US 11,866,241 B2
Container having a self-supporting cover for an outlet
John Andrew Stringer, Brownhills (GB); and Andrew Christopher Cope, Essington (GB)
Assigned to Schoeller Allibert GmbH, Schwerin (DE)
Appl. No. 17/607,123
Filed by Schoeller Allibert GmbH, Schwerin (DE)
PCT Filed Mar. 25, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/058407
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 28, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/221518, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19172036 (EP), filed on Apr. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0228410 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 77/04 (2006.01); B65D 77/06 (2006.01); E05D 11/10 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 77/0466 (2013.01) [B65D 77/061 (2013.01); E05D 11/1007 (2013.01); E05D 11/1028 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00034 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00288 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00338 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00711 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/604 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A container for transporting and storing liquid, viscous, or free-flowing substances, the container having a bottom, a side wall, and an outlet recess in at least one of the bottom and the side wall, in which an outlet valve is arranged or arrangeable and which is closable via a cover on an outside of the container,
the cover comprising a base portion, via which the cover is attached or attachable to the container, and a closure portion that is hinged to the base portion via a hinge assembly so as to be pivotable about a rotation axis, so that said closure portion is transferable from a first position closing the outlet recess into a second position releasing the outlet recess,
the hinge assembly configured to hold or lock the closure portion in the second position releasing the outlet recess in a self-supporting manner,
the base portion comprising a guide rib, and the container comprising a corresponding guide slit in an area of the outlet recess.