Patent ID: 6170144
Filing Date: 2001-01-09
Classification: A01G,B65D,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for making a decorative container, comprising the steps of:forming a container member having an enclosing side wall with a rim around an upper extremity of the side wall, the rim having a downwardly extending outer portion;imparting a first decorative characteristic to the container side wall;forming a decorative ring member and dimensioning at least a portion of the ring member so as to fit in overlapping relationship with an outside surface of the rim;imparting a second decorative characteristic to an outside surface of the ring member, the second decorative characteristic being distinctively different from the first decorative characteristic imparted to the side wall;fitting the ring member onto the rim in an overlapping relationship; andmolding a locking tab at an outer extremity of the ring member, and locking the tab around an extremity of the downwardly extending outer portion of the rim.