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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7405647 | Timing for taking medication including a cap attachable to a receptacle A device includes a cap attachable to a receptacle for co-acting therewithin enclosing medication and timing a predetermined interval for taking the medication defined by one timing schedule of a set of selectable timing schedules. An electronic timing circuit is co... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7401707 | Child-resistant closure having a non-child-resistant mode of operation A closure includes an outer plastic shell having a base wall, a peripheral skirt with a central axis, a circumferential array of lugs on an underside of the base wall, and a pair of axially spaced internal beads on the skirt spaced from the base wall. An inner plast... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7334694 | Closure cap cooperating with a bottle container The invention relates to a closure cap (1) which cooperates with a bottle container (4). A catching protection (5) is disposed on the neck (3) of the bottle container (4) and a lower-engaging projection (6′) is disposed on... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7303390 | Liquid oil lamps A liquid fuel lamp is provided with a wick carrying composite safety cap which is mountable to and removable from the liquid fuel container only by simultaneous pressing and turning actions. The safety cap has a spring biassed latch and a wick guard surrounding in a... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7276202 | Method of manufacturing ceramic bottle for plastic cork The present invention forms screw-like projection at the entrance of ceramic bottle and enables air-tightening with plastic cork, formed with screw-like projection in its body. It guarantees air tightening of ceramic bottle, and does not use imported cork, which dec... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7241422 | Housing for receptable filling A method and apparatus for capturing a sample of flowable material from a closed system inside a receptacle without exposing the sample to the ambient environment. The apparatus includes a housing having an opening at one end for receiving a receptacle and stopper. ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7222741 | Tamper evident cap A tamper evident cover is provided for engaging a container cap or drum bung, which cover has a plurality of locking teeth that snap under and engage a lip of the container cap. A frangible strip permits severing the cover to facilitate removal of the cover, and a s... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222736 | Device and method for indicating scheduled doses A reminder device can be attached to the bottom of a medicine container that has a cap. The reminder device has an indicator rotatably mounted on a base in order to rotate and indicate a scheduled event. The base adhesively or frictionally engages the bottom of the ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7207452 | Device for fastening a distribution component on a vessel neck A device is provided for fastening a distribution component on a vessel neck. The fastening device includes a retainer ring comprising a skirt defining an internal wall and an external wall, with the internal wall adapted to contact the external wall of the neck. Th... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7147118 | Plastic closure, closure and container package, and method of manufacture A plastic closure includes a plastic closure shell having a base wall with a central opening and a skirt with at least one internal thread or bead for securing the closure to a container finish. A plastic disk is retained within the shell parallel to but spaced from... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7128233 | Tamper-resistant container and methods An improved container designed to provide all of the foregoing attributes (including light weight, low cost, ease of use and carrying, and climatic tolerance) while also presenting a virtually impenetrable barrier to animals. One exemplary embodiment comprises a hig... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7124904 | Reversible child resistant closure A reversible child resistant closure system including a closure and container a container having a neck portion, an engaging means and an axis extending therethrough about which the closure is rotatable. The closure has a child resistant mode when applied to the con... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7111746 | Shellable child resistant closure container with positive lock mechanism A shellable, positively lockable, child resistant closure and container includes a pair of nested inner and outer caps designed to be purposefully shellable for use in its non-child resistant mode. The inner cap is coaxially positioned and nested within the outer ca... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7036672 | Methods and apparatus for shipping medical substances A packaging system includes an elongate vessel and a lid. The vessel includes a bottom wall, a top surface, and a cylindrical body between the top surface and bottom wall. The body includes an outer surface, a tapered inner surface, and a vertical portion. The verti... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7028858 | Quick-twist pop-off closure A closure for a container for holding contents therein generally comprises a surface for gripping the closure in order to twist it in either direction to open it. The closure has downwardly projecting teeth on its underside; the container has upwardly projecting tee... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7004340 | Bottle security device A bottle security device includes an inner member, an intermediate member and an outer member that cooperate to lock the device on a bottle neck. The inner member includes a plurality of fingers adapted to fit under the bead on a bottle neck. The intermediate member... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7000790 | Bottle cap There is provided a bottle cap configured such that consumers can easily identify the opening or closing of a cap openably installed on the mouth of a liquor bottle. The bottle cap for a bottle which holds contents, includes a cap body having an inner cap coupled so... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6929137 | Composite sealing cap The cap (1) comprises a head and skirt and is characterised in that it comprises two assembled parts: a) an inner part (3) comprising a so-called inner head (30) and a so-called inner skirt (31), typical... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6923343 | Child resistant slip collar for screw-on pump sprayer The present invention relates to a screw-on, manually operated sprayer and container. The sprayer has an inside threaded sprayer neck and the container has an outside threaded container neck upon which the inside threaded sprayer neck is attached. The present invent... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6871752 | Rotary seal for clousure with on-stop 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, ... