Abstract: A cap includes a cap body attached to a discharge port portion of a container and having a pouring port through which a content of the container can be discharged, and a lid pivotally supported by the cap body and capable of opening and closing the pouring port. The cap is provided with: a pushing member whose intermediate portion is pivotally supported by a pivotally supporting portion on a side surface of the cap body, the pushing member being swingable about the pivotally supporting portion; and a thin-walled hinge for connecting an end portion of the pushing member and a rotatably supporting portion of the lid, the thin-walled hinge being adapted to convert swinging motion of the pushing member into motion for opening or closing the lid as an upper portion or a lower portion of the pushing member is operated by being pushed.

Abstract: A tamper indicating, child proof, container cap designed for easy manipulation by arthritic fingers of a user includes an annular tear strip and a rotatably indexing latch finger on the cap which engages a raised annular retainer ridge with bypass opening on the neck of the container. A tactile indicator of the rotational location of the bypass opening is under the tear strip for sensing by the user's finger that is in simultaneous contact with the cap when the tear strip is removed. A lower ridge includes an index key for orienting the latch finger away from the bypass opening during assembly of the system. The top of the cap includes an extended axial length portion that is shaped for easy grip by arthritic fingers.

Abstract: A child resistant container apparatus includes a container for containing a substance and having an opening; a first inner cap member for removably covering the opening; first threads for rotationally engaging the first cap with the opening in a first direction of rotation; a second outer cap member for removably covering the first cap; and second threads for rotationally engaging the second cap with the first cap in a second direction of rotation, wherein the first direction of rotation is opposite to the second direction of rotation. The first and second direction are selected to provide opening of the container through rotation in an unexpected direction.

Abstract: A container and closure combination wherein the closure comprises a skirt portion, the periphery of which has at least one rounded ramped portion adapted to cooperate with one or more corresponding rounded ramped portions on the container such that relative axial rotation of the container causes cooperation of the ramped portions and disengagement of the closure from the container.

Abstract: An apparatus to assist a person having reduced manual dexterity in removing a cap from a container, the apparatus comprising a base and at least two tabs for removing the cap of the container by manual force against the tabs directly applied by one or more of the users's fingers or a narrow portion of an ulnar side of a forearm of the user. The tabs each extend upright from the base and are spaced from each other for engaging opposite sides of the at least one finger or the forearm. The tabs are arranged for twisting open the cap by turning the forearm or the finger solely by movement of the user's arm, so that gripping of the cap is unnecessary, in order to engage the tabs and rotate the cap in an opening direction while one of the fingers on the palm side and the forearm on the ulnar side is positioned between the tabs and against the base. The tabs may either extend parallel to each other or flare outwardly.

Abstract: A tamper-indicating, child resistant closure for a threaded bottle includes an inner cap and an outer driver telescoped over the inner cap. The inner cap includes a top wall having spaced apart upstanding ribs. The outer driver includes a top wall having a pair of top wall segments hinged for pivotal movement to, and being spaced apart from each other by a spacing rib also forming part of the top wall of the driver. Each of the top wall segments initially is secured to contiguous sections of the outer driver by frangible, tamper-indicating tabs, and the top wall segments are moved from a generally horizontal position to a generally vertical position after the tamper-indicating tabs have been broken to form a driving section in the top wall of the driver. This driving section then is directed into the space between the upstanding ribs associated with the top wall of the inner cap by moving the inner cap and outer driver axially toward each other.

Abstract: The present invention is a collection assembly useful for collecting small quantities of blood. The assembly comprises a container with an integral lip for facilitating collection of the blood and a cap suitable for enclosing the container. The assembly further comprises a sealing arrangement for securing the cap to the container using a protrusion on the cap and a locking ring on the container, wherein the container includes a riser below the locking ring that interacts with the protrusion on the cap to unsecure the cap from the container, when the cap is rotated on the container.

Abstract: The present invention is a collection assembly useful for collecting small quantities of blood. The assembly comprises a container with an integral lip for facilitating collection of the blood and a cap suitable for enclosing the container. The assembly further comprises a sealing arrangement for securing the cap with the container and a cam follower within the cap that interacts with the integral lip of the container to unsecure the cap from the container.

