US 12,448,185 B1
Plastic meter lid and frame assembly for an in-ground meter box
Stuart J. Box, Cropwell, AL (US); and Steven D. Kreiser, Wrightstown, NJ (US)
Assigned to SIGMA CORPORATION, Cream Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed by SIGMA CORPORATION, Cream Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed on Aug. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/232,121.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/403,011, filed on Sep. 1, 2022.
Int. Cl. B65D 51/18 (2006.01); B65D 43/02 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 51/18 (2013.01) [B65D 43/0202 (2013.01); B65D 2203/10 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00194 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00277 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00296 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00314 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00398 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00509 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lid assembly configured for being positioned on top of an in-ground meter box to form a cover of the in-ground meter box, said lid assembly comprising:
a plastic member forming the lid, said lid having a pair of long sides and wherein each long side has a recess therein and wherein a bottom side of said lid comprises a pair of slits, transverse to said long sides;
a metal frame having a pair of elongated rails coupled together by a pair of transverse ribs; and
wherein said metal frame is attached to said lid such that a portion of each of said transverse ribs is positioned within a corresponding slit and wherein each of said elongated rails is positioned within a corresponding recess in said lid.