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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:
Nov. 02, 1982
Filed:
Oct. 09, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
William L Phillips, Columbus, OH (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2063 / ; 224919 ; 46 43 ; 46 47 ; 273109 ;
Abstract
A container for spherical objects such as game marbles comprising a hollow torus shaped housing in which objects are admitted to the hollow of the housing by means of an aperture in the housing which is covered or uncovered by a movable closure member. In a preferred embodiment the container includes a hub having an elastic concave receptacle for a shooter marble and the hub is supported within the torus shape of the housing by a plurality of spokes connected to the housing.