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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7861874 | Container and removable closure cap with venting feature A resealable can end is provided including a neck (10) and a cooperating cap member (12) which can be sealed onto and removed from the neck, and is capable of containing product under pressure or vacuum if desired. This end may be added, by convention ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7331479 | Child resistant container and cap A locking cap and container is provided for a container having an opening surrounded by a neck with container threads thereon that are sized and located to threadingly engage cap threads formed on a skirt of the cap. A shaped distal end is formed on a distal end of ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328859 | Power sprayer The present invention is a dispenser adapted to be coupled to a fluid container. The dispenser comprises a dispensing head, an energy source, and a fluid pathway. The dispensing head includes a fluid pump, a motor adapted to power the pump, a trigger adapted to cont... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7246713 | User-friendly bottle and closure thread assembly The invention provides a threaded container closure assembly includes: a container neck having an opening; a closure for said neck, the closure having a base portion and a skirt portion; a first screw thread on the neck, said first screw thread comprising one or mor... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7198170 | Closure and container system and method for sealing a closure on a container A system includes a container including projections equi-spaced around a neck region. Each of the projections includes a cam surface, a lock surface, a ramp, and a clamping surface. The system also include a closure including a closure plane and a circumferentially ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7182213 | Closure assembly for a wide mouth vessel A closure assembly includes: a vessel opening; a closure for said opening, the closure having a base portion and a skirt portion; a first screw thread on the opening, said first screw thread having one or more first thread segments; a second screw thread on an inner... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7128227 | Dispensing closure with stop wall for positive alignment on container A dispensing closure, including a horizontal deck, an aperture through the deck, and a collar depending below the aperture in the deck, is snapped over an annular bead on the neck of a molded plastic bottle. A stop wall, comprising a pair of ribs mounted for pivotal... | 10/31/2006 |
| RE39340 | Spill-reduction cap for fluid container Two cap modifications are disclosed for use on water bottles to be installed in water dispensers. A central conical well in the top of the cap is formed with a scoreline. When the bottle is lowered into a dispenser, a probe of the dispenser enters the well and cause... | 10/17/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7051991 | Control valve An actuator operated by a solenoid and a force amplifying means utilizing hydraulic pressure are used in combination with a diaphragm, to thereby provide a diaphragm valve made of Teflon™, and which is compact in size, has low power consumption, and which is capab... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6926174 | Safety cap A fluid dispenser device (10) including a fluid reservoir, a dispensing member such as a pump, a dispensing head (15) provided with a dispensing orifice (16) and with a fixing portion (12, 13), and a safety cap (20) provided with f... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6913158 | Closure cap A closure cap for a container containing carbonated beverages has a head plate (2) and a substantially cylindrical cap skirt (4) extending from the edge (3) of the head plate (2). A cap thread (6) is provided on the inside (5 | 07/05/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6848590 | Child-resistant closure and container package A child-resistant closure and container package includes a container having a finish with an external thread and pockets in the thread. A closure has a base wall, a peripheral skirt with an internal thread and lugs on the internal thread for receipt in the pockets, ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6659297 | Tamper-indicating closure, container, package and methods of manufacture 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 sto... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6622460 | Tamper-indicating closure with lugs on a stop flange for spacing the flange from the finish of a container A tamper-indicating closure of integrally molded plastic construction that includes a base wall having a peripheral skirt with internal threads for engaging external threads on a container finish. A tamper-indicating band is connected to the edge of the s... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6431381 | Positive orientation systems for closures and containers Positive orientation systems are provided for packages formed by the combination of a container and closure. In one embodiment, the invention provides a closure having a plug seal with at least one plug seal lug that cooperates with a container neck lug f... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6398050 | Liquid container with opposed openings and an end cap for each opening, the end caps engageable for stabilizing the container on a smaller end thereof A liquid container with opposed openings has a smaller neck and larger base, with correspondingly sized openings and caps. The base cap includes a receptacle, for installing over the cap of the smaller diameter container end. The smaller diameter cap incl... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6260722 | Cap and container assembly A cap and container assembly can be opened and closed repeatedly and continue to achieve a good seal between the cap and the container. The good seal results from the engagement, of the container neck with cap protrusions, which temporarily deforms the sh... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6257432 | Cap and container assembly A cap and container assembly can be opened and closed repeatedly and continue to achieve a good seal between the cap and the container. The good seal results from the engagement, of the container neck with cap protrusions, which temporarily deforms the sh... