US3225922A
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Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1963-10-23
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Granted: 1965-12-28
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Expires: 1983-10-23
Abstract
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Inventors
- 👤 Edward R Straight
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 17:27
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D67/00; B65D67/02; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T24/00; Y10T24/34; Y10T24/3427; Y10T24/3439; Y10T24/344
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
267 words
A PACKAGE COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE FLASH LAMP THAT IS FORMED WITH A BULBOUS BODY THAT HAS AN OUTWARDLY PROJECTING, RIGID FIN THAT HAS A PROXIMAL END ADJACENT THE BULBOUS BODY OF THE LAMP AND A DISTAL END REMOTE FROM THE BODY OF THE LAMP, AND THAT HAS A PAIR OF OPPOSED FACES IN WHICH IT IS FORMED WITH A PAIR OF ALIGNED GROOVES RESPECTIVELY, THE FIN BEING OF REDUCED THICKNESS BETWEEN SAID GROOVES RELATIVE TO THE DISTAL PORTION OF THE FIN, AND A HOLDING ELEMENT FOR THE LAMPS THAT IS OF GENERALLY USHAPED CROSS-SECTION AND THAT IS FORMED AS A FINISHED PRODUCT FROM AN EXTRUSION OF A HOMOGENEOUS SYNTHETIC PLASTIC MATERIAL AND THAT HAS A FLAT, RIBBON-LIKE BASE AND A PAIR OF UPSTANDING ARMS THAT PROJDCT FROM SAID BASE ALONG OPPOSITE MARGINAL EDGES THEREOF, AND THAT ARE SPACED FROM EACH OTHER ALONG THEIR RESPECTIVE LENTHS AND AT THEIR RESPECTIVE FREE ENDS TO FORM A LONGITUDINAL OPENING BETWEEN SAID FREE ENDS, AND THAT ARE FORMED AT THEIR OUTER ENDS RESPECTIVELY WITH CONFRONTING ROUNDED, CONVEX RIDGES THAT CONVERGE TOWARD EACH OTHER AND OPEN OUTWARD, SAID ARMS BEING SUFFICIENTLY PLIABLE AND RESILIENT TO PERMIT THE INSERTION THEREBETWEEN, AT ANY POINT ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE ELEMENT, OF THE DISTAL END OF A LAMP FIN THAT HAS A GREATER THICKNESS THAN THE NORMAL DISTANCE BETWEEN THE CONVERGING RIDGES AT THE ENDS OF SAID ARMS, AND TO PERMIT SAID RIDGES TO ENGAGE INM SAID GROOVES, RESILIENTLY TO GRASP THE INSERTED FIN AND HOLD SAID FIN AND SAID DISTAL END BETWEEN SAID ARMS WITH SAID BULBOUS BODY DISPOSED OUTWARD BEYOND SAID ARMS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
267 words
A PACKAGE COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE FLASH LAMP THAT IS FORMED WITH A BULBOUS BODY THAT HAS AN OUTWARDLY PROJECTING, RIGID FIN THAT HAS A PROXIMAL END ADJACENT THE BULBOUS BODY OF THE LAMP AND A DISTAL END REMOTE FROM THE BODY OF THE LAMP, AND THAT HAS A PAIR OF OPPOSED FACES IN WHICH IT IS FORMED WITH A PAIR OF ALIGNED GROOVES RESPECTIVELY, THE FIN BEING OF REDUCED THICKNESS BETWEEN SAID GROOVES RELATIVE TO THE DISTAL PORTION OF THE FIN, AND A HOLDING ELEMENT FOR THE LAMPS THAT IS OF GENERALLY USHAPED CROSS-SECTION AND THAT IS FORMED AS A FINISHED PRODUCT FROM AN EXTRUSION OF A HOMOGENEOUS SYNTHETIC PLASTIC MATERIAL AND THAT HAS A FLAT, RIBBON-LIKE BASE AND A PAIR OF UPSTANDING ARMS THAT PROJDCT FROM SAID BASE ALONG OPPOSITE MARGINAL EDGES THEREOF, AND THAT ARE SPACED FROM EACH OTHER ALONG THEIR RESPECTIVE LENTHS AND AT THEIR RESPECTIVE FREE ENDS TO FORM A LONGITUDINAL OPENING BETWEEN SAID FREE ENDS, AND THAT ARE FORMED AT THEIR OUTER ENDS RESPECTIVELY WITH CONFRONTING ROUNDED, CONVEX RIDGES THAT CONVERGE TOWARD EACH OTHER AND OPEN OUTWARD, SAID ARMS BEING SUFFICIENTLY PLIABLE AND RESILIENT TO PERMIT THE INSERTION THEREBETWEEN, AT ANY POINT ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE ELEMENT, OF THE DISTAL END OF A LAMP FIN THAT HAS A GREATER THICKNESS THAN THE NORMAL DISTANCE BETWEEN THE CONVERGING RIDGES AT THE ENDS OF SAID ARMS, AND TO PERMIT SAID RIDGES TO ENGAGE INM SAID GROOVES, RESILIENTLY TO GRASP THE INSERTED FIN AND HOLD SAID FIN AND SAID DISTAL END BETWEEN SAID ARMS WITH SAID BULBOUS BODY DISPOSED OUTWARD BEYOND SAID ARMS.
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