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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7549547 | Composite two-piece tamper-evident closure with a seal-delay-release feature and a method therefor A package includes a container, a seal, and a closure. The container is formed to include an interior region and an opening into the interior region. The seal is coupled to the container to close the opening. The closure is coupled to the container to cover the seal... | 06/23/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7175039 | Composite closure A composite closure includes a band and an insert disk. A contact surface urges downwardly against the disk even while the band moves longitudinally relative to the disk or container. The closure has a fully tightened position in which the band's ring contacts the d... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7163115 | Roller bottle cap A two-piece cap assembly for closing an opening in a neck portion of the container is provided that includes a cap body having a top wall and a depending annular skirt for screw attachment to the neck portion of the container. A plug seal is attachable to the unders... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7097682 | Ventilation filter medium for container, and container and container cap equipped with ventilation filter medium The present invention provides a culture container and a cap for a container having a ventilation filter medium or a medium similar thereto that can exchange carbon dioxide gas in the culture container with atmospheric air, and prevent the contamination of sterilize... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7083058 | Linerless sealing closure for a container 15A sealing closure for use with a container includes a top wall, an annular skirt, and a resiliently flexible annular flange. The annular skirt extends downwardly from the top wall. The annular flange extends downwardly from the top wall and radially outward... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6959830 | Metal container with thread A metal container with thread capable of preventing such a defect that the strength of a lower end of a mouth part and an upper end of a shoulder part of a container main body is non-resistant to a pressing force in radial and axial directions, and a part of the con... | 11/01/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6769559 | Venting plastic closure A venting plastic closure for use with an associated container includes an outer plastic cap having a top wall portion and an annular depending skirt including an internal thread formation. A disc-shaped sealing liner is positioned on the inside surface of the top w... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6702133 | Plastic retorable container system having a closure with an improved conformable liner A retortable all-plastic closure having a generally circular top portion and a generally cylindrical downwardly depending skirt. The top portion has upper and lower surfaces. The lower surface of the top portion forms a circumferentially extending ridge t... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6502710 | Closure cap A closure cap (1) for a container consists essentially of a cap base (2), of a cap skirt (3) and of a sealing disk (5) which bears at least partly on the cap base (2). A circumferential bulge (6) is arranged in the transition region (7) between the cap ba... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6488165 | Gripping and sealing cap The closure of the present invention provides a seal a variety of neck configurations, including substantially new and different neck profiles. The top of the cap, which may or may not include a valve, has side wall depending from the top of the cap and a... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6477823 | Closure and container system for hot filled containers A closure device for a plastic container includes a liner and a plastic closure. The liner is sealed to the neck of the bottle at the end face of the neck and along a portion of the outer surface of the neck. The plastic closure engages the liner to retai... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6354450 | Locking helical closure system A locking helical closure system for containers consisting of three components. A closure cap, a neck finish, and a liner or stopper made of an elastic material. The closure system has engagement lugs that engage helical grooves and pockets on a neck fini... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6164503 | Closure for liquids A screw-on closure for bottles that initially works with an induction seal liner and provides a leak resistant reseal on the bottle after the liner is removed. The closure has a unique annular convex sealing surface that overlies the mouth of the bottle. ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6102223 | Safety closure and container 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 t... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6044994 | Sealing arrangement for closure caps having liners A sealing arrangement is provided having a container neck having a sloped land surface. The sloping land surface is configured to prevent the liner from slipping across the land surface when the cap is applied to the container. The cap has depending downw... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5927532 | Vapor-seal child resistant closure and container package A child resistant package including a container having a base wall, side wall and opened end and a plurality of projections on the side wall having downwardly extending notches. A plastic closure has a base wall and a peripheral skirt and a plurality of l... