| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE39727 |
Double shell dispenser |
July 17, 2007 |
| A dispenser closure is provided having a stopping mechanism that limits the rotation of the closure and generally prevents removal of the closure cap from the container. The dispenser closure includes a cap body, fitment and container finish. The cap body has a double shell design, w |
| RE38399 |
Safety closure and container |
January 27, 2004 |
| A child resistant cap including relatively thin threads which, when the cap is in a relaxed condition, are spaced from the bottle neck, said spacing permitting the cap to be squeezed inward at points on opposite sides of the cap so that the cap responds to the squeezing by expanding outw |
| 7198162 |
Molded closure and apparatus for making same |
April 3, 2007 |
| A molded closure having an auxiliary thread for removal of an incomplete closure from a molding cavity, the molded closure including a helical auxiliary thread projecting inwardly from a cylindrical wall portion of the closure to provide engagement between the closure and the molding |
| 7168581 |
Closure for a retort processed container having a peelable seal |
January 30, 2007 |
| The present development is for a closure which provides a means for maintaining an effective pressure against a peelable seal affixed to a container lip as the sealed container is exposed to relatively high temperature and pressure conditions. The closure includes a liner which abuts |
| 6948630 |
Self-draining container neck and closure |
September 27, 2005 |
| A self-draining container neck and closure comprising a container neck having an upper sidewall portion and a lower sidewall portion, the upper sidewall portion being inset from the lower sidewall portion. The container neck also includes a tamper indicating bead having at least one |
| 6926162 |
Tamper indicating band arrester |
August 9, 2005 |
| A tamper indicating band arrester is described herein for use with a container neck or finish bead comprising an upper portion and a lower portion. The TI band has an annular step having a smaller diameter than the lower portion of the finish bead. The TI band further comprises a TI |
| 6889857 |
Sealing arrangement for a closure for a fitment |
May 10, 2005 |
| A closure for a fitment is provided with an outer side wall extending downwardly therefrom and spaced from an inner sealing ring wherein the outer side wall adjacent the top wall is provided with a plurality of spaced inwardly extending ribs, adapted for embedding into a lip at the o |
| 6874664 |
Push-pull dispenser with folding fingers |
April 5, 2005 |
| A push-pull dispenser is shown having a base portion, an upwardly extending neck portion, a stem extends upwardly from the neck and has at least one stem lug depending from an upper portion of the stem. The stem lug may have four sides including an upper tapered or beveled surface and a |
| 6871752 |
Rotary seal for clousure with on-stop |
March 29, 2005 |
| A closure-container package comprising a container having a shoulder and a neck extending upward from the shoulder and having an external thread extending helically about the neck, a closure having a top wall and skirt depending from a peripheral edge of the skirt, the skirt having an |
| 6866164 |
Child resistant dispenser |
March 15, 2005 |
| A child resistant dispenser comprising a double-shelled threaded closure and dual opposed motion child resistant features. The child resistant dispenser comprises a double shelled closure having a first squeeze and turn child resistant feature. Hingeably attached to the closure is a lid. |
| 6854614 |
Closure having an improved thread design |
February 15, 2005 |
| A closure for use on a container having an externally threaded neck is disclosed wherein an inner surface of a downwardly depending skirt portion of the closure cap includes a helical thread having a flat upper surface with a lower thread profile having a first depth greater than an uppe |
| 6783014 |
Double shell closure with support ribs |
August 31, 2004 |
| A bottle closure having an outer shell with a frusto-conical configuration and a rib-supported threaded inner shell is described. The frusto-conical configuration of the outer shell allows the user to easily pickup the package and grip the closure and remove it from a bottle. The inner s |
| 6758376 |
Edge seal closure |
July 6, 2004 |
| A twist open/twist close edge seal closure is described wherein the closure has a sealing disc supported on the interior portion thereof which vertically rises and lowers depending on the rotation of the closure. The sealing disc has a folding finger which compresses against the sealing |
