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US 7,513,378 · App. 10/540,608 · Granted Apr 7, 2009

Extendable container

Assignee: Akihide Mori
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Patent No.
US 7,513,378
App. No.
10/540,608
Granted
Apr 7, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

An extendable container including a container body and a sheet, the container body having a bottom part, a bellows barrel part extendable in a height direction, and a top part having an openable cover, the sheet being wrapped around the outer circumference of the container body to secure the container body, wherein the bellows barrel part includes ring portions, each having a predetermined width and trough portions, the ring portions including projections arranged thereon, and wherein the sheet includes locking holes at positions in alignment with the projections of the ring portion such that the locking holes receive the respective projections when the sheet is wrapped around the bellows barrel part.

Claims (3)

1. An extendable container comprising a container body including a bottom part, a bellows barrel part extendable in a height direction, and a top part having an openable cover, and a sheet, said sheet wrapped around an outer circumference of the container body to secure the container body, wherein the bellows barrel part includes ring portions, each having a predetermined width and trough portions, the ring portions including projections arranged thereon, and wherein the sheet includes locking holes at positions in alignment with the projections of the ring portions so that the locking holes receive the respective projections when the sheet is wrapped around the bellows barrel part.

2. The extendable container according to claim 1 , wherein the bellows barrel part comprises the ring portions, each having the predetermined width and the trough portions, and wherein the sheet is secured to the bellows barrel part by applying a peelable adhesive onto a rear surface of the sheet and then by wrapping the sheet around the bellows barrel part with the rear surface thereof in contact with the bellows barrel part.

3. The extendable container according to claim 2 , wherein the adhesive is applied in a plurality of bands, on the rear surface of the sheet, extending in the height direction of the sheet or the circular direction of the sheet.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 27, 2005
From: SAKAI, SHIN
To: AKIHIDE MORI
Reel/Frame 017413/0899 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20060081555A1 · Apr 20, 2006