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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7988004 | Dispensing closure with tamper evident device A dispensing closure having a tamper evident device. The closure having a spout positionable between an open position and a closed position relative to a closure base. An overcap with a tamper indicating band having an anti-rotational mechanism interacting with the ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7975863 | Beverage bottling plant with a beverage bottle closing machine for applying a screw-top bottle closure to a beverage bottle Beverage bottling plant with a beverage bottle closing machine for applying a screw-top bottle closure to a beverage bottle. The ring portion of the screw-top bottle closure has engaging surfaces which engage with engaging surfaces of the bottle to essentially preve... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7946438 | PT closing device for containers The invention is directed to a closing device for a closure lid made of sheet metal suitable for opening by twisting, as well as a support device on or for such closure lid, as well as the closure lid itself and a process of making such closure lid. The closing devi... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7891510 | Container closure assembly An assembly includes a container and a closure. The closure includes a tamper-indicating band having a plurality of sloping teeth. Each of the sloping teeth of the tamper-indicating band has an engagement surface that is engageable with one of the engagement surface... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7878351 | Cap arrangements A Cap arrangement comprises an opening-indicator device that has an outer edge wherefrom leads away fin members which in use extends towards the inside of said cap arrangement, said fin members comprising, in one of their portions nearest said edge, an elongated ele... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7789254 | Snap-top closure device A tamper-evident, re-closable container is disclosed, comprising a container body, having a neck portion with a cammed projection, and a mouth rimmed by a lip and a closure having a top portion with a groove to rotatably engage and seal against the lip of the contai... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7775386 | Closure element A cap comprises an opening indicating element provided with a flap arrangement suitable for interacting with an abutment arrangement associated with a neck of a container, said flap arrangement comprising at least one first portion and at least one second portion ar... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7735666 | Open/close cap and manufacturing method thereof A coupling piece coupling a cap body and a band is prevented from being cut off to tampering and the cutting-off thereof due to deformation of the band. An open/close cap a cap body to be screwed to an outer peripheral surface of a mouth portion of a pouring spout a... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7712619 | Screw cap We propose a screw closure for containers, particularly bottles, with a top from which extends a surrounding skirt, said screw closure having a holding device for fixing the screw closure to the container, and with a security band disposed at the edge of the skirt t... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7607547 | Container cap A container cap which offers improved opening/closing performance and improved touch feeling. Linear protuberances are formed on the circumferential wall of the main portion of the skirt of the container cap of the container. The protuberances include large protuber... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7581651 | Metal pilfer-proof cap A metallic pilfer-proof cap, in which the skirt of a skirt portion of a cap can be so separated by a weakening portion having horizontal slits and bridges formed alternately in the circumferential direction of the cap that the skirt may be left in a ring shape as a ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581652 | Tamper-indicating package, and a closure and container for such a package A tamper-indicating closure includes a plastic shell having a base wall with an annular skirt, at least one internal thread segment on the skirt, a tamper band frangibly connected to the skirt, and a circumferential array of angularly spaced flexible resilient ratch... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7578404 | Tamper evident band closure assembly A two-piece closure and tamper evident band assembly for use with a container neck having a peripheral bead is shown. The closure includes a top having a depending skirt. The skirt includes a break-away band frangibly connected to a bottom periphery of the skirt. Th... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7527161 | Cap closure The embodiments described herein illustrate a cap for a container comprising a cap body that includes an upper portion and a lower portion. The lower portion has an outer circumferential sidewall defining a ring-positioning member. The cap also has a ring that inclu... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7513377 | Folding finger tamper-indicating band arrester 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 first and second lengths extending inwardly. The folding fingers of the second length centerin... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7451885 | Low application torque, tamper evident plastic closure and container system with enhanced visual tamper evidency A container for use with a closure is provided, and includes a receptacle, a neck extending therefrom, a closure-engaging thread segment arranged on the neck of the container to engage the closure thread segment arranged on the closure, and a plurality of spaced apa... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7445130 | Closure cap A closure (10) is provided and includes a tamper-evident band (40). The band (40) has a plurality of retaining flaps (60) which engage under a container neck annular retaining bead (23) when the closure is first applied. The flaps ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7434703 | Child-resistant tamper-indicating package A tamper-indicating child-resistant package includes a container having a finish with an open mouth and an external circumferential bead spaced from the mouth. A closure has a skirt for externally encircling the container finish, a tamper band frangibly connected to... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431529 | Nozzle assembly incorporating a molded flow through brush applicator and a reusable break-off cap, a container having a nozzle assembly and packaging therefor A nozzle assembly (3, 20) with a reusable break-off cap (20) for dispensing a product from a container (1). On a dispensing end (5) of the nozzle (3) a break-off cap (20) is integrally formed thereon and closes off the dispe... