Abstract: 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 abutment on the finish of the container to provide an audible click when the closure is fully applied. The finish of the container is provided with at least one, preferably two axial projections that extend downwardly from the threads on the finish and are engaged by the threads on the closure to retard back-off of the closure and eliminate the effects upon sealing of stack up between the tolerances of manufacture of the finish, closure and liner in the closure.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to synthetic resinous container closures having frustoconical sealing surfaces which cooperate with corresponding sealing surfaces on a container finish to effect a gas-type seal. In one embodiment, the closure is particularly suited for use in sealing containers having pressurized contents such as carbonated drinks and the like. In a second embodiment, the closure is of threaded type enabling the reclosing and sealing of the engaged container after an initial opening. This embodiment including a separable tamper-indicating ring. In a third embodiment, the closure is adapted to be used in conjunction with an aerosol dispenser to exclude ambient moisture from the area of the dispensing nozzle prior to first use, and to form a second seal after the closure has been removed for first usage.

Abstract: A lid for a container holding a hot liquid, such as hot asphalt or the like is provided having a section releasably fixed to the edge of the container and a movable section carried on the fixed section adapted to alternately open or close the opening leading into the container. A spring biasing arrangement coupled between adjacent edges of the sections normally biases the movable section into a closed position and hasp and retainer are employed for holding the movable section in an open position.

Abstract: An attaching ring or fixing ring is provided for attaching or fixing a dispenser member to a neck of a receptacle containing a substance to be dispensed. The ring is annular and has a bottom portion and a top portion. In a preferred embodiment, the bottom portion includes snap-fastening tabs for fixing the ring to the neck. The top portion includes an opening for the dispenser and a surrounding structure for securing the dispenser member to the neck. The top portion further includes at least one guide wall element extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of the dispenser member and around the periphery of the fixing ring substantially in line with the snap-fastening tabs. A hoop can be provided for preventing the tabs from splaying apart. The hoop can include an internal projection, such as a vertical rib or a thread.

Abstract: A tab for use with an easy-open can end, which is made free from any protrusion with a cut edge thereon that would otherwise contact a finger or a lip of the user without a increasing the number of manufacturing steps to complete the tab. A tab having a body, a nose end with a tip, an opposite grip end, and an island formed within the tab body and attached to the nose end along a hinge, the island including a rivet hole for receiving a rivet on a can end panel to attach the tab to the end panel. The tab body is joined to a carrier strip, from which the tabs are made, by a joint formed in a tab making process. In a tab severing process, the joint is cut off to sever the tab from the strip, leaving a protrusion on the tab with a cut edge. The tip of the nose has a gap into which the protrusion can be bent or curled, to guard the cut edge, as the tab is moved to attach the island to the end panel with a rivet.

Abstract: An improved device for identifying an individual pop-top can having a pull tab for levering open the can is provided. The device includes a flexible resilient sleeve of elastomeric plastic or rubber or the like which slides over and seats on the free end of the pop-top can tab. The sleeve has a distinctive color, design, texture, written indicia or any combination thereof, in order to identify the individual can. A kit is also provided which includes a number of the sleeves, all of which differ from each other in color, texture, written indicia and/or design. One embodiment of the sleeve includes an integral plug which extends upwardly from the top of the sleeve and is shaped and dimensioned to plug the can opening to preserve the contents thereof after opening. The sleeve is simple, inexpensive and attractive and enables users of similar cans to identify their own cans and thus not drink from another user's can.

Abstract: A cap and cap arrangement for covering a necked opening preferably for use with fuel tank fill racks, the cap arrangement comprising: a cap, the cap having an open and a closed position; flexible retaining means for securing the cap to the neck in proximity to the opening, the flexible retaining means extending between the cap and the neck and arranged to provide a non-fixed pivot point in a plane laterally spaced from the cap and neck so that the cap pivots between its open and closed positions, and the cap having internal spring means positioned to engage the necked opening with sufficient tension to retain the cap in its closed position but to permit easy withdrawal of the cap upon application of suitable pressure to the cap.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an article for covering a golf bag. The article includes a rectangular main portion that is integral with a flap portion. The main portion is adapted for covering the body of the golf bag and the flap portion is adapted for covering the top of the golf bag.

Abstract: A fuel cap is provided for use in the filler neck of a tank. The fuel cap includes a filler neck closure member, a handle engaged to drive the filler neck closure member, and a torsion spring coupled to the handle and to the filler neck closure member.

Abstract: A protective cover adapted to be placed over an article of physical evidence or other object has a dome-shaped body open at one end encircled by a peripheral flange. The flange is provided with retainers operable to restrain inadvertent movement of the cover once it has been placed on a substrate in overlying relation to the object.

Abstract: A cap is provided for use in the filler neck of a tank. The cap includes a handle, an o-ring sealing gasket, and a closure body including an upper body portion coupled to the handle and a lower body portion rotatably coupled to the upper body portion for rotation about an axis of rotation. The o-ring sealing gasket is mounted on the lower body portion for movement therewith.