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5884788 | Tamper-indicating closure A tamper-indicating closure for a container includes a cap with removable panels of a top wall of the cap. Each removable panel is connected to a tab on the inside of the cap. The top wall includes inner and outer cams on an inside surface and the tabs un... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5875909 | Screw cap with attached seal A bottle cap with a gas barrier seal for use in combination with the screw threaded neck of a carbonated beverage container and the like, having a body formed with an annular skirt and an end wall and a relatively stiff, high gas barrier, circular seal ha... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5762219 | Plastic screw cap for closing containers A plastic screw cap for closing a container, including a cup composed of a disk-like portion and a cylindrical wall that protrudes from the rim of said disk-like portion and has an internal thread that is adapted to engage a corresponding thread of the co... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5667089 | Closure having a wrap-around seal A closure having an inner retaining area for receiving a closure liner. The liner circumferentially contacts the land surface of the container to cover the mouth of the container upon application of the closure to the container. A well, formed around the ... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5664694 | Foil lined snap-on, screw-off closure and container neck A tamper-evident, snap-on, screw-off closure which is used with a specially shaped container neck is provided with a foil liner. Once the closure is applied to the neck, the foil liner is sealed to the neck of the container. The foil liner includes a tab ... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5415306 | Foil lined snap-on, screw-off closure and container neck A tamper-evident, snap-on, screw-off closure which is used with a specially shaped container neck is provided with a foil liner. Once the closure is applied to the neck, the foil liner is sealed to the neck of the container. The foil liner includes a tab ... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5356021 | Container closure with multiple liner seals A container closure having a multiple liner seal is disclosed. The closure comprises a plastic closure cap having a circular top wall portion and a depending annular skirt portion. The skirt portion has an internal thread formation for threadedly engaging... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5285913 | Closure assembly with insert liner A closure-assembly includes a molded plastic closure cap, and a disc-shaped insert liner positionable adjacent a top wall portion of the closure cap. An annular shoulder of the closure cap cooperates with the insert liner to form a top/side seal with an a... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5197621 | Screw cap made of plastics material A screw cap comprises an internal screw thread and a braking element for engaging the lead end of the external screw thread on a container for which the cap is intended. When the cap is applied to the container, the braking element progressively retards t... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5078290 | Container closure with internal channels for washing an interthread space A closure is provided with channels through which wash water can be injected to wash out food particles between the threads of a container after the closure has been applied and sealed. In a composite closure embodiment, a lid or insert disk is received i... | 01/07/1992 |
| 4682704 | Floating cap seal A floating cap seal for sealing containers whose openings are equipped with non-planar surfaces includes a seal which floats upon a ring permitting the seal to effectively seal uneven vessel opening surfaces.... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4668458 | Method of forming a carbonated beverage package A carbonated beverage package comprising a bottle having a neck with an external thread and a closure comprising a base wall and a peripheral skirt having an internal thread interengaging the thread on the neck. A flexible liner is interposed between the ... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4640428 | High gas barrier plastic closure A plastic closure system for containers or bottles containing liquids under pressure, such as carbonated soft drinks. A liner incorporating a high gas barrier material such as "Eval" in a relatively thin layer is positioned over the end of the container n... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4583665 | Combination container with membrane sealed finish and tamper-indicating dispensing closure A tamper-indicating closure system used with a container that has a sealing disc over the neck of the container. The closure threads onto the container neck but is held against threading down below a predetermined level by a rupturable tear band between t... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4564117 | Bottle closure A closure for an externally screw threaded standard glass or plastics container has a moulded plastics shell and a liner gasket which can turn freely in it. The liner is retained in the shell by a central spigot which fits loosely in a hole in the center ... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4531649 | Molded plastic cap with sealing liner A molded plastic closure cap has a number of downwardly projecting fins on the underside of its cover for forming a seal with a container in combination with a liner positioned between the fins and the container rim. The liner is a laminated one consistin... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4487325 | Crown closures and containers A crown closure and container comprising a glass container having a crown finish without threads, a closure comprising a rigid plastic outer shell and an inner cup-shaped liner. The outer shell comprises a top panel and a peripheral skirt. The liner is ma... | 12/11/1984 |