Abstract: The present invention is a collection assembly useful for collecting small quantities of blood. The assembly comprises a container with an integral lip for facilitating collection of the blood and a cap suitable for enclosing the container. The assembly further comprises a sealing arrangement for securing the cap with the container and a cam arrangement for unsecuring the cap from the container.

Abstract: A fitment device is disclosed to be used with a "bag-in-a-box" packaging system. The fitment connects the bag with a valve system and optionally contains a removable diaphragm. The diaphragm is opened by operating a tool which separates and pulls out the diaphragm. A method of assembling the device with the entire system is also disclosed.

Abstract: A non-slip closure grip for a receptacle having an upper portion with external threads. The closure comprising a cap member having a top surface and an annular depending skirt with internal threads for engaging with the external threads on the upper portion of the receptacle. An assembly about the perimeter of the annular depending skirt of the cap member is for providing a gripping surface. Reduced strength is required by a person to open the cap member, especially for the elderly and handicapped people.

Abstract: To assist a person having reduced manual dexterity in removing a twist closure from a container, the closure comprises a first tab extending upright from an upper surface of the closure to a height suitable to engage the forearm near a central portion of the ulna, and a second upright tab having the same height and being positioned on the upper surface to be on an opposite side of the forearm and longitudinally offset to allow the forearm to press against the tabs and provide an opening torque. A forearm of the person is positionable on the closure with the ulna of the forearm over the upper surface and the first and second tabs extending upright on opposite sides of the forearm, such that the closure can be opened by putting weight using the forearm on the upper surface with the container on a fixed surface and turning the forearm within the first and second tabs. No forceful digital, manual or carpal movements are required to remove the closure.

Abstract: An article particularly useful for Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) tests includes an ampule, a resealing cap, and a protective sheath. The ampule includes a segment along its neck that is detachable for allowing introduction of a sample. The cap is used for resealing the neck after introduction of a sample, and the detachable segment is located at a narrow diameter portion of the neck so that the expulsion force on the cap generated by interior pressure is small. A flexible sheath is provided to protect the neck during shipment and to assist in removing the detachable segment.

Abstract: The present invention is a collection assembly useful for collecting small quantities of blood. The assembly comprises a container with an integral lip for facilitating collection of the blood and a cap suitable for enclosing the container. The assembly further comprises a sealing arrangement for securing the cap with the container and a cam arrangement for unsecuring the cap from the container.

Abstract: An improved child-resistant package allowing improved access and closure by the user is provided. The improved packages is of the press-and-turn type and features ramped gripping portions on the perimeter of the side of the press-and-turn cap and on the bottle.

Abstract: Microcentrifuge tube having a container having a round opening and a frictionally seated lid hingedly connected by a fixed-hinge to the container, the lid having an upper lid surface and being sized and shaped to cover and seal the opening to maintain the inside of the tube free of any contaminant. The lid has a lid extension extending upwardly from the lid surface and outwardly away from the hinge in such a manner which allows the lid to be unseated and moved from the opening of the container when mechanical pressure by a user's finger is applied to the lid. The lid further has a guard portion extending downward from a portion of the lid and configured and arranged adjacent the container to act as a finger guard to prevent a user's finger contacting the container.

Abstract: A package, with a nozzle, a chamber, a cap which fits over the nozzle, and a pin attached to the interior of the cap which fits into the opening of the nozzle, for storing and dispensing a liquid, having an improved closure mechanism comprising at least one rectangular stopping member and at least one rectangular band in the interior of the cap and at least one guide flange on the nozzle. The package also has a plurality of guide ribs located around the nozzle to aid in the proper placement of the cap. The package is designed to be leak proof, nonclogging, able to dispense the liquid precisely, and can be easily opened even when the pin has bonded to the opening of the nozzle without breaking or shearing the pin.

Abstract: A fitment device is disclosed to be used with a "bag-in-a-box" packaging system. The fitment connects the bag with a valve system and contains a removable diaphragm. The diaphragm is opened by operating a snaring tool which pulls on a tab to tear out the diaphragm. A method of assembling the device with the entire system is also disclosed.

