Patent ID: 7350665

Claim:
Device for protecting a container having a cylindrical side wall and rounded ends forming a dome, the device comprising: a shell made of a puncture-resistant material, shaped to envelope at least the entirety of the dome of the container and comprising an annular projection disposed in proximity to a connecting piece of the container, the shell delimiting a space between an interior face of the shell and an exterior face of the wall of the container, wherein the shell includes a rounded zone that delimits a region of greatest volume in the space between the interior face of the shell and exterior face of the wall of the container, wherein the shell has, at an end corresponding to the side wall of the container, a first wall roughly parallel to an axis of the container and, at an end corresponding to a top of the dome of the container, a second wall perpendicular to the axis, the first and second walls meeting in the form of a rounded zone, wherein the annular projection is formed on the second wall; and a compressible element capable of deadening a knock or impact, disposed in the space, wherein the shell is made of a synthetic resin.