Claims
- 1. A lid for a storage device having a storage film, the lid comprising:
a lid body, said lid body being secured to the storage device, the storage film being housed in said storage device; and a cutting member having a cutting surface, said cutting member movably secured to said lid body, said cutting member being movable between a first position, wherein said cutting surface is remote from said storage film and a second position, wherein said cutting surface is in contact with the storage film.
- 2. The lid of claim 1, wherein said cutting surface rotatably moves to cut the storage film.
- 3. The lid of claim 1, wherein said lid body is pivotally secured to said storage device to allow selective access to the storage film.
- 4. The lid of claim 1, wherein said lid body further comprises a locking mechanism that releasably engages said lid body with said storage device.
- 5. The lid of claim 1, wherein said cutting member is biased towards said first position.
- 6. The lid of claim 1, wherein said cutting member comprises a first portion having a handle member and a second portion having an outer surface, and wherein said cutting surface is secured to said second portion.
- 7. The lid of claim 6, wherein said handle member is integrally formed with said first portion.
- 8. The lid of claim 6, wherein said second portion has a disc-like shape.
- 9. The lid of claim 6, wherein said cutting surface is disposed along an outer circumference of said outer surface.
- 10. The lid of claim 9, wherein said cutting surface is a plurality of cutting surfaces disposed on opposite sides along said outer circumference of said outer surface.
- 11. The lid of claim 1, further comprising a retaining member, wherein said cutting surface is retained in said second position by said retaining member until said cutting surface makes at least one cutting pass across said storage film.
- 12. The lid of claim 1, wherein the storage film is tubular.
- 13. A lid for a storage device having a storage film, the lid comprising:
a lid body, said lid body being secured to the storage device, the storage film being housed in said storage device; and a cutting member having a cutting surface, said cutting member movably secured to said lid body, wherein said cutting surface moves in at least two different directions to cut the storage film.
- 14. The lid of claim 13, wherein said cutting surface is movable between a first position remote from the storage film and a second position in contact with the storage film.
- 15. The lid of claim 14, wherein said cutting member is biased towards said first position.
- 16. The lid of claim 14, further comprising a retaining member, wherein said cutting surface is retained in said second position by said retaining member until said cutting surface makes at least one cutting pass across said storage film.
- 17. The lid of claim 13, wherein at least two of said at least two different directions are orthogonal to each other.
- 18. The lid of claim 13, wherein said lid body is pivotally secured to said storage device to allow selective access to the storage film.
- 19. The lid of claim 13, wherein said lid body further comprises a locking mechanism that releasably engages said lid body with said storage device.
- 20. The lid of claim 13, wherein said cutting member comprises a first portion having a handle member and a second portion having an outer surface, and wherein said cutting surface is secured to said second portion.
- 21. The lid of claim 20, wherein said handle member is integrally formed with said first portion.
- 22. The lid of claim 20, wherein said second portion has a disc-like shape.
- 23. The lid of claim 22, wherein said cutting surface is disposed along an outer circumference of said outer surface.
- 24. The lid of claim 23, wherein said cutting surface is a plurality of cutting surfaces disposed on opposite sides along said outer circumference of said outer surface.
- 25. The lid of claim 13, wherein the storage film is tubular.
- 26. A lid for a storage device having a storage film, the lid comprising:
a lid body, said lid body being secured to the storage device, the storage film being housed in said storage device; and a cutting member having a cutting surface, said cutting member movably secured to said lid body, wherein said cutting member moves in at least one axial direction and at least one rotational direction for said cutting surface to cut the storage film.
- 27. The lid of claim 26, wherein said cutting surface is movable between a first position remote from the storage film and a second position in contact with the storage film.
- 28. The lid of claim 27, wherein said cutting member is biased towards said first position.
- 29. The lid of claim 27, further comprising a retaining member, wherein said cutting surface is retained in said second position by said retaining member until said cutting surface makes at least one cutting pass across the storage film.
- 30. The lid of claim 26, wherein said at least one axial direction and said at least one rotational direction are orthogonal to each other.
- 31. The lid of claim 26, wherein said lid body is pivotally secured to said storage device to allow selective access to the storage film.
- 32. The lid of claim 26, wherein said lid body further comprises a locking mechanism that releasably engages said lid body with said storage device.
- 33. The lid of claim 26, wherein said cutting member comprises a first portion having a handle member and a second portion having an outer surface, and wherein said cutting surface is secured to said second portion.
- 34. The lid of claim 33, wherein said handle member is integrally formed with said first portion.
- 35. The lid of claim 33, wherein said second portion has a disc-like shape.
- 36. The lid of claim 35, wherein said cutting surface is disposed along an outer circumference of said outer surface.
- 37. The lid of claim 36, wherein said cutting surface is a plurality of cutting surfaces disposed on opposite sides along said outer circumference of said outer surface.
- 38. The lid of claim 26, wherein the storage film is tubular.
RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is related to and claims priority in, copending U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/305,653, filed Jul. 16, 2001 and copending U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/307,191, filed Jul. 23, 2001, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.
Provisional Applications (2)
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60305653 |
Jul 2001 |
US |
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60307191 |
Jul 2001 |
US |