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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:
Nov. 11, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Paul Bernard Mitchell, Auckland, NZ;
Assignee:
Viscount Plastics (NZ) Limited, Mt. Wellington, NZ;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 4/326 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 4/326 ;
Abstract
A container ( ) and closure ( ) arrangement where the container includes a closure displacement lever ( ) to assist a user with removal of the closure. The lever is pivotally connected to the container at one end ( ) and the other end ( ) is free for manipulation by a user. In use, a skirt of the closure sits over part of the lever, so that movement of the free end of the lever in a direction away from the container exerts a force on the skirt to facilitate removal of the closure from the container.