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6854613 | Container and child-resistant closure system A combined container and child-resistant closure system includes a double-shell cap with a first skirt and a second skirt disposed within the first skirt. A pair of opposing protrusions extend from an interior surface of the first skirt. A pair of opposing finger pa... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6609637 | Closure cap interacting with a bottle receptacle A closure cap for closing the opening of a bottle container. A neck of the bottle container includes a latching projection. The closure cap includes a latching arm attached to a ring (R), which circumferentially encircles the neck of the bottle container ... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6561370 | Container cap with double function ring A cap with a double function ring is provided, which furnishes the features of showing it has been opened and of being child proof. The ring comprises two pieces of the same size joined to the cap. One of the pieces will be released from the cam when open... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6296130 | Anti back off screw on closure Screw on caps for bottles that have an anti back off feature formed on a hinged tab of the cap engaging detent teeth below the threads on the bottle. The hinge has a unique configuration that enables the tab to snap into and hold a gripping position while... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6279766 | Safety closure with tamper-resistant locking tab and method and apparatus for making same 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 w... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6202869 | Child-resistant/senior-friendly container A child-resistant/senior-friendly container includes a cap assembly having a retainer that is adapted to thread onto the container, and an outer skirt loosely fitted around the retainer. The skirt includes at least one grasping member which is pivotal bet... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6176381 | Child resistant container system with movable latch A child resistant container system includes an open top container having screw threads cooperating with screw threads on a closure cap. The cap is locked in the screwed on position by a reciprocating or pivotal latch mounted to the container which slides ... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6112779 | Bottle stopper having a device for drawing up metered amounts of the liquid contained in said bottle The capsule (11), which can be screwed onto the threaded neck (3) of the bottle, coaxially forms the cylinder (15) of the syringe device; an element (21) inside the capsule (11) and surrounding the cylinder (15) forms an annular leaktight seal (21A) which... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6036036 | Adult friendly child-resistant package The child-resistant package (100) can be readily opened by an adult with a one-hand operation. The pushtab (123, 123'), which together with the interlocking tooth (119) form the child-resistant feature of the package, is placed on the closure (120). There... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6016930 | Child-resistant adapter band An adapter band for use on a closure, the closure being threadingly engageable with a container neck portion, the container neck portion having at least one locking ramp projecting therefrom, the adapter band providing an annular ring having a groove on a... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5947310 | Flange screw closure and bottle having internal threads A combination bottle and screw closure for containing wine therein. The bottle includes internally disposed threads within a lower portion of the neck of the bottle for receiving the external threads of the lower end of a screw closure which is inserted i... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5927527 | Squeeze and turn child resistant closure with tamper indicating band The present closure and container combination comprises a child resistant squeeze and turn closure having a tamper indicating band which is removed from the closure after the first removal of the closure from the container. The closure has dual squeeze pa... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5918752 | Tamper-evident squeeze-and-turn child-resistant closure A tamper-evident squeeze-and-turn child-resistant closure includes separate inner and outer caps each of integral monolithic plastic composition. The inner cap comprises a skirt with internal threads having application and removal lugs extending radially ... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5915576 | Child-resistant safety closure A double wall squeeze-and-turn child-resistant safety closure wherein skirt flexure stiffening web ribs are integrally molded into the closure so as to extend radially between the mutually facing wall surfaces of the skirts. The ribs are arranged in two s... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5893473 | Child-resistant closure A child-resistant closure includes an inner cap threadable mountable to a container, and an outer cap attached to the inner cap and freely rotatable relative to the inner cap during a child-resistant mode, and interconnected with the inner cap for removal... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5865330 | Child resistant cap A child-resistant cap and container including an inner and an outer skirt depending downwardly from the top wall of the cap. The inner skirt has an internally threaded surface for engagement with the externally threaded neck of the container. The outer sk... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5794803 | Child-resistant measuring cup closure and dispensing container A child-resistant closure and dispensing container package in which the measuring cup has a second, exterior annular wall forming threads engageable with threads on the neck of a container and child-resistant lock means at a lower portion of the wall enga... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5788098 | Child resistant container closure system with locking ring, hook element, and cap A container with a tamper-resistant closure system has a minimum umber of simple parts yet effectively has a tamper-resistant function. A container neck has an annular flange spaced from an upper opening. A locking ring is positioned surrounding the neck ... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5779072 | Squeeze and turn flip top child resistant package A child resistant package includes a plastic container and a plastic closure. The container includes a body and a finish having an opening. The closure includes a base wall, an outer flexible peripheral skirt and an inner peripheral skirt. Interengaging r... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5749484 | Tamper-evident child-resistant closure A child-resistant, tamper-evident closure for a container having an externally threaded neck finish includes a combination of inner and outer caps. The inner cap includes a tamper-evident band which is connected to the inner cap by frangible elements. The... | 05/12/1998 |
