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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2005
John R. Nottingham, Bratenahl, OH (US);
John Spirk, Gates Mills, OH (US);
Dale A. Panasewicz, Strongsville, OH (US);
Nick E. Stanca, Westlake, OH (US);
Robert Iredell, Iv, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Dennis M. Futo, Strongsville, OH (US);
John R. Nottingham, Bratenahl, OH (US);
John Spirk, Gates Mills, OH (US);
Dale A. Panasewicz, Strongsville, OH (US);
Nick E. Stanca, Westlake, OH (US);
Robert Iredell, IV, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Dennis M. Futo, Strongsville, OH (US);
The Sherwin-Williams Company, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A plastic container and lid assembly for storing liquid coating materials including a container and a lid. The container has a body with a bottom wall, at least four sidewalls and a neck. The neck defines a wide mouth opening and including threads for receiving mating threads on the lid. The lid also has a plurality of lugs, preferably two lugs, extending radially from the lid and terminating at or before the lugs extend beyond the container sidewalls when the lid is in sealed engagement with the container. The body also has an integral handle for lifting the container and the container neck supports a bail-type handle also for lifting said container. The integral handle and bail-type handles do not extend beyond the container sidewall. The container and lid assembly having an effective packing footprint and an effective packing volume which substantially conforms to the effective packing footprint and the effective packing volume of a conventional metal paint can.