US 12,187,070 B2
Coating material container
Michael C. Lambertson, Jr., Aurora, OH (US); and Joshua R. Robertson, North Ridgeville, OH (US)
Assigned to SWIMC LLC, Cleveland, OH (US)
Filed by SWIMC LLC, Cleveland, OH (US)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/079,936.
Application 18/079,936 is a continuation of application No. 16/801,815, filed on Feb. 26, 2020, granted, now 11,565,544.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/812,418, filed on Mar. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0111318 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. B65D 25/28 (2006.01); B44D 3/12 (2006.01); B65D 25/32 (2006.01)
CPC B44D 3/121 (2013.01) [B44D 3/128 (2013.01); B65D 25/2832 (2013.01); B44D 3/126 (2013.01); B65D 25/32 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A container comprising:
a container body having a front, a rear having slots and a projection projecting rearwardly from the rear proximate a top of the container body and providing a surface for a user's thumb to rest, a right side, a left side, and a bottom that define a cavity for receiving a coating material, the projection defining a cavity;
a fastener disposed in and movable within the slots; and
a flexible band attached to the rear of the container body, the flexible band having a first end received in the cavity of the projection and attached to the rear of the container body to rotate in the cavity relative to the projection, and a second end attached to the fastener at the rear of the container body to move with the fastener,
wherein the flexible band is movable between a first position spaced a first distance from the rear to allow the container body to be grasped at the rear, and a second position spaced a second distance from the rear greater than the first distance to provide space for a user's hand between the rear of the container body and the flexible band.