Abstract: A combination cap and material tooling device is provided including an elongated blade supported on a base wherein the base includes an engagement portion and an intermediate portion. The engagement portion is preferably provided with threads for engaging threads on a container for a spackling stick whereby the contents of the container may be sealed from air to thereby preserve the contents in a soft pliable putty-like consistency. The intermediate portion is located between the blade and the engagement portion and includes a finger depression for receiving an operator's finger whereby the base may be comfortably used to guide the blade in a spackling operation.

Abstract: A container for the mailing and transport of objects, suited in particular to being closed with a seal, comprising a rigid, box-shaped body (1) opening at the top with a flanged edge (4) on which a cover slidingly engages up to a position of snapping shut. In said position, a first and a second hole (5, 15) formed respectively on the edge (4a) of the container (1) and on a side (14) of the cover (12) become aligned. Separation of the cover (12) from the container (1) is prevented by a sealed string or other equivalent means which ties the cover to the body by passing through the aligned holes (5, 15).

Abstract: A vessel for containing a batch quantity of chemicals for preparation of physiologic, therapeutic, or irrigation solutions, such as dialysate. The vessel has a cap and a bottle shell having features that make the vessel suitable for mounting to an apparatus for automatically opening the vessel. In a preferred embodiment, the cap has a frangible membrane sealing the vessel. A protective overcap is removable mounted to the cap to protect the cap from puncture prior to installation on the opening apparatus.

Abstract: An internal racing device for a golf bag includes a socket integrally formed within the golf bag and constructed to have a centrally defined hole, a pair of stops each opposingly formed on an upper periphery thereof, and a pair of recesses each defined adjacent to a respective stop and a tubular seat constructed to have a pair of wings each opposingly formed on an upper periphery thereof and a flange integrally formed with a base thereof, so that after a distal tip of one of a plurality of struts is inserted into a first hole defined within an upper frame of the bag, the other distal tip of the strut is able to be retained within the tubular seat when the wings of the tubular seat is securely rested within the recesses and stopped by the stops of the socket.

Abstract: A molded lid having an intermediate region configured as a sequence of waves, each of curved cross-section forming successively occurring crests and troughs, and exhibiting amplitudes increasing in value from the lid center toward the rim. The waves terminate at a ring band which is located to slide in adjacency with the inwardly disposed side of a plastic drum. The lid is provided with a polymeric gasket which is retained in position by a retainer band which is insertable in sliding compressive engagement within a retainer cavity.

Abstract: A twist-off can end assembly includes a cylindrical can body having an open end with a rolled flange extending around an exterior surface of the can body at the open end and a shoulder portion joining the open end with side walls of the cylindrical can. A collar surrounds the exterior surface of the can adjacent the open end, the collar including a can mating finish of an inner surface thereof and a closure engaging finish on an outer surface thereof. The collar is seated against the exterior surface of the open end between the rolled flange and the shoulder portion of the can body. A cylindrical closure is provided having a dependent peripheral skirt for operatively engaging the closure engaging finish of the collar. A lid member is secured to the open end of the cylindrical can body by a lid engaging portion of the cylindrical closure.

Abstract: A disposable, metal beverage can having a easy-opening tab on the top of the can. A second easy-opening tab is disposed on the can generally opposite the first easy-opening tab. The second tab is located on the bottom of the can or on the side of the can near the bottom. The first tab is opened to pour out the beverage by raising the bottom above the top. The second tab is then opened so that air enters the can above the beverage for rapid and regular emptying of the can while avoiding splashing of the beverage during pouring.

Abstract: The lid consists of two unitary parts both of which are molded from a soft rubbery substance. The body of the lid butts against the mouth of a container and includes a vacuum release valve and a check valve through which air may be evacuated from the container. The second part is a bellows pump that sealingly engages the body of the lid. As the bellows pump is worked manually, air is drawn from the container into the pump through the check valve on the body of the lid and the air is then discharged into the atmosphere through a second check valve that is an integral portion of the removable bellows pump. Because of its simplicity and lack of small parts, the lid is easy to clean effectively, and reuse is contemplated. The actuators for the pump and for the vacuum release valve extend to the periphery of the lid thereby making it easy for use by handicapped persons.

Abstract: The invention relates to a screw cap made of a plastics material, the cap comprising a closing portion (3); optional sealing means (7) mounted in or integral with the closing portion (3); and a tamper-proofing ring (8) made in one piece with the closing portion (3). According to the invention, the cap comprises a breakable zone (17) of the outer portion (9) enabling it to be opened on unscrewing the cap (1) leads firstly to an empty space (18) between the outer portion (9) and the skirt (5), which empty space (18) is delimited downstream, with respect to the unscrewing direction of the cap (1), by at least one non-breakable fastening (19) which does not break on unscrewing the cap (1), and which is part of said link means (11), and secondly to a breakable zone (20a), to a cut (20b), or to a gap (20c) in the inner portion (10) so that, on unscrewing the cap (1), the tamper-proofing ring (8) remains associated with the closing portion (3).