CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES

Introduced: September 1968

Classification Context

Section:: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Class:: CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
Subclass:: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES

Description

B65D encompasses the design and manufacture of rigid and flexible containers used for storing or transporting goods, including bags, bottles, boxes, cans, cartons, crates, drums, tanks, and hoppers. The subclass covers container structure, materials, construction methods, and integral or detachable accessories such as closures, handles, and fitting devices. Also included are packaging elements (e.g., padding, dividers, protective inserts) and complete package configurations combining containers with contents or protective arrangements. This classification excludes container-specific technologies related to refrigeration or thermal control (covered in B65D elsewhere or in specialized classes) and focuses on the mechanical and structural aspects of containment solutions across industries.

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Glossary

Accessories In relation to the word "accessories" in the subclass title, this word means fixtures or fittings which are associated with the container to fulfil a particular purpose relative to the functioning of the container. Blank Any sheet of paper or other planar material that is pre-shaped, cut/punched out to have holes or slots, perforated/slit to form fold lines, or otherwise modified so that it can subsequently be folded or erected according to a pre-selected pattern to form a container such as a box or carton. Blanks are frequently interim products of a manufacturing process that will require further assembly operations (e.g. corner gluing of carton) to become actual containers. However, the term also covers blanks that require only manual manipulation to fashion or disassemble a container and this is normally done for purposes of economical storage of the container (e.g. folding packing boxes for house moves). Container A structure comprising a barrier for confining its content Flexible containers These include: containers deformed by, or taking up the shape of, their contents; and containers adapted to be permanently deformed to expel their contents. Large containers Containers larger than, or of approximately the size of, containers used in container traffic, sometimes referred to as freight containers, forwarding containers, "ISO" (International Standardization Organization) containers or intermodal containers. Packages These include: combinations of containers or packaging elements with articles or materials to be stored or transported; and articles joined together for convenience of storage or transport. Packaging elements These include: elements, other than containers, for covering, protecting, stiffening or holding together articles or materials to be stored or transported; and packaging materials of special type or form not provided for in other subclasses. Paper In relation to this subclass, this term includes materials, e.g. cardboard, plastic sheet materials, laminated materials or metal foils, worked in a manner analogous to paper. Rigid or semi-rigid containers These include: containers not deformed by, or not taking up the shape of, their contents; containers adapted to be temporarily deformed to expel their contents; pallets; and trays.

Application references

Containers specially adapted for use in dairies Receptacles for live fish, containers for angling Match boxes, receptacles for cigars, cigarettes or cigarette papers Portable containers for personal belongings, e.g. purses, luggage, hand-carried bags Containers or accessories specially adapted for handling toiletry or cosmetic substances Travelling or camp equipment, sacks or packs carried on the body Containers for household or table equipment Kitchen containers Liquid handling Storing gases or liquids

Related Keywords

BAG(S)BARREL(S) or casksBASKET(S)BINSBOTTLE(S)BOXESBOXES for cigars or cigarettesBOXES for matchesCACHETSCAN(S)CANISTERSCAPSULESCASE(S) for storage or transport of articles or materialsCASE(S) [= boxes]CASKETSCASKSCISTERNS for water storageCLOSURES members of containersCONTAINER(S)CONTAINER(S) for CONTAINER(S) trafficCONTAINER(S) for storage or transport of articles or materialsCONTAINER(S) trafficCOVERS for containersCRATEScontainers having DISCHARGING devicesDISCHARGING of contents from containers or packagesDISPENSING of contents from containers or packagesDRUM(S) [= containers]FLAP(S) closures for containersFUEL(S) bunkersdomestic heat-insulated vessels(1) JARS [= containers]controlling or securing LID(S) of containersLIQUID(S) containersMATCH(ES) boxesMILK receptaclesdischarging- NOZZLES of containersarrangements on containers or packages to facilitate OPENINGPACKAGING of cigars, cigarettes or tobaccoPHIALSPRESERVING -jars or closures thereforPUNNETSSACK(S)SKIPS for lifting of materialSPOUT(S) of containers[= containers]container TRAFFICTRAY(S)display TRAY(S)TUNSVAT(S)securing or fastening container-traffic containers to VEHICLES(1) VESSEL(S) [= containers]VIALScontainers for WHETSTONES

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B65D 1/00 Rigid or semi-rigid containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material or by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
B65D 13/00 Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of the same material, other than metal, plastics, wood or substitutes therefor
B65D 17/00 Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions
B65D 19/00 Pallets or like platforms, with or without side walls, for supporting loads to be lifted or lowered
B65D 21/00 Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
B65D 23/00 Details of bottles or jars not otherwise provided for
B65D 25/00 Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
B65D 27/00 Envelopes or like essentially-rectangular flexible containers for postal or other purposes having no structural provision for thickness of contents
B65D 3/00 Rigid or semi-rigid containers having bodies or peripheral walls of curved or partially-curved cross-section made by winding or bending paper without folding along defined lines
B65D 30/00 Sacks, bags or like containers
B65D 33/00 Details of, or accessories for, sacks or bags
B65D 35/00 Pliable tubular containers adapted to be permanently deformed to expel contents, e.g. collapsible tubes for toothpaste or other plastic or semi-liquid material; Holders therefor
B65D 37/00 Portable flexible containers not otherwise provided for
B65D 39/00 Closures arranged within necks or pouring openings or in discharge apertures, e.g. stoppers
B65D 41/00 Caps, e.g. crown caps or crown seals, i.e. members having parts arranged for engagement with the external periphery of a neck or wall defining a pouring opening or discharge aperture; Protective cap-like covers for closure members, e.g. decorative covers of metal foil or paper
B65D 43/00 Lids or covers for rigid or semi-rigid containers
B65D 45/00 Clamping or other pressure-applying devices for securing or retaining closure members
B65D 47/00 Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
B65D 49/00 Arrangements or devices for preventing refilling of containers
B65D 5/00 Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper

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