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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 1978
Filed:
Jul. 11, 1977
James L Armentrout, Newport Beach, CA (US);
George H Schneider, El Toro, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A sterile container, including a container body having an open end for receiving an item to be maintained in a sterile environment and with the container body including a flange portion extending around the entire container body at the open end, a sealing cavity formed within the flange portion of the container body and extending throughout the length of the flange portion and with the cavity including an opening having a particular dimension across the opening and with at least a portion of the cavity within the cavity having a larger dimension across the cavity than the particular dimension across the opening, a cover for closing the open end of the container body and with the cover including a flange portion extending around the entire cover, and a sealing cavity formed within the flange portion of the cover and with one of the sealing cavities nested within the other when the cover seals the open end of the container body and with the shape of the sealing cavity in the flange portion of the cover complementary to the shape of the sealing cavity in the flange portion of the container body.