US2477143A - Container and closure therefor - Google Patents

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July 26, 1949. H. RUBIN CONTAINER AND CLOSURE THEREFOR Filed Jan. 11, 1947 I yw mi m u E A IN VEN TOR.

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Patented July 26, 1949 h g 2,477,143 I CONTAINER AND CLOSURE THEREFOR v Herbert Rubin, New Yor N. Y. Application January 11, 1947, Serial No. 721,518

"7 Claims.

This invention relates to containers for dispensing liquid or fine granular materials and closures therefor and more particularly tosuch containers which are easily assembled and easily manipulable and can readily be ornamented.

- While considerable efiort has been expended in .the cosmetics and toiletries field-s to market such products in attractive-distinctive containers, .the stress on attractiveness has often minimized the. utility, On the other hand, containers, and particularly the closures of the same,

when made with the stress on utility, have lost their attractiveness. Thus, the container either does notmake an attractive display, or else it does not work well when put to the use for which it is intended. The marketing of thecommodity is. accordingly affected, not by its own qualities,

but by .the container in which it is dispensed.

When the commodity'being dispensed is expensive, a'more costly container canbe employed and theproblem is not so pressing. When, however, the cost of the container must be kept at a, minimum, due to the inexpensive nature of the commodity carried in it, the problem of .furnishing, a fully effective and distinctive container is a real one. V

Heretofore, in the inexpensive types of containers, attractive forms of paper or cardboard were used for completing them and dressing them up. The use of these calls for formance of hand operations in applying the paper or cardboard parts to the containers, suchas the glueing of strips around the neck ofa bottle and other comparable operations. Considering present labor costs,

readily appreciated that the. cost of such operations. is prohibitive. Thus, some other approach had to be found while keeping in mind that distinctiveness is desirable utility must be preserved. I believe that I have achieved those ends by means of the instant invention.

The container of my invention enables them corporation of attractiveness and distinctive ness of appearance with a functioning which-is eifective and intriguing. Nevertheless my. container is economical of production and assembly, quite contraryto what its appearancewould indicate. The decorative scheme imparted to the embodiment selected for illustrating the invention is that of an Early American oil lamp. s appearance is an attractive one but belies the fact that the device is in reality a dispensing containerwith a novel and efiective'closure, in the functioning of which the elements play important parts. could just as readily'be formed to simulate other typesof lamps and could take on many other forms, entirely remote from that of a lamp. In the container shown, an economical base, or bottle part, is closed by means of cap type the per--.

howeveryit can be While attractiveness and apparent 1 lamp, The container separated but inthe relative closure,'susceptible of being turned out economi- In addition, such lowerend, or collar formation,

servesto maintain a, simulated oil lamp gallery in place. This apparent gallery also carries a handle to complete the simulationof an oil lamp, while, at the same time, serving as a gripping means.

The simulated gallery-thoug made of metaL can be turned out most matic machinery. It secure the gallery in place at the time the lamp chimney is applied to the closure cap. In fact, assembly labor is so reduced that though the economically on autogallery .is made of material substantially more expensive than paper,:the labor cost for assembly is so low that the overall cost for labor and material is well below .what it would be if a paper gallery were used. Furthermore, no paper gallery, though adhered to itself, or to the simulated chimney, could perform the handle supporting function of vention, v It is, accordingly an object ofmy invention to provide an'economical dispensing container of attractive appearance. Another object is to the construction of my inof the illustrative embodiment of the invention,

shown on the accompanying drawing, proceeds."

In that drawing I V Figure- 1 is a side elevation of the container of ,my invention. 7

Figure 2 is a vertical sectiontaken online 2-2 of Figure 1. a j

Figure 3 isan exploded view. of the container of my invention, showing the elements thereof 7 positions that they occupy when assembled,

Figured isa top planview of the base of my container showing a modified form of closure cap applied theretothe base of an Early Amerie the application of an apparenthowever, is formed of a re-- a lower end of substantially as the outside of the closure This lower end, when engaged over:

is a most simple job to 7 provide a readily operable and extremely convenient closure for such a con-- through the perforations 23. Here again, of course, the simulated chimney gallery and handle are also employed, and very effectively so. In fact, the provision of an effective and attractive handle, on salt and pepper shakers, has always been a problem when the same were made of glass or porcelain. The construction of my invention provides a. fully effective and economical solution to that problem. Furthermore, the chimney, due to its stack effect, is quite useful in preventing moisture laden air from working down into the container and moistem'ng the contents thereof. This feature, in and of itself, is most desirable from the standpoint of salt alone.