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7431168 | Closure for a retort processed container having a peelable seal The present development is for a closure which provides a liner for abutting a surface and 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.... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7416077 | Contact lens carrying case A disposable-type carrying case wherein the parts that house contact lenses cannot be re-sealed is realized via an easy-to-use construction. In the case main unit 10B of a contact lens carrying case 10, when a handle 12 that is integrally... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7413097 | Tamper-evident closure and method of making same A tamper-evident closure including a spout and a cap. The spout includes an upwardly extending neck defining a neck opening, an annular cap-engaging retainer extending radially outwardly from the neck, and a fulcrum interconnecting the cap-engaging retainer and the ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7398890 | Liquid container closure assembly A closure assembly for a mouth and neck portion of a container for liquid has a sleeve adapted to lie substantially concentrically with respect to the mouth and provided with a mechanism for fixing the sleeve on the container. A first outer sleeve is coaxially mount... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7367465 | Closure cap with injection molded annular gasket and method of making same A closure cap and method of making the same wherein an annular or ring-shaped gasket is injection molded onto the inner surface of a cap shell formed of plastic or metal. The annular or ring-shaped gasket includes radially extending tabs integrally formed therewith,... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7344039 | Tamper indicating band having foldable tabs including tab extensions, tamper indicating closure including such tamper indicating band, and tamper indicating closure including such tamper indicating band and container A tamper indicating closure according to the present invention includes a top wall and a skirt depending from the top wall. A tamper indicating band is connected to the skirt along a frangible line. The tamper indicating band includes a ring and at least one tab, th... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7314146 | Closure with pressure release system There is described a neck structure in combination with a closure. The neck structure defines a neck opening with a cylindrical sealing surface surrounding the neck opening and an external neck surface. The closure comprises a cap formed of resilient material having... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7306108 | Closure with vents for venting during molding of a liner, method of forming a liner in a closure, and device for forming a liner in a closure A closure device includes a top wall, a skirt depending from the top wall, and a plurality of pads arranged circumferentially on the top wall, the pads extending into a space formed by the top wall and the skirt, the spaced pads configured to vent gas between adjace... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7299937 | Closure device with means for storing a tamper-evident tab and container equipped with such a closure device A device for closing a container and a container equipped with such a device, wherein the device includes: a first portion forming a closure element; a second annular portion positioned around a neck; a third portion forming a tamper-evident tab linking the first po... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7293396 | Method of connecting a top to a container A threaded container closure assembly in which the container comprises one or more radially extending members proximate the distal end thereof that initially engage with one or more radially extending members or partial radially extending members on a mating closure... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7264131 | Synthetic resin cap, closing device, and container-filled beverage One embodiment provides a synthetic resin cap comprising a cap body and a circular inner seal projection. The cap body having a top plate and a cylindrical section extending downward from the periphery thereof, and a threaded section that engages with a thread of th... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7243807 | Fluid-tight dilution bottle and cap A fluid-tight vial comprising a locking, flip-top cap and an open-ended cylindrical container is disclosed. ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7235207 | Method of making a tamper-indicating closure A tamper-indicating closure for a beverage package includes a base wall having a peripheral skirt with at least one internal thread for securing the closure to a container. A tamper-indicating band is frangibly connected to an edge of the skirt, and a stop flange ex... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232190 | Reservoir for a hydraulic circuit A tank according to the invention comprises a casing, a filling port (5) extending, on the outside of said tank, into a filling neck (7), which is provided with a screw thread having a pitch (p) and which cooperates with a cap (9). The inner sur... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7228979 | Snap-on screw-off closure with retaining member for tamper-indicating band A closure is provided with a thread configuration adapted for snap-on or screw-on application to a container neck finish. The closure is optionally provided with at least one member attached to the tamper-indicating ring which cooperates with the arcuate projection ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7225945 | Self-adjusting re-sealable spring center closure The application is directed to a leak-resistant closure for a plastic container having a generally planar central portion a peripheral portion, and a spring structure. The peripheral portion defines an annular recess with an inner wall having a secondary sealing for... | 06/05/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7214341 | Method of injection molding a preform including a radially extending element A method and apparatus for injection molding an article including a radially extending child resistant feature. Finish block halves are provided that include a pocket and that are closable together to form a neck-finish mold cavity. Mold body halves are provided tha... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7210593 | Tamper-evident quick twist closure A cap with a tamper-evident ring is designed to snap engage a container that is provided with an upper and lower bead. A ring of teeth provided along an inside skirt of the cap engage teeth located along an inside wall of the container. When the cap is snapped onto ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207451 | Molded container with beaded neck A container having a neck that includes an upper sidewall defining an opening, a lower sidewall and a flange radially extending from the neck between said upper and said lower sidewall. Beads are disposed around an outer circumference of the neck on the flange at th... | 04/24/2007 |
| 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 |
