US1951055A - Lid - Google Patents

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March 13, 1934. F KLE|N 1,951,055

LID

I Filed July 18, 1932 INVENTOR.

Ben 7km in T kZez'n ATTORNEY.

Patented Mar. 13, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in lids and refers more particularly to lids having receptacles formed therein into which articles such as worn-out safety-razor blades may be inserted.

At the present time many people find great difrlculty in satisfactorily disposing of their used razor blades. This invention aims, among other things, to provide a lid, primarily intended for use on shaving cream jars, so constructed that worn-out razor blades may be readily inserted into it; and to provide such space within the lid to accommodate all the blades that are likely to become worn out while that particular jar of shaving cream is in use. Thus when the contents of the jar has been used and the lid is discarded the used blades will accompany it, and be so housed that there is no danger of anyone being injured by them.

Another object of the invention is to provide a lid having a receptacle formed therein into which blades may be readily inserted and out of which there is practically no possibility of their falling even if the lid is violently shaken.

A further object of the invention is to provide such a lid which is cheap to manufacture.

With these and other objects and advantages in view which will become apparent as the specification proceeds, a preferred embodiment of the invention is hereinafter described with the aid of the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 illustrates a plan view of the invention, and

Figure 2 is an enlarged section on the line 22 of Figure '1.

Referring to the drawing, the lid consists of a disc 3 from the outer margin of which a ring 4. extends downwardly. The lower portion of this ring is preferably provided with means for engaging the neck of a jar-not shown; in the present instance a screw thread 5 is provided for this purpose. It will be understood that the disc 3 and ring 4 with its screw threaded por-- tion 5 are preferably formed of a single sheet of material of uniform thickness. The disc 3 is provided with an annular depression 6 through a portion of which an arcuate slot 7 is formed. Within the ring 4 is a circular plate 8 which has a downturned annular margin which frictionally engages the inner side of the said ring adjacent the disc 3.

The plate 8 which is generally made of cardboard is preferably provided with a greaseproof non-porous facing on its underside which is adapted to be tightened against the top of a jar. The plate is downwardly curved so that its underside is convex and is retained in this form by the underside of the annular depression 6. Thus between the disc 3 and the plate 8 and within the annular depression 6 a receptacle 9 is formed into which razor blades may be inserted through the arcuate slot '7, since the blades are sufiiciently resilient to immediately reassume their fiat normal shape after having been flexed to permit their insertion through the slot. The curvature of the latter is however suificient to prevent the blades within the receptacle from coming out even if the lid is violently shaken.

It may also be added that though the plate 8 1:

is sufficiently well fitted to prevent the slight weight of the blades displacing it, at the same time the plate can be, without much trouble, removed so that the receptacle may also be employed for the temporary storage of blades by those who collect them with a view to having them r e-sharpened for further service.

While in the foregoing reference has been made only to the use of the receptacle to receive ,razor blades it is understood that it may be utilized for other purposes when the lid is employed on jars which contain articles other than shaving cream. It is further understood that the invention is susceptible to such further alterations and modifications as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A lid consisting of a disc having a depending ring formed around its periphery for attachment to the mouth of a receptacle, a plate the margin of which engages the inner periphery of the ring adjacent said disc so that a portion of the ring extends beneath the plate to engage the mouth of the receptacle, said plate margin engaging the inner periphery of the ring so that an inclosed space is formed between the disc and the ring, and said disc being apertured to provide ingress into the inclosed space.

2. A lid comprising a disc having a laterally disposed ring formed around its periphery for attachment to the mouth of a receptacle, said disc having an annular depression formed therein, a plate the margin of which engages the inner periphery of the ring so that a portion of the ring extends beyond the plate for purposes of attachment to the mouth of the receptacle, said plate being held from said disc by the depression so that an enclosed space is formed between the plate and disc, and the latter being slotted to permit ingress into the inclosed space.

3. A lid comprising a disc having an annular depression formed therein, said disc also having an arcuate slot formed through a portion of said depression, a ring projecting downwardly from the periphery of said disc, and a plate within said ring, the periphery of the plate being engaged by the inner face of said ring, said plate being retained in a downwardly convex shape by said depression.

BENJAMIN F. KLEIN.

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