US 12,221,265 B2
Holding tool
Yosuke Kuruma, Kanagawa (JP); Kenta Mizumoto, Kanagawa (JP); Toshikazu Takeuchi, Kanagawa (JP); and Ryohei Takeuchi, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/348,158.
Application 17/348,158 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2019/049530, filed on Dec. 18, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-236020 (JP), filed on Dec. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0309438 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. A01N 1/02 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B65D 43/02 (2006.01); B65D 81/24 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 81/24 (2013.01) [B65D 43/0225 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00018 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A holding tool configured to be used together with a container and a lid for the container to sandwich the container and the lid, the holding tool comprising:
a base configured to receive the container so that the container is positioned on the base, the base including a central portion;
a cover configured to cover the lid, the cover including a central portion;
the base including an opening at the central portion of the base;
the cover including an opening at the central portion of the cover; and
the cover and the base being configured to engage with each other while the container and the lid are positioned between the base and the cover to press and sandwich the container and the lid upward and downward; and
the base including an annular or semi-annular protruding wall that protrudes upwardly away from the base, the protruding wall being configured to extend above the container when the container is positioned on the base to position the lid relative to the base; and
the base including an annular or semi-annular ridge configured to position the container relative to the base, the annular or semi-annular protruding wall being positioned outside the annular or semi-annular ridge as seen in a plan view of the base.