Patent ID: 11878834
Assignee: STASHER, INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 15:
16. An elastomeric container, comprising:
a top enclosure and a bottom enclosure comprising an elastomer having a hardness of between 40 and 90 on a Shore A durometer scale and that are configured to provide an inner volume of the elastomeric container, each of the top and bottom enclosures comprising a front edge, a back edge, a left edge, and a right edge; and
a seal comprising the elastomer, and configured to open and close the inner volume of the elastomeric container, the seal comprising:
a bottom press-fit element and a top press-fit element;
a bottom pressure shield disposed between the bottom press-fit element and the inner volume, the bottom pressure shield comprising a bottom pressure shield inner surface in direct contact with the inner volume; and
a top pressure shield disposed between the top press-fit element and the inner volume, the top pressure shield comprising a top pressure shield inner surface in direct contact with the inner volume,

wherein the elastomeric container comprises an average enclosure thickness comprising an average thickness of the top and bottom enclosures, the average enclosure thickness being at least 0.05 cm,
wherein an average thickness of the bottom pressure shield or of the top pressure shield is at least 2.5 times the average enclosure thickness,
wherein the top and bottom enclosures define a center horizontal plane along which the top and bottom enclosures are joined, and
wherein the bottom pressure shield includes one or more pressure resisting elements that extend at least partially across the center horizontal plane along an internal profile of the inner volume of the container, and the top pressure shield does not extend across the center horizontal plane, wherein, in cross section, a thickness of the top pressure shield continuously increases along the entire top pressure shield inner surface, and, in cross section, a thickness of the bottom pressure shield continuously decreases along the entire bottom pressure shield inner surface beneath the center horizontal plane.