(19)
(11) EP 1 371 572 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
07.01.2004 Bulletin 2004/02

(43) Date of publication A2:
17.12.2003 Bulletin 2003/51

(21) Application number: 03076429.4

(22) Date of filing: 09.05.2003
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B65D 51/14
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK

(30) Priority: 09.05.2002 GB 0210593

(71) Applicant: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
London W1U 3AN (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • Heather, Louise
    South Rulslip, Middlesex HA4 0SB (GB)
  • Peacop, Alexander James
    Devizes, Wiltshire SN10 2QB (GB)
  • Booth, Peter
    Savernake, Wiltshire SN8 3AY (GB)
  • Van De Wal, Hendrik
    8332 KT Steenwijk (NL)
  • Smith, Douglas James Broadhurst
    Drayton, Oxfordshire OX14 4HZ (GB)

(74) Representative: Cooper, Alan Victor et al
Patents and Trade Marks Section Legal Affairs Department ICI Group Intellectual Property, P.O. Box 1883, Wexham Road
Slough PDO, Berkshire SL2 5FD
Slough PDO, Berkshire SL2 5FD (GB)

   


(54) Container for a brushable coating composition


(57) A container (1) containing a coating composition the container comprising a container body (21) and a lid (7), the lid comprising a collar (11) and a disc (12), the container body having an opening (2) provided with a screw-thread (5) cooperable with a screw-thread (6) on the collar and closeable by said lid characterised in that the disc is formed of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) which is sufficiently transparent to allow the coating composition to be visible therethrough.









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