US Patent Issued on Aug. 12 for "Threaded container components having frustum shaped surfaces enabling nesting" (Ohio, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,594, issued on Aug. 12.

"Threaded container components having frustum shaped surfaces enabling nesting" was invented by Daniel A. Zabaleta (Cooper City, Fla.), Dennis Stammen (Brookville, Ohio) and Steven Todd Albright (Piqua, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container lid comprising a frustum shaped sidewall, a chuck shoulder formed between an upper edge of the sidewall and a seaming panel, and at least one translative motion guide feature extending radially inward from the sidewall. A bottom (lower) edge of the sidewall can be closed by a bottom wall or rolled creating an open design. The frustum shaped sidewall and size of th...