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Patent 4391385 Issued on July 5, 1983. Estimated Expiration Date: 
August 20, 2001. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
August 20, 2001. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesReusable sealed plastic cover Device for the repeated opening and closing of an aperture in a cover of a container Patent #: 4280634 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 06/294440 filed on 08/20/1981US Classes:220/269, Gripping means attached to or integral with member or portion (e.g., pull tab)220/270With gripping means (e.g., pull tab)ExaminersPrimary: Hall, George T.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesB65D 39/00 (20060101)B65D 39/02 (20060101) B65D 47/00 (20060101) B65D 47/36 (20060101) Foreign Application Priority Data1980-08-20 SEAbstractThe invention relates to a closing arrangements on cans and similar containers of the type which has at least one plane end wall of sheet metal with a hole punched out in the end wall. The cut surface of the said punched-out hole may be sealed effectively by a closing arrangement which is designed as a tubular plastic body with flanges projecting from the plastic body. The flanges embrace the edge zone of the hole when the closing arrangement is pressed into the hole, at the same time as the said cut edge of the end wall is pressed so as to form a seal against, or "is embedded in," the outside of the tubular plastic body. | |
