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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2006
Applicants:
Timothy J. Coughlin, Holly, MI (US);
John Robert Selina, Brighton, MI (US);
Inventors:
Timothy J. Coughlin, Holly, MI (US);
John Robert Selina, Brighton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Letica Corporation, Rochester, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 51/18 (2006.01); B65D 39/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A plastic paint can having a closure with a circular aperture which releasably receives an all plastic tint plug having a circular pull ring. The tint plug is made locally more deformable to provide a progressive release by means of a well of thin material formed within the recessed center deck of the tint plug adjacent the rim structure and a pair of symmetrically arranged slots opening externally of the rim structure surface.