Abstract: A tamper-resistant closure for a medical injection device such as a syringe includes a cap having both a blind bore sized to receive and seat tightly against the syringe tip, to prevent material from entering or being withdrawn from the device. The cap has a threaded connection to the syringe tip, and is entirely covered by a loose-fitting shield having a one-way drive mechanism which prevents the cap from being unscrewed from the device while the shield is in place. The shield has at least one internal, frangible tang protruding obliquely into the envelope of the cap, so that the shield and cap can be easily assembled, but cannot thereafter be disassembled without breaking the tang and thus providing an indication of tampering.

Abstract: A child-resistant container closure constructed according to the present invention comprises a disk shaped cover plate attached to body section formed as a substantially cylindrical wall. A movable handle or tab is attached to the cover plate to aid a user in pulling the closure from a container in which the closure is installed. A well or recess is provided in cover plate to house the handle in a closed position. A ridge on the end of the handle cooperates with a mating ridge in the wall of the recess to retain the handle in a closed position. A resilient spring is provided in the recess so that when the handle is released from the recess, it is urged into a position in which it may be conveniently gripped by a user. An undercut groove or notch is provided on the outside surface of the cylindrical wall adjacent the cover plate. The notch engages a mating lip or ridge extending inward from the inner surface of the mouth of the product container to secure the closure to the product container.

Abstract: A bottle cap having an integral opener on a side thereof, which is capable of opening a bottle cap made of high strength metal sheet, is disclosed. The opener includes: two reinforcing portions, a head portion, two arms, a body and two branches. The head portion is rectangularly but gently bent or its edge is curled up inwardly in order to eliminate a sharp edge therefrom. The two arms connect the upper end of the body of the opener to the side of the bottle cap, and the body is reinforced with two reinforcing portions which are added to the left and right of a longitudinal center ridge. The two branches are divided from the lower end of the body of the opener, and are outwardly bent away from the bottle. Instead of the two branches, a ring may be attached to the lower end of the body, and, in this way, the user is not hurt, and the bottle cap can be opened with a reinforced strength.

Abstract: A tamper-proof closure for use with a bottle having a neck, a lip, and shelf 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 include first and second side edges and a transverse edge. The tab is longer adjacent to one side edge than the other. The ramp sections include an upwardly sloping portion of the shelf and a cam wall extending across the shelf from the neck to the outer edge of the shelf.

Abstract: A method of making an elongate strip for the production of a sealing member includes, as a first step, applying a plurality of strips of a first adhesive to one of a membrane and a first sheet, the membrane and the first sheet are then bonded together so that composite portions are formed where they are bonded together by the strips of the first adhesive, and separated portions are formed where the membrane and the first sheet are free from one another. The other side of the membrane is then coated with an additional layer of adhesive, for example a hot melt bonding material. Then, sealing members can be cut from the resultant composite elongate strip, with each sealing member having a composite portion in which the membrane and the first sheet are bonded together and a separated portion in which the membrane and the first sheet are free of one another. The free portion of the first sheet then forms a tab, for removal of the sealing member, in use, after it has been bonded to the lip of a container.

Abstract: A microcentrifuge tube or other thermoplastic sample container having a round opening and a frictionally seated sealing lid, the lid having a size and shape to cover the perimeter of the tube opening and maintain the inside of the tube free of any contaminant. The lid viewed on an upright closed container has a downwardly extending annular portion shaped to sealing fit inside the opening, the lid further having an integral upwardly projecting lid extension configured and arranged on top of the lid to facilitate aseptic opening, grasping and identification-labeling of the container. The location, angle and size of the lid extension allow mechanical pressure to be used on top of the lid, rather than beneath the lid, to open the container. The improved apparatus and method for opening the container functions to prevent sample contamination which could otherwise occur when a fingernail or other container opening instrument is inserted beneath, and contacts some portion(s) of the underside of the lid.

Abstract: A molded plastic oil bottle includes an upwardly extending threaded neck having a sealing edge. A cup-shaped cap is threadably received upon the neck to provide closure thereof. A quantity of oil is received within the molded plastic bottle. A removable seal comprises a thin seal membrane secured to the edge of the bottle neck and includes an outwardly extending tab which is used to remove the seal from the bottle in the filling process. In one embodiment, the extending tab is multiply folded and received within the cap while in alternate embodiments the tab extends outwardly from beneath the cap in the closed position. In a still further embodiment, a smaller tab having an aperture therein extends from the seal member and is operated by a separate puller which is attachable to the tab.

