US 11,787,600 B2
Container having a leak resistant seal
Katousha Ghaemi Nouri, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Paul Maguire, Emeryville, CA (US)
Assigned to STASHER, INC., Emeryville, CA (US)
Filed by Stasher, Inc., Emeryville, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/685,989.
Application 17/685,989 is a continuation of application No. 16/816,281, filed on Mar. 12, 2020, granted, now 11,279,526.
Application 16/816,281 is a continuation of application No. 16/566,779, filed on Sep. 10, 2019, granted, now 10,625,906, issued on Apr. 21, 2020.
Application 16/566,779 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/193,978, filed on Nov. 16, 2018, granted, now 10,407,217, issued on Sep. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0185544 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B65D 33/25 (2006.01); B65D 53/06 (2006.01); B65D 33/24 (2006.01); B65D 81/34 (2006.01); B65D 53/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 33/2508 (2013.01) [B65D 33/243 (2013.01); B65D 53/06 (2013.01); B65D 81/3461 (2013.01); B65D 53/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A container comprising:
an outside portion forming an external surface of the container;
an inside portion forming an internal surface of the container; and
a container seal arranged on the internal surface and configured to open and close the container for providing access to the inside portion, wherein the container seal comprises:
a first seal portion arranged on the internal surface of a first side of the container;
a second seal portion arranged on the internal surface of a second side of the container with a gap disposed between a first end of the first seal portion and a second end of the second seal portion, and
a gap seal that is disposed within the gap and extends along a gap surface, the gap surface extending between a first end of the first seal portion on the first side of the container and a second end of the second seal portion on the second side of the container,
wherein when the first seal portion is coupled with the second seal portion, the first end of the first seal portion and the second end of the second seal portion are adjacent to the gap and the gap surface such that the container seal is leak resistant in a closed configuration without the aid of an external structure to maintain the container seal, and
wherein the gap seal is a protrusion that abuts at least one of the first end of the first seal portion and the second end of the second seal portion when the container is in the closed configuration.