Patent ID: 7870979
Filing Date: 2011-01-18
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A container for storing pourable contents therein comprising: a body, said body having a sidewall, a closed bottom end and a top end cover, said cover having a top surface, said top surface having a portion with an opening to the interior of said container, a spout wall upwardly extending from said top surface and positioned adjacent to at least a portion of said opening, said spout wall not extending beyond the perimeter of the sidewall, said spout wall having a pouring section, said pouring section having a first end and a second end and a front between said first and second ends of said pouring section, said spout wall having a first height at said first end of said pouring section and a second height at said second end of said pouring section, and said spout wall having a height at said front that is less than said first height and less than said second height; wherein said spout wall has an upwardly extending first spill inhibiting section connected to said first end of said pouring section, said first spill inhibiting section extending laterally and rearwardly away from said pouring section, wherein the height of the first spill inhibiting section gradually reduces when moving away from the pouring section, and said spout wall having an upwardly extending second spill inhibiting section connected to said second end of said pouring section, said second spill inhibiting section extending laterally and rearwardly away from said pouring section, wherein the height of the second spill inhibiting section gradually reduces when moving away from the pouring section, said first and second spill inhibiting sections inhibiting the spilling of contents thereover, so that when said container is tilted to pour said contents from within said container and out said pouring section, said first and second spill inhibiting sections act to help prevent spilling of said contents from other than said pouring section; wherein said spout wall includes a first and a second transition section, said first transition section connecting said first spill inhibiting section with said first end of said pouring section, and said second transition section connecting said second spill inhibiting section with said second end of said pouring section; wherein the first and second spill inhibiting sections and the pouring section have a generally arcuate shape about a center point that is interior of the spout wall, while the first and second transition sections have an arcuate shape that is about a center point that is outside the interior of the spout wall such that the arcuate shaped first and second transition sections face opposite the direction that the first and second spill inhibiting sections and the pouring section face.