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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:
Mar. 12, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard C Kao, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ; B65D / ; B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
206389 ; 206407 ; 2064591 ; 215230 ; 220212 ; 220355 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a film canister with an invertible cap having a first side and a symmetrical second side. Each side has oppositely facing circular engagement channels and are each engageable with a body portion that is sized for receiving and containing a roll of film. The first side and second side each have indicia indicative of 'EXPOSED' and 'UNEXPOSED' respectively to provide a convenient means of identifying the status of a roll of film contained in the canister. The cap is simply engaged on the body portion with the appropriate indicia displayed.