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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6981603 | Package including a container with a wide-mouth spout and enclosure sealing the spout A package, especially for granular, powdered or fluid product, includes a container with a spout extending upward and inward from a threaded neck and then flaring outward to terminate in a circular rim forming a wide mouth container opening. A closure as an end wall... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6740374 | Cap closure and detachable liner The present invention provides a container closure, including: a metal closure shell having a top surface and a bottom surface, the top and bottom surfaces having at least one varnish coating thereon; a detachable sealing liner in contact with a portio... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6006933 | Twist-off closure A twist-off closure for use with a bottle having a neck, a lip and a ledge surrounding the neck and a plurality of ramp sections. The closure includes a top wall, a skirt and a plurality of tabs extending from the bottom edge of the skirt. The tabs are T-... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5480044 | Safety cap A safety cap for a dispenser shaped to prevent choking thereof, particularly in small children. Specifically, the cap includes a lid portion including an attachment portion for securing the cap to the dispenser, and a flange portion extending radially fro... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5411157 | Container and the manufacture thereof A container closure assembly having a container neck and a closure for said container neck. The closure is retained on the container neck by a screw thread on at least one of the closure and the container neck. A sealing mechanism is provided for forming ... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5263787 | Inverted cap for craft paint applicators A holder having a sealing cap portion for craft paint applicators. The holder includes a lower base portion with an interior cavity formed in the upper portion of the holder. A threaded portion is formed therein for mating engagement with a threaded porti... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5101994 | Container with an aligning cap and neck construction A container assembly has a container with a body and an elongated neck of generally circular cross section and having threads adjacent its upper end. The neck also has a ring adjacent its lower end with a downwardly and outwardly flaring surface. Engaged ... | 04/07/1992 |
| 4768669 | Flexible sealing top A top for sealing an elongated tube such as a test tube, a blood drawing tube or the like has a tubular body with a closed upper end, a depending sidewall and an opened lower end which form an open ended tube receiving chamber. The lower end of the sidewa... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4392580 | Closure cap A metal closure cap is described for sealing containers. It is of the lug type having a metal shell with a flowed-in gasket. The cap differs from prior twist caps of this general type by having a tapered corner between the cap top and the cap skirt. This ... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4384654 | Tear-off closure A tear-off closure having a collar flaring downwardly and outwardly from a terminal edge of a cap portion of the closure, the collar provided to shield a portion of a bottle with the closure applied thereon from contamination. At least one line of weakeni... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4376506 | Seam release strip composite container A composite container for fluent materials in the liquid or semi-frozen state is disclosed, together with a method for making the same. The container includes a vertically arranged body member that is flared at its upper end, and an end closure member is ... | 03/15/1983 |
| 4216872 | Tamper-proof container A tamper-proof container closure which has a tear strip concentric with the dependent side walls of the cap. The tear strip which is spaced apart from the cap side walls is connected to the side walls by frangible radial connections. The tear strip is ada... | 08/12/1980 |