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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8061544 | Easy-pull crown bottle cap A crown for a bottle or other container, the crown comprised of a pull tab ring and a pull tab secured to the crown by a rivet and one or more cut lines between the rivet and the rim of the crown. The crown may be formed from tinplate with a hardness of T4 as measur... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7967160 | Assembly for storage and dispensing of unit objects, equipped with a first-opening seal An assembly for storage and controlled dispensing of unit products, constituted by a container for bulk storage of the products, a device for reclosably closing the container, including a dehydrating device, and a flow-limiting device for dispensing products. The fl... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7354215 | Dispensing package for a cosmetic/antiperspirant/deodorant or other stick product A dispensing package for a cosmetic/antiperspirant/deodorant or other stick product. The dispensing package can have a tear-away seal integrally molded with the applicator end of the package barrel. The tear-away seal, or a frangible bead forming part of the tear-aw... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7303088 | Tamper-evident closure A tamper-evident closure includes a body adapted to mount on a container, a cap, and a hinge coupled to the body and to the cap. A tamper-evident tear strip is coupled to the cap to retain the cap temporarily in a fixed position relative to the body. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 6415936 | Easy opening closure with strippable core member A closure for receptacles such as bottles which includes an annular sealing member which is internally reinforced by a cylindrical core. The cylindrical core includes a hectically or spirally shaped frangible structure along which the cylindrical core can... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6192948 | Tear-open spout for a container A closure for a transportable container used in the transfer of materials to or from an enclosed process area is described. The container docks with a port in a wall of the process area forming a sealed connecting chamber which is sterilized by irradiatio... | 02/27/2001 |
| 5579943 | Container and dispensing closure lid having a tear-away tab A dispensing closure lid having a tear-away tab for use with a container. The tab itself is configured with an outwardly extending grasping member. The pull tab is defined by a distinct sequence of slits and perforations. The slits have a greater length t... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5549389 | Outlet stopper for pouch-type fluid containers An outlet stopper includes a cap part made of a resin and having a cylinder which has a screw thread on a side face thereof, and an outlet part made of a resin and having a disk flange which has a bottom face thereof coated with an adhesive. The disk flan... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5145084 | Container closure having metallic body and plastic grip piece A container closure is disclosed having a metallic body and a plastic grip piece. The body includes a top panel wall, a skirt wall extending down from the perepheral edge of the top panel wall, and a linking protruding piece that protrudes from the lower ... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5069345 | Plastic container with tear opening feature A single service container having a plastic body and a non-removable plastic cap. The cap and body are made of materials which are compatible to one another for recycling purposes. A tear strip is defined in the cap by a pair of score lines which extend s... | 12/03/1991 |
| 4984716 | Two piece tamper evident hinged closure cap A tamper evidencing or evident closure for a container having a dispensing orifice includes separately formed cap and base sections, the base section engaging an opening of the container and including an orifice member through which contents of the contai... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4953729 | Sanitation shield for water cooler bottle A water bottle sanitation shield covers the neck and shoulder regions of the bottle and effectively insulates the interior of the cooler tank from contaminants that may have accumulated on the bottle during transport and handling. The shield comprises fil... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4768667 | Tear-off container closure A tear-off container closure, such as a cap for sealing bottles, has an upper covering panel, a cylindrical cap skirt, a tear-off strip defined by score lines in the covering plate and cap skirt. The strip continues as (a) a tongue protruding outside the ... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4562932 | Cap closure for a container with pharmaceutical contents A cap closure for containers with pharmaceutical contents, especially for bottle-shaped containers possessing tear-open tabs and containing substances destined for injection, infusion or transfusion, is constructed such that a stopper can be pulled from t... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4534481 | Snap-on, tamper-evident container closure A flexible, snap-on closure for use in combination with a container neck in order to seal closed a container in a tamper-evident manner includes a flexible closure having a top surface, a cylindrical side wall, an inwardly protruding annular rib and an in... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4534478 | Tamper indicating cover A tamper indicating cover seals the closure end of a capped container. The cover is secured to the container by means of a safety band secured within an annular indent in the container. The safety band has visual indicia different from the remainder of th... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4482071 | Sealing aid for fastening a resilient plug inserted into an opening of a container A rubber plug is inserted into a opening of a neck portion of container airtightly and is covered with a seal cap made of an aluminum thin plate. The seal cap has slit-like cutout lines along which the seal cap is to be separated into two halves and is co... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4453644 | Cap with tear-off tag Cap (1) with tear-off tag having a pulling member in the form of a ring or eye connected to the tear-off tag. The cap is characterized by at least one upset buckling or impression (5, 6) extending over the pulling member (4) and the outer part of the tear... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4318493 | Easy opening container A closure for a thin walled metal container comprising a panel extending over the open end of the container and made of thin sheet metal such that it expands into convex shape when pressurized. Contents are placed into the container, the panel having a sc... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4227619 | Bottle cap with ring shaped tearing element A tear tab closure for containers comprises a cap having a top, a downwardly depending skirt, a tear tab projecting from the skirt and terminating in a finger ring. The tear tab is relatively short and the finger ring is secured thereto by any suitable me... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4227617 | Container closure A container closure assembly for maintaining a sterile sealed container is provided having a ferrule having a top annular portion and a depending skirt portion for securing a resilient stopper for sealing the mouth of a container to the container, and a r... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4159061 | Pop-a-top canning jar lids A closure assembly for a glass canning jar has an internally threaded skirt portion and a transverse lid portion having a rim section separated from a center section by a continuous weakened region in the form of a surface groove. A manual pull member is ... | 06/26/1979 |
| 4131212 | Containers A container with a closure, the container and closure being engageable by relative rotation, locking means on the container and closure which allow the closure to be rotated in the direction required to apply the closure but not in the opposite sense, the... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4009793 | Tamper-proof closure seal Tamper-proof closure seal for containers such as bottles, cans, and the like and methods of tamper-proofing and manufacturing tamper-proof closure seals which preclude inadvertent openings of product containers, readily indicate to prospective consumers t... | 03/01/1977 |
| 3952900 | Packing container intended in particular for pressurized contents A cap type structure for closing a pour-out opening in the top of a packing container wherein the pour-out opening terminates in an outwardly turned flange portion which engages and interlocks with an inwardly turned flange portion on the cap which is mad... | 04/27/1976 |