Patent ID: 11952164
Assignee: nan
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 12:
13. A container and accessory combination comprising:
a container body including:
a container body sidewall extending upward from and contiguous with a container body closed bottom wall, the container body defining a hollow interior volume, the container body sidewall terminating at a container body sidewall upper edge;

a container lid, including:
a container lid rotational and axial guide feature integral with a container lid sidewall,
the container lid sidewall having a duct shape extending contiguously between an upper peripheral edge and a lower peripheral edge,
a seaming panel peripherally formed about and extending upward and radially outward from the container lid sidewall upper peripheral edge, the seaming panel having a shape designed for joining the container lid to the container body,
wherein the container lid rotational and axial guide feature extends radially from a radially interior surface of the container lid sidewall, wherein the container lid sidewall and the seaming panel are contiguous and unitarily formed of the same material; and
an accessory including:
an accessory exterior sidewall having a size and shape enabling insertion within an interior defined by the container lid sidewall, and
an accessory rotational and axial guide feature extending radially from a radially outward facing surface of a generally vertically oriented annular wall, wherein the accessory rotational and axial guide feature is designed to engage with the container lid rotational and axial guide feature,

wherein the container lid and the container body are assembled to one another by rolling and compressing the upper peripheral edge of the container body sidewall and the seaming panel with one another,
wherein when the accessory rotational and axial guide feature and the container lid rotational and axial guide feature engage with one another and when rotated respective to one another, the container lid and the accessory result in at least one of:
a) causing the container lid and the accessory to move axially respective to one another,
b) a restriction of axial movement relative to one another, assembling the container lid and the accessory with one another,
c) a limitation of axial movement relative to one another, assembling the container lid and the accessory with one another, and
d) a removal of the restriction of axial movement relative to one another, allowing disassembly of the container lid and the accessory from one another,
wherein the initially vended seal of the container is provided by an element other than the accessory;
wherein the accessory provides at least one feature unrelated to functions associated with at least one of (a) breaching an initially vended seal and (b) resealing of the container.