US 12,459,709 B1
Pet food container
Addison Edmonds, Nashville, TN (US); and Gene Andrew Sparks, Nashville, TN (US)
Assigned to Edmonds Outdoors, LLC, La Vergne, TN (US)
Filed by Edmonds Outdoors, LLC, La Vergne, TN (US)
Filed on Sep. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/448,953.
Application 17/448,953 is a continuation in part of application No. 29/752,270, filed on Sep. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/111,278, filed on Nov. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/083,835, filed on Sep. 25, 2020.
Int. Cl. B65D 43/16 (2006.01); B65D 25/28 (2006.01); B65D 25/38 (2006.01); B65D 45/20 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 43/164 (2013.01) [B65D 25/2894 (2013.01); B65D 25/38 (2013.01); B65D 45/20 (2013.01); B65D 2251/1058 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pet food container apparatus, comprising:
a container body defining an interior space for storing the pet food;
an upper handle disposed at a center of a top side of the container body;
a lid pivotally attached to the container body at a lid hinge, the lid including a latch mount;
an opening defined in the container body below the lid hinge and above the latch mount, the opening configured for accessing the interior space of the container body;
a lid rim protruding upwardly from the container body surrounding the opening;
a gasket disposed on the lid opposite the lid rim; and
a fastener located below the lid hinge, including:
a latch disposed on the lid, and
a latch base disposed on the container body and aligned with the latch, the latch base including a latch base flange protruding downwardly from a front end of the latch base and a latch base recess formed between the latch base flange and the container body,
wherein the latch includes:
a latch link pivotally attached to the latch mount; and
a latch clamp pivotally attached to the latch link, the latch clamp having a latch cam that engages the latch base flange and is disposed in the latch base recess when the lid is in a closed position, and a latch tab that protrudes from the latch cam away from the container body and the latch base when the lid is in the closed position, and
wherein the lid rim engages the gasket in a continuous ring-shaped seal when the latch engages the latch base and the lid is in a closed position.