| 6739466 |
Folding finger tamper-indicating band arrester |
May 25, 2004 |
| A tamper-indicating band arrester including a closure having a tamper-indicating band depending therefrom. The tamper-indicating band has a plurality of folding fingers of alternating first and second lengths extending inwardly. The fingers of a longer length have an offset surface d |
| 6698605 |
Modified bottle neck for use with child resistant caps |
March 2, 2004 |
| A bottle having a modified neck and intended for use with a child-resistant closure which allows the user to open the bottle without removing the closure completely from the bottle is described. The neck includes at least one locking lug and at least one anti-removal ring. The anti-remov |
| 6695160 |
Top load seal protection feature |
February 24, 2004 |
| A container finish comprising a helical load carrying member which transmits downward force from the top wall of a closure to the threads of a container to prevent seal failure under stacking load conditions. The helical load carrying member is preferably located on a container neck, |
| 6679381 |
One hand opening child resistant blister pack container |
January 20, 2004 |
| A blister pack container having child resistant characteristics yet, which can be opened with one hand. The container has a top tray and a bottom tray preferably connected by a hinge. The top and bottom trays each have a tab extending therefrom. Each of the tabs has at least one aperture |
| 6609694 |
Molded closure and apparatus for making same |
August 26, 2003 |
| A molded closure having an auxiliary thread for removal of an incomplete closure from a molding cavity, the molded closure including a helical auxiliary thread projecting inwardly from a cylindrical wall portion of the closure to provide engagement between the closure and the molding |
| 6568548 |
Closure with tamper-indicating band |
May 27, 2003 |
| A plastic safety closure with a tamper-indicating band is described. The closure includes a tamper-indicating band depending from the skirt of the closure. The tamper indicating band includes a frangible portion with one or more openings therein. The openings may form an interrupted slot |
| 6561369 |
Neck finish for a container |
May 13, 2003 |
| A neck finish of a container which includes a helical thread encircling the neck wherein said thread is provided with a pair of recesses spaced apart 180.degree. and in cooperative engagement with recess forming fingers in a pair of cooperating horizontally movable mold halves. |
| 6543650 |
Double shell dispenser |
April 8, 2003 |
| A dispenser closure is provided having a stopping mechanism that limits the rotation of the closure and generally prevents removal of the closure cap from the container. The dispenser closure includes a cap body, fitment and container finish. The cap body has a double shell design, which |
| 6503183 |
Reinforced sterilizable containers |
January 7, 2003 |
| A reinforced container having a header or tear strip, the header comprising an affixed tape having an adhesive and a polymeric backing, the backing positioned to face the container, such that upon heat sealing, the polymeric film-to-header weld seal is stronger than the header-to-con |
| 6484895 |
Two stage dispensing cap for pressurized containers |
November 26, 2002 |
| A two stage dispensing cap for a carbonated beverage container is described. The cap has a flip top which is hingedly connected to a collar wherein the collar is rotatable on the container. The cap, upon rotation of the collar, is first opened into a venting position wherein the flip |
| 6431380 |
Child-resistant flip top closure |
August 13, 2002 |
| A closure is described wherein a flip top is provided with a child-resistant opening mechanism. The flip top closure is attached to a neck finish, fitment or other container spout and includes a flip top that is hingedly attached to a depending sidewall. The child-resistant mechanism |
| 6427881 |
Edge seal closure |
August 6, 2002 |
| A twist open/twist close edge seal closure is described wherein the closure has a sealing disc supported on the interior portion thereof which vertically rises and lowers depending on the rotation of the closure. The sealing disc compresses against the top wall of the container to provid |
| 6426030 |
Method of making a molded internally threaded closure |
July 30, 2002 |
| A method of making a closure for a container is accomplished by providing a unitary mold with a mold cavity therein having vertically extending ribs and a rotatable and linearly movable threaded core element is received within the cavity. A formable plastic material is placed within the |
