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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:
Apr. 29, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul A. Schneider, Waunakee, WI (US);
Yu-Min Tsai, Taipei, TW;
Assignee:
Aquapore Moisture Systems, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 6/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 6/26 ;
Abstract
A collapsible container includes a cylindrical sidewall extending between a top and a bottom of the container. The sidewall is formed of a flexible material which enables the container to be opened to an expanded configuration or closed to a collapsed configuration. A coil spring biases the container to the open configuration. The coil spring has a top coil adjacent the top of the container and a bottom coil adjacent the bottom of the container. A durable bottom layer is affixed to the bottom of the container by at least one clamp.