US 11,992,103 B2
Container with magnetic closure
Jeffrey Charles Munie, Austin, TX (US); Kyle Edward Rogers, Austin, TX (US); Edward Abante, Austin, TX (US); Christopher M. Keller, Austin, TX (US); Derek G. Sullivan, Austin, TX (US); and Tobias Hotchkiss, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to YETI Coolers, LLC, Austin, TX (US)
Filed by YETI Coolers, LLC, Austin, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/556,665.
Application 17/556,665 is a division of application No. 16/096,206, granted, now 11,229,268, previously published as PCT/US2018/021546, filed on Mar. 8, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/468,673, filed on Mar. 8, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0110426 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. A45C 13/10 (2006.01); A45C 7/00 (2006.01); A45C 11/20 (2006.01); A45C 13/00 (2006.01); B65D 5/00 (2006.01); B65D 5/36 (2006.01); B65D 81/38 (2006.01)
CPC A45C 13/1069 (2013.01) [A45C 7/00 (2013.01); A45C 11/20 (2013.01); A45C 13/008 (2013.01); A45C 13/103 (2013.01); B65D 5/00 (2013.01); B65D 5/36 (2013.01); B65D 81/38 (2013.01); A45C 2200/10 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A container, comprising:
an outer shell formed from a water-resistant material, and having a front portion, a back portion, side portions, and a base portion, the outer shell further comprising:
an opening at a top of the container extending into a storage compartment;
a closure mechanism, further comprising:
a first magnetic strip coupled to an internal surface of the container on a first side of the opening;
a second magnetic strip having a second magnetic strip top side and a second magnetic strip bottom side, wherein the second magnetic strip is coupled to a second side of the opening by a first flexure element, wherein the first flexure element is connected to the container at a first top end and has a first free end opposite the first top end such that the second magnetic strip is configured to flex and pivot relative to the first magnetic strip;
a third magnetic strip having a third magnetic strip top side and a third magnetic strip bottom side, wherein the third magnetic strip top side is coupled to the container by a second flexure element, wherein the second flexure element is connected to the container at a second top end and has a second free end opposite the second top end such that the third magnetic strip is configured to flex and pivot relative to the first magnetic strip;
wherein the second magnetic strip is configured to be magnetically coupled to the first magnetic strip inside the storage compartment; and
wherein the third magnetic strip is outside the storage compartment and is configured to be magnetically coupled to the first magnetic strip, wherein when in a closed configuration the first magnetic strip is positioned between the second magnetic strip and the third magnetic strip.