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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:
Dec. 26, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 16, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
William J Steffes, Wichita, KS (US);
Assignee:
Coleman Outdoor Products, Inc., Wichita, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
220331 ; 220212 ;
Abstract
A container includes a container body and a lid. The lid includes a pair of pins which extend into slots in the side walls of the container body. The configurations of the slots and the pins are such that the pins can slide but not rotate in the main portions of the slot but can rotate in enlarged end portions of the slots. The position of the lid can be reversed by positioning the pins in the enlarged end portions of the slots, rotating the lid 180.degree., and sliding the lid and the pins to the other ends of the slots. The lid can then be opened or closed while the lid is in its inverted position by sliding the pins within the slots.