| 摘要 |
AN IMPROVED CONTAINER (10) PROVIDES A CONTAINER BODY (12) AND A CLOSURE (14). IN SOME EMBODIMENTS, A SCOOPING UTENSIL RETAINER (20) IS DISPOSED ON THE CLOSURE. THE SCOOPING UTENSIL RETAINER INCLUDES OPPOSING FLANGES (30, 32) PROTRUDING FROM THE CLOSURE SURFACE (18). A FLANGE RIB (34) PROTRUDES FROM THE FIRST FLANGE (30) INTO THE FLANGE GAP, EXTENDING FROM THE CLOSURE SURFACE TO THE DISTAL END OF THE FLANGE. A TAPERED RETAINER GAP (42) IS PROVIDED BETWEEN FLANGES FOR RESILIENTLY CLAMPING THE HANDLE (24) OF A SCOOPING UTENSIL (22). IN SOME EMBODIMENTS, THE CLOSURE CAN INCLUDE AN ANNULAR RIDGE (110) SHAPED FOR ENGAGING A DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING SKIRT (98) ON A LIKE CONTAINER WHEN TWO LIKE CONTAINERS ARE VERTICALLY STACKED. IN SOME EMBODIMENTS THE CONTAINER BODY INCLUDES AN IN-MOLD LABEL (124) AFFIXED TO A SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT SIDE WALL, AND COVERING AT LEAST ABOUT 95% OF THE EXTERIOR SURFACE AREA OF THE CONTAINER BODY. |