Abstract: A bottle cap having a cutting means located inside the cap for selectively opening a sealed bottle is described. The cap can be rotated in either direction over the seal to cause the seal to be punctured and to cause a "C"-shaped cut in the seal. In the preferred embodiment, the center of the "C"-shaped cut portion of the seal is dragged away from the center of the mouth of the bottle, and a portion of the linear remains uncut as the cap is rotated to prevent the liner from dropping down into the bottle.

Abstract: A container having a base connected to sidewalls which extend to a neck which is substantially elliptical in shape which is surmounted by a rim which forms a substantially elliptical shape, wherein the neck and rim define a container opening which is substantially elliptical in shape, has a closure which locks to the rim for closing the opening. The closure which encompasses the opening and rim, has a base which is substantially rectangular in shape from which a deformable skirt, which forms sides of the closure, extends.

Abstract: The container has a top part formed with at least one boss having a first side spaced apart from the outer surface of the container by a measure corresponding to the wall thickness of the cap and an other side which defines a ramp. An extreme edge of the boss is in turn spaced apart from the outer surface of the container by a measure which is equal to the wall thickness of the cap and defines a groove corresponding to a rib formed from the inner wall of the cap.

Abstract: A bottle includes a mouth and a neck adjoining the mouth. The neck has helical ribs on the outside to permit application of a peripherally indented, screw-on crown. The main body of the bottle has a base, which is provided with an upward recess. A plurality of inwardly projecting ribs is provided around the periphery of the recess, each rib being convexly rounded and devoid of points, and having two concavely rounded shoulder portions on either side, so that stress concentration is minimized. The recess is sized to receive a peripherally indented crown of the same size as that receivable on the neck, so that the ribs register in at least some of the peripheral indentations. Thus, one bottle can serve as a crown remover for another, without a significant risk that the ribs will break or crack.

Abstract: A tamper-proof closure is disclosed for use with a bottle having a neck, a lip with a downwardly and inwardly sloping peripheral wall and a plurality of outwardly extending ribs disposed at the juncture of the sloping wall and outer wall of the neck. The closure includes a top wall, a depending ribbed skirt and a plurality of rectangular tabs extending from the bottom edge of the skirt between each pair of ribs. The tabs are bent inwardly and upwardly and include a serrated edge for engagement with the ribs on the bottle. When the cap is applied, the tabs form compressive members holding the lid in sealed position against the bottle neck. The closure is removed by twisting, which causes the tabs to be shifted outwardly beyond the bottle ribs so that the cap can be lifted from the bottle. The closure cannot be reapplied since, during removal, the tabs have been bent outwardly to a point where they can no longer engage the bottle ribs.

Abstract: A closure device for the neck (1) of a container (2), using a plug (3) having some degree of elasticity, of the type in which closure is obtained by axial snap-engagement, opening being obtained by rotation or unscrewing, the neck (1) and the plug (3) having, on the one hand, a first continuous projection (4) and at least a second localized projection (5), which are adapted to co-operate with one another by axial snap-engagement in order to close the closure device and, on the other hand, a ramp (6) having at least one V-shaped or pseudo-V-shaped profile and at least a third localized projection (7) adapted to co-operate with one another by relative sliding in order to open the closure device by rotation or unscrewing, the first and third projections (4, 7) on the one hand being disposed on the neck (1) and the second projection (5) and the ramp (7) on the other hand being disposed on the plug (3).

Abstract: A closure assembly for a container such as a beer bottle, comprising a twist-to-remove crown cap to be mounted on the container, and a cushioning device for hand gripping and twisting off the crown cap. The cushioning device includes a rupturable member overlying the crown cap, and pad means mounted on the crown cap and facing its skirt. The cushioning device provides a protective medium over the sharp projections on the skirt of the crown cap to protect against injury when twisting off the cap.

Abstract: A fingernail polish bottle has a neck which includes a liquid-holding well formed interiorly of the external threads which receive and retain the bottle's cap. The well captures and collects fingernail polish which runs down the neck so as to prevent the polish from fouling the threads.

