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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 1993
Filed:
Aug. 01, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Larry G Zimmerman, Champaign, IL (US);
Assignee:
Dart Industries Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
222148 ; 222534 ; 222556 ; 222565 ; 220338 ; 215237 ;
Abstract
A condiment shaker including a hollow body with an enlarged opening therethrough receiving a pivotally mounted lid for rocking between a closed position and a dispensing position. In the dispensing position, slots through the lid flange are open and provide transverse dispensing passages. Lugs on the container body align with the slots and move through the length thereof as the lid is closed. The lid is positively positioned and releasably retained in each of the two positions by cooperating abutment areas and a complementary protuberance and recess respectively on the container body and the lid.