US2732109A - Siddons - Google Patents

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Jan. 24, 1956 M |DD SPOUT FOR CONTAINER Filed July 6, 1953 INVENTOR M. Biddons ATTORNEYS United States Patent SPOUT FOR CGNTAINER Milburn Siddons, Flint, Mich. Application July 6, 1953, Serial No. 366,107

1 Claim; (Cl. 222-566) This invention relates to a pouring spout adapted to be secured to a container.

An object of this invention is to provide a collapsible pouring spout which is adapted to be fixedly secured to an upper end of a container so that when the container is opened, the spout may be extended outwardly from the container and formed to guide the liquid as it is being poured from the container.

Another object of this invention is to provide a pouring spout of this kind which is preferably formed out of relatively thin material which may be soldered or otherwise fixedly secured to the outer side of a container with the spout initially formed in blank form. A rectangular piece of metal is provided with a pair of parallel scores defining the side walls of the spout which are adapted to be bent upwardly when the spout is swung outwardly and obliquely from the side wall of the container.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in the arrangement, combination and details of construction disclosed in the drawings and specification, and then more particularly pointed out inthe appended claim.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a container having a pouring spout constructed according to an embodiment of this invention mounted thereon.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the pouring spout in extended position.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a plan view of the spout in blank form.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional view showing the spout attached to the top of the container.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral designates generally a cylindrical container which is adapted to hold liquid or the like.

In order to provide a means whereby the liquid may be poured from the container 10 without having the liquid flow downwardly along the side wall of the container, I have provided a pouring spout generally indicated at 11. The pouring spout 11 is formed of a bottom wall 12 opposite side walls 13 formed integral with the bottom wall 12 and the upper end of bottom wall 12 has extending downwardly therefrom, a flange 14.

The flange 14 is adapted to be fixed as by soldering,

welding or the like to the outer side of the container 10 as shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3. In the initial formation of the spout 11, the spout is stamped from a rectangular sheet as shown in Figure 4, and the flange 14 is bent along the line 15. A pair of parallel scores 16 are formed lengthwise of the bottom wall 12 so that when it is desired to extend the spout 11 from the dotted line position shown in Figure 3, the side walls 13 are bent upwardly to assume substantially a right angular position with respect to the bottom wall 12. The pouring spout hereinbefore described is produced as a permanent attachment to the container 10 and by having the spout 11 initially in collapsed and substantially blank form as shown in dotted lines in Figures 2 and 3, the pouring spout will not initially occupy any substantial space in addition to the container 10.

When the top has been removed from container 10 or the top has been punctured, spout 11 is then pulled outwardly to an obliquely inclined position and the side walls 13 are then raised upwardly along the score lines 16.

It will be obvious that instead of being secured to a side wall of the container, as shown, the pouring spout can in a similar manner be attached to the top 17 of the container as shown in Figure 5, the flange 14 can be attached to the top 17 and the spout 11 extended over the rim of the can. In brief, the device is not limited as to the specific point of attachment thereof to the container, the principal object being to provide a spout in a flat form, attached to the container, and so made that it can be readily bent along predetermined lines to form a spout, no tools being required to accomplish this.

What is claimed is:

In a container of the type having a top wall and at least one side Wall the combination therewith of a pouring spout comprising a relatively thin rectangular metallic blank having a pair of spaced apart parallel side edges, a pair of spaced apart parallel end edges, said end edges being substantially shorter than said side edges, a score line formed inone surface of said blank extending between said side edges parallel to but spaced from one of said end edges a pair of score lines formed in said one surface of said panel and extending parallel to but spaced from said opposite side edges between said first mentioned score line and the other of said end edges, said blank having one end portion thereof extending downwardly at an angle to the remaining portion thereof with said end portion delineated by said first named score line and having opposite side portions extending upwardly at an angle to the remaining portion with said side portions delineated by said parallel score lines and means securing said one end portion of said blank to the said side wall of said container.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,261,260 Meares Apr. 2, 1918 1,726,090 Von Briesen et al Aug. 27, 1929 1,901,742 Fitzhugh Mar. 14, 1933 2,546,052 Wilkins Mar. 20, 1951

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