the container is continued at 5 above the closure. The edge above the closure is provided with notches 6, preferably cut at an angle, as shown in Figures 1 and 4. These notches serve as a string-retaining means on the container body. The closure 3 has suitable string-securing means illustrated as a nob formed by 'ed through the middle of the closure.

the ordinary paper fastener which is insert; string 8 is secured to the nob 7. The closure 3 is applied by inserting it in the mouth of the container against the seat 4. Then the string, one end of which is attached to the nob 7, is passed through one of the notches 6, wound once or twice around the container in the groove 9 and then passed through the other notch 6 and wound around the nob. The closure may be easily removedyby unwinding the string and then replaced, thus permitting the easy inspection of the contents required by the postal authorities.

In Figure 6 is illustrated a modification. As shown in Figure 6, the can body is not headed in as shown in the other figures, but is left straight at its mouth. The disk 3 is forced into the mouth of the can thus forcin}; out a little ridge 10 around the can body.

' The string 8 is passed through notches 6 in the can body and Wound around underneath the little ridge 10 formed by the outward pressing of the can body by the disk closure.

It is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to itsillustrated embodiment but may be otherwise embodied within the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

1. A container having a mouth, a closure for the mouth, string-retaining means for the exterior of the container, and a string for removably holding the closure in place passing over the top of the closure and engaging the string-retaining means on the container, said string being entirely exterior of the closure and container, substantially as described.

2. A container having a mouth, a closure for the mouth, notches in the container and string-securing means on the closure, both exterior of the closed container, and a strin attached to the string-securing means and passing through the notches, substantially as described.

3. A container having a body portion with an internal annular fiange, a disk closure seated against the internal flange, the container body having notches therein above the closure, string-securing means on the closure, and a string attached thereto and passing through the notches, substantially as described.

4. A container having a, month, a closure 110 adapted to fit therein, notches above the mouth and exterior of the closed container, and a string secured to the exterior of the closure and passing through the notches.

5. A container having a mouth provided Witha seat, a closure for the mouth resting on the seat, a string-retaining groove in the outer surface of the container, and a closureretaining string lying entirely outside the closed container and across the top of the closure, said string being attached to, the; closure and Wound around in the stringretaining groove, substantially as described.

6. A container having a body portion With an internal annular seat and an external groove at its mouth, a closure fitting internally into the container mouth and seating against the seat, string-retaining means at the edges of the can body above the closure,

string-retaining means on the closure, and a string, secured to said several:- string-retaining means for holding the closure in place, substantially as described.

7. A container having-a bodyportion with an internal annular seat and an; external groove at its mouth, a closure fitting internallyinto the container mouth and seating against the seat, the edge of the can body above the closure bein'g formed with stringretaining notches, a string retaining. nob on the closure and astring passing around the nob and through the notches tor reniovably holding the closure in.place,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set y and.

LEWIS C. BROOKS.

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