In Figure 6 I have shown an enlarged section of a slightly modified form of simulated chimney. This chimney has a bellied out upper portion 24, and a lower engaging collar 25, the same as those of the simulated chimney previously described. A diiference exists in the interior of the chimneys construction, however, for, instead of having a, smoothly convex curve where the portions 24 and 25 merge into each other, this modified chimney has an inwardly extending shoulder 26. This shoulder results from a thickening of the material at the top end of the collar which strengthens the whole construction. Particularly this thickening reinforces, or backs up, the resilient action of the collar 25 in clamping upon the side wall ll of the closure member 9. In addition, the shoulder 26 comes into engagement with the head IU of the closure member and assists in maintaining the proper longitudinal relationship of these members.

It is, of course, to be understood that the particular exterior configuration of the elements of my invention, is for the purpose of enhancing the appearance thereof, and can be departed from widely without any real departure from the scope and spirit of the invention. For instance, the collar I! or 25 might terminate in any desired type of gripping means, whether decorative or not. Also the handle place by the collar need not be a simulated oil lamp gallery, but might be any other suitably formed support. In addition, other modifications might well occur to one skilled in the art, yet would fall within the scope of the instant invention whose only limitations should be such as are imposed on the claims which follow by the disclosures of the prior art.

Having disclosed my invention, what I claim as new and seek to obtain Letters Patent for is:

1. A container having an opening therein, surrounded by an upwardly extending neck, a cap type closure member engaged with said neck to close said opening, means to operate said closure member, said means comprising a tubular member engaging said closure member exteriorly in a friction fit, a handle member for holding said container, and means to secure said handle member in position with respect to said container, said means consisting of said tubular member and an extending portion of said handle member.

2. A device in accordance with claim 1 in which the extending portion of said handle member is an annulus overlying the end of said tubular member.

3. A device in accordance with claim 2 in which said neck is provided with a laterally extending shoulder and said handle member annulus is held against said shoulder by said tubular member.

4. A device in accordance with claim 3 in which said neck is formed with an exterior screw thread support maintained in formation above said shoulder and said closure member is provided with screw threads mating with the threads of said neck.

5. A dispensing container simulating an oil lamp, and comprising a bottle type base member, having an opening therein surrounded by an exeriorly threaded neck, and laterally extending collar adjacent the base of said neck, a cap type closure member overlying the end of said neck and secured thereto in threaded engagement with the threads of said neck, a member simulating an oil lamp chimney for operating said closure member, said last named member having a resilient portion to overlie and tightly engage said cap type closure member, a member simulating the gallery of an oil lamp having an annular portion underlying the end of said resilient portion and held in place by the same against said collar, said gallery member having fingers for overlying the exterior of said resilient portion, and also having a handle extending laterally therefrom.

6. A container having an opening therein surrounded by an upwardly extending neck, a can type closure member engaged with said neck to close said opening, means to operate said closure member, said means comprising a tubular member engaging said closure member exteriorly in a. friction fit, a handle member including a mounting portion and a hand grip portion, said mounting portion extending between and being secured in tight gripping relation between the inner end of said tubular member and the adjacent portion of said container, said tight gripping relation being the sole securing of said mounting portion, said hand grip portion extending away from said mounting portion for gripping by the hand of the user.

7. A dispensing container simulating an oil lamp, and comprising a. bottle type base member, having an opening therein surrounded by an exteriorly threaded neck, and laterally extending collar adjacent the base of said neck, a can type closure member overlying the end of said neck and secured thereto in threaded engagement with the threads of said neck, a member simulating an oil lamp chimney for operating said closure member, said last named member having a resilient portion to overlie and tightly engage said cap type closure member, a member simulating the gallery of an oil lamp having an annular portion underlying the end of said resilient portion and held in place by the same against said collar, said gallery member havingfingers for overlying the exterior of said resilient portion.

HERBERT RUBIN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date D. 27,259 Brown June 29, 1897 D. 126,991 Rubin May 6, 1941 760,300 Bernardin May 17, 1904 815,033 Paull et al. Mar. 13, 1906 1,244,980 Hartman Oct. 30, 1917 1,637,667 Vaughan Aug. 2, 1927 1,971,307 Carvalho Aug. 21, 1934 1,978,635 Jedlicka Oct. 30, 1934 2,076,457 Genone Apr. 6, 1937 2,394,135 Baar Feb. 5, 1946

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