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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:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Andrew G. Avinger, Lubbock, TX (US);
Stephen L. Fillipp, Lubbock, TX (US);
Assignee:
Emerald Innovations L.LC., Butler, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A45C 1/506 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A45C 1/506 ;
Abstract
A flip-top cover for a receptacle such as a plastic bag, the cover having a body, a flap member with a decorative face and a hinge rotatably connecting the flap member to the body, a handle attached in fixed relation to the decorative face, a power supply, an integrated circuit with light and sound generators, and a switch that activates the circuit upon rotation of the flap member relative to the body.