Abstract: A two-piece, press-twist, child resistant closure is formed with upwardly extending lugs, protrusions, ribs or channels on the upper surface of the outer closure member. The lugs assist in holding the outer closure against rotation while being axially depressed to engage the inner closure so that rotation of the container relative to the closure will effect removal of the closure. The closure system serves as a convenient system for arthritic or manually handicapped adults to use and still retain the child resistant nature of the closure for bottles containing harmful products.

Abstract: An improved method for reducing opening torques of caps and lids on containers, in particular containers for food and beverages, which comprises covering the sliding surface of the said caps or lids and/or of the finish of the containers prior to closure with an appropriate lubricant. In a preferred embodiment the lubricant comprises a lubricating agent and an emulsifier.

Abstract: A screw cap closure includes a metal body member with a circular top wall and a depending skirt wall having screw engageable interior projections and in order to facilitate the twisting of the cap an elastomeric flat band encircles the skirt wall and is under peripheral tension and is spaced from the top and bottom edges of the skirt wall. The outside face of the band has a high coefficient of friction.

Abstract: A two part closure for an open necked container is provided in which a cover member which may be of metal extends over the opening and a holding member which may be of plastic extends over the container neck.

Abstract: A cap blank for a bottle or jar comprising a disc formed with at least one depression. The depression provides a line of weakness when a cap formed from the blank is installed on a bottle or jar. A cap is also described. The cap can be removed from a bottle or jar by hand and is installed on conventional equipment for crimped tops, in the case of a bottle, or by hand or by conventional equipment for a jar.

Abstract: A bottle stopper comprising a cap shaped outer body member having an axial shank extending from the bottom of the stopper and an inner body member comprising in turn a portion for attachment to the outer body member and a hollow sealing member in which the shank is inserted and which is adapted to be inserted in the bottle neck. Between the attachment portion and the hollow sealing member, there is a plurality of bridge members connecting both members. Means are also provided in the inner body member to mate with further means on the neck to limit the insertion of the hollow member in the neck and said means also limit the rotation of the stopper on the bottle.

Abstract: Injury to a user's hand when removing a serrated twist-of cap from a container is prevented by a continuous band of gripping material circumscribing the serrations. The band may be a plastic material sprayed or painted onto the cap in liquid form and allowed to dry and adhere to the serrations. Alternatively, the band may be heat-shrunk about the cap periphery. In another embodiment, the band is a resilient plastic cover secured to the cap in a snap-fit engagement by means of an inwardly projecting annular lip arranged to snap over and engage the lower edge of the serrated cap. In the latter embodiment, the cover is provided with projections or ridges positioned and sized to engage corresponding recesses in the serrated cap sidewall. The band is made of a material which will not slip in the user's hand when the band and cap are twisted/turned.

Abstract: A child resistant closure construction for one end of a container, such as a cylindrical container. A removable plug normally closes a dispensing opening at one end of the container, the plug provided with a radially extending ear. The plug and ear are so configured that removal of the plug by a child is difficult because there is no easy method to firmly manually grasp any portion of the plug. A raised abutment is integrally carried by the end closure of the container. Upon rotation of the closure plug to a certain angular position, the ear strikes the abutment and the ear tilts away from the container interior to thereby enable it to be grasped and pulled to remove the closure plug.

Abstract: A flexible closure for a container, such as a blow molded jug, having a neck surrounding an opening therein and a pair of vertically spaced fastening configurations on the exterior thereof, the closure having a cap portion with an annular ribbed flange and a tear skirt depending from the annular ribbed flange, the tear skirt having a pull tab for the removal thereof, the cap portion having an annular flange therein and the ribbed flange having an annular groove therein defining a frangible wall joining the ribbed flange and the tear skirt. The annular flange in the cap portion seats under one of the fastening configurations on the neck of the container and the annular groove in the annular ribbed flange receives the other fastening configuration on the neck of the container to form dual fasteners, either one of which is capable of holding the closure on the neck portion of the container.

Abstract: A tamper-indicating closure comprising a disc-shaped top with an upper skirt extending downwardly from the top; an annular upper bead around the inner surface of the upper skirt; a lower skirt