Abbott Laboratories Corporation

Melissa J Gamel

John G Barca

Elwood L Stokesbury

Jay Z Yuan

R Peter Macauley

Douglas A Harp

Marc A Pedmo

James P Perry

Jeremy John McBroom

David Edward Compeau

Charles R Schotthoefer

Steven R Dimler

David L Cook

A container () for holding granular or powdered material and formed by a top wall (), a bottom wall (), a front wall (), a rear wall (), a first side wall (), and a second side wall (). A rotatably removable lid (D) is interiorly mounted with a scoop () and is pivotally hinged to a collar () that includes a sealing gasket (). The collar () mounts to the walls of the container (). A sealing wallof the lid (D) cooperates with the gasketto prevent the contents from spilling. The container () incorporates additional sealing features wherein the gasket () projects inwardly from the collar () into an interior space (H, I) of the container () to be biased against the sealing flange (). The sealing wall includes modifications that funnel powder into the interior space (H,I) of the receptacle ().

Container

Container and cap

A multi-layered material for use in producing containers. The multi-layered material includes an inner layer, an outer layer, and a regrind layer disposed between the inner layer and the outer layer. The outer layer contains titanium dioxide and the regrind layer contains a dye selected from a group consisting of yellow dye and black dye.

Light-excluding, multi-layered material

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Delaware, OH, United States of America

Melissa J Gamel