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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
May. 29, 2008
Applicants:
Curt Gonzales, Corvallis, OR (US);
Daniel Fradl, Corvallis, OR (US);
Mark A. Ramsdell, Corvallis, OR (US);
Edward Savage, Kildare Leixlip, IE;
Inventors:
Curt Gonzales, Corvallis, OR (US);
Daniel Fradl, Corvallis, OR (US);
Mark A. Ramsdell, Corvallis, OR (US);
Edward Savage, Kildare Leixlip, IE;
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 25/28 (2006.01); B65D 53/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17513 (2013.01); B41J 2/1752 (2013.01); B41J 2/17536 (2013.01); B41J 2/17553 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment a fluid container includes a housing having a chamber therein for holding a fluid and an outlet from the chamber; and a cap capping the outlet. The cap includes a contact surface thereon contacting an interior surface of the outlet and a void therein adjacent to the contact surface such that a portion of the cap underlying the contact surface may flex into the void.