| 6405886 |
Closure having a tamper indicating band |
June 18, 2002 |
| A closure for a container is provided with a tamper indicating band attached to a lower terminating end of a skirt wherein the tamper indicating band is provided with an outer surface of varying diameters from the attaching point of the tamper indicating band to the skirt and the low |
| 6394294 |
Closure having torque-reducing feature |
May 28, 2002 |
| A safety closure and a container is comprised of a container having an externally threaded neck portion and a first locking bead spaced downwardly from the threaded neck portion and a closure having a cap portion and a tamper indicating band portion. The cap portion is provided with |
| 6386380 |
Neck finish for a container and mold for forming the container |
May 14, 2002 |
| A neck finish of a container which includes a helical thread encircling the neck wherein said thread is provided with a pair of recesses spaced apart 180.degree. and in cooperative engagement with recess forming fingers in a pair of cooperating horizontally movable mold halves. |
| 6378713 |
Safety closure and container |
April 30, 2002 |
| A safety closure for use on a container neck portion, providing an end wall and a side wall depending from the end wall. The side wall has at least one lug projecting therefrom near a lower end thereof, which is engageable with at least one lug-receiving recess provided in the container |
| 6367640 |
Container and closure cap |
April 9, 2002 |
| A container (1) having an open-ended and externally screw threaded cylindrical neck (4) is fitted with a closure cap (2) having an internal screw thread (10) adapted to cooperate with the thread (7) on the container neck and a planar end wall (8) adapted to form a seal with the open |
| 6343705 |
Closure having back-angled lugs |
February 5, 2002 |
| A safety closure providing a top wall, an annular side skirt depending downwardly from an outer periphery of the top wall and defining a lower end thereof opposite the top wall, an internal thread projecting inwardly from an inner annular surface of the side wall, the internal thread bei |
| 6286733 |
Sliding valve dispenser with overcap |
September 11, 2001 |
| A push/pull type dispenser closure is provided by the present invention. The closure includes a cap body, slider valve and an overcap. The closure may be placed in the closed and sealed position by attaching the overcap to the cap body. The overcap includes an annular ring that engages t |
| 6279766 |
Safety closure with tamper-resistant locking tab and method and apparatus for making same |
August 28, 2001 |
| A safety closure including a top wall, a side wall depending from the top wall, and a locking tab projecting outwardly from the side wall, the locking tab having a reinforced end integrally connected to the side wall and a free end connected to the side wall by a biasing strap, wherein t |
| 6279578 |
Medical drape |
August 28, 2001 |
| A medical drape for retaining and controlling fluid flow comprising at least one polymeric film having a predetermined texture made from a plurality of cells able to retain fluid. |
| 6170683 |
Two stage dispensing cap for pressurized containers |
January 9, 2001 |
| A two stage dispensing cap for a carbonated beverage container is described. The cap has a flip top which is hingedly connected to a collar wherein the collar is rotatable on the container. The cap, upon rotation of the collar, is first opened into a venting position wherein the flip |
| 6105801 |
Container having collapsible neck finish |
August 22, 2000 |
| The present invention is directed towards a closure and container combination wherein the container has a collapsible neck finish. The collapsible neck finish consists of an upwardly extending neck having outwardly extending threads thereon and located above the threads is a spring b |
| 6098800 |
Reinforced sterilizable containers |
August 8, 2000 |
| A reinforced container having a header or tear strip, the header comprising an affixed tape having an adhesive and a polymeric backing, the backing positioned to face the container, such that upon heat sealing, the polymeric film-to-header weld seal is stronger than the header-to-con |
| 5830547 |
Peel-open package |
November 3, 1998 |
| A peel-open package includes a polymeric film, a lid adhered to the polymeric film along a continuous portion thereof and a product encapsulated between the polymeric film and lid material. The polymeric film is typically a coextruded multiple layer film having a sealable layer and a |
