Granted Patent B2

US 7,584,866 · App. 11/499,452 · Granted Sep 8, 2009

Assignee: Letica Corporation

Abstract

Claims (18)

1. An all plastic paint container comprising:

a cylindrical pail having an upper annular rim;

an annular spout ring having an inverted U-shaped peripheral portion which snaps onto the annular pail rim and has an upper annular shoulder and, internally of said shoulder, an upstanding pouring rim which rises substantially above the rim and the shoulder when the ring is attached to the pail; and

a lid which snaps onto the spout ring pouring rim and has an outer sidewall with a diameter substantially equal to the outer diameter of the ring, said sidewall lying immediately above said shoulder when the lid is attached to the spout ring.

2. An all plastic paint container as described in claim 1 wherein the outer diameter of the lid is substantially equal to the outer diameter of the pail, said lid further including a weakened area on the side wall of the lid which defines a tear band.

3. An all plastic paint container as described in claim 2 wherein the spout ring has an inverted U-shaped channel which receivingly snaps onto the upper annular rim of the cylindrical pail and defines an external shoulder having a diameter approximately equal to that to the diameter of the pail, the lid side wall, with the tear band in place, closely abutting the shoulder when the lid is secured to the spout ring.

4. The all plastic paint container as described in claim 3 wherein the spout ring is semi-toroidal in shape to define upper and lower annular rims, the upper rim being smaller in diameter than the lower rim.

5. The all plastic paint container defined in claim 4 further including wiper ledges formed within the inside surface of the pouring rim.

6. An all plastic paint container comprising:

a pail having an open top defined by a side wall ending in a rim having a first diameter which is moderately less than the diameter of the sidewall, said sidewall also having an external undercut;

a separate snap-on annular spout ring having an inverted U-shaped base channel adapted to receivingly snap on to said pail rim and defining an upwardly facing annular shoulder, said spout ring having a side wall extending upwardly and inwardly from said shoulder and which terminates at the upper end in an annular spout which lies substantially above the rim and shoulder and has a second diameter smaller than the first diameter and having an external undercut; and

a bowl-shaped snap on lid having a side wall of substantially said first diameter which rests on or immediately above said shoulder and, radially inwardly of said side wall, an inverted U-shaped channel adapted to receivingly snap on to the upper end of the spout.

7. An all plastic paint container as defined in claim 6 wherein the spout ring has an upwardly facing external shoulder and the lid side wall abuts the shoulder when the lid is attached to the spout ring.

8. The all plastic paint container defined in claim 7 wherein the lid side wall tears off along a line of weakened structure under and radially outwardly of the channel and the outer diameter of the lid is substantially equal to the outer diameter of the pail such that the lid is substantially radially flush with the pail when attached to the spout ring.

9. The all plastic paint container defined in claim 6 wherein the lid has a circular recess.

10. The all plastic paint container defined in claim 6 wherein the spout ring is provided with at least one brush wiper.

11. The all plastic paint container as defined in claim 10 wherein the spout ring is provided with a pair of opposing brush wipers.

12. The all plastic paint container as defined in claim 9 further including a tint plug located within the recess.

Assignments (31)

Continuity (1)