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6234338 | Beverage container closures A container for a carbonated beverage has an interrupted external screw thread surrounding its mouth opening engageable with an internal screw thread of a rotatable closure. The rotatable closure has a top member which is inwardly domed or indented or oth... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6105801 | Container having collapsible neck finish 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 ab... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6085922 | Container and closure assembly with tactile indication of closure position A container and closure assembly, affording a simple, quick, ergonomical, and reliable closing operation, provides an intermediate, partly open position that is reliably indicated. The distance of rotation of the closure relative to the container necessar... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5992656 | Plastic closure with corresponding tube body A plastic tube with a tubular tube body which is connected through a shoulder to a neck having an external thread and with a screw cap which can be screwed with an internal thread onto the external thread of the neck. The shoulder is injection molded onto... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5988412 | Safety closure having an internal locking lug A cap having a top wall and at least one circumferentially extending sidewall having an inner surface with internal threads therealong and a terminating bottom edge of the sidewall defining an open end opposite to the top wall. The terminating edge is pro... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5984123 | Container having screw-threaded captive cap A packaging container having a container body and a lid unit which is undetachably mounted on the container body. The container body has a neck portion provided with an opening. An external thread cut in the outer periphery of the neck portion, and a lid ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5915579 | Container with tamper-evident and pre-lockable closure assembly A container has a neck formed with projections and a closure assembly for attachment to the neck and movable between a fully released position and a fully closed position. The closure assembly includes a screw cap and an index ring which serves as tamper-... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5881907 | Sealing cap with metal insert for sheet metal containers for corrosive liquids The top (2) of a sheet metal container (1) for the transportation and storage of liquids has a central fill opening (3) which is edged by a neck (5) which is perpendicular to the top surface (4) of the container. A plastic or metal ring (6) with an extern... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5871111 | Screwable closure cap with security against over-tightening In the case of over-tightening of the closure-cap on a beverage bottle (through turning in the wrong direction) there is the risk that, due to the high internal pressure, not only will the thread jump, but also that the cap will be ejected directly from t... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5863145 | Container with a screwed cap for nail varnish, liquid mascara or the like The invention is directed to a container with a screwed cap for nail varnish and liquid mascara having a closed position of the screwed cap in relation to the container defined by at least one end stop and a cover rotatably fitted on the screwed cap. The ... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5803287 | Consumer friendly package A consumer friendly package including a plastic closure having multiple threads which engage multiple threads on the finish of a plastic container. The closure has at least one and preferably four radially inwardly extending lugs that engage a radial abut... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5782369 | Linerless closure for container A closure for a container having a two portion sealing rib projecting downwardly form the underside of the top. The first portion of the rib being contiguous with the top and the second portion being frusto-conical and contiguous with the end of the first... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5769254 | Container and closure with alignable handle A container neck (14) and a container closure comprises a first thread (15) on one of the neck and the closure, a complementary second thread on the other of the neck and the closure such that the closure is moveable from fully disengaged from the neck to... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5735417 | Container closure locking assembly A container closure locking assembly (40) includes a plastic container (42) having a body portion (54) for holding the contents, a lower closed end (56) for supporting the container (42), and an upper dispensing end (58). The upper dispensing end (58) inc... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5718353 | Towelette dispensing closure assembly A closure assembly for attachment to the lid of a container for the storage and dispensing of towelettes or similar articles is constructed so as to be receivable within a preformed keyhole-shaped opening in the container lid. The assembly includes a body... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5699924 | Attachment of tamper-evidencing band to closure skirt A plastic container closure has a skirt which is connected to a tamper-evidencing band by frangible bridges, all molded in a single unit. Where the closure is a cap for a container neck, there is at least one retaining means on the skirt and another on th... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5687865 | Spill-reduction cap for fluid container Two cap modifications are disclosed for use on water bottles to be installed in water dispensers. A central conical well in the top of the cap is formed with a scoreline. When the bottle is lowered into a dispenser, a probe of the dispenser enters the wel... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5687863 | Squeeze and turn child resistant package A squeeze and turn child resistant package including a container having a finish and a closure having a base wall and an outer peripheral flexible wall depending from the base wall. The wall has an internal thread on the inner surface thereof, the finish ... | 11/18/1997 |
