US 12,466,616 B2
Container with a lid-collar assembly
Spencer Beaufore, Dublin, OH (US); and Kyle Demmink, Columbus, OH (US)
Assigned to ABBOTT LABORATORIES, Abbott Park (IL)
Appl. No. 18/253,885
Filed by ABBOTT LABORATORIES, Abbott Park, IL (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 22, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/060310
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 22, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/109383, PCT Pub. Date May 27, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/117,109, filed on Nov. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0017891 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. B65D 43/16 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 43/169 (2013.01) [B65D 2543/00527 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00537 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00574 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00629 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A container, comprising:
a main body including one or more sidewalls having an interior surface and an exterior surface and defining an interior compartment, the one or more sidewalls having an upper portion defining a circular opening to the interior compartment and an annular flange extending from the exterior surface; and
a lid-collar assembly comprising a lid attached to a collar affixed to the main body, the collar having an inner side surface positioned radially outward of the annular flange and a plurality of longitudinally extending ribs spaced apart on the inner side surface;
wherein the plurality of longitudinally extending ribs engage the annular flange to resist rotation of the lid-collar assembly relative to the main body; and
wherein the inner side surface of the collar further includes a plurality of retaining elements that interact with the annular flange to resist axial separation of the lid-collar assembly from the main body; and
wherein each of the plurality of retaining elements is circumferentially offset from each of the plurality of longitudinally extending ribs.