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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 1979
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mark W Weavers, Little Canada, MN (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
220306 ; 220315 ; 206387 ; 150-05 ; 292D / ;
Abstract
Latch for a hinged plastic box wherein a flexible plastic slide fits around the shoulders of a T-shaped rail projecting from the cover part of the box. A tab projecting from the container part of the box fits into a notch in the rail, after which the slide is moved along the rail to latch the cover part to the container part. A detent on the slide then is snapped into place against the rail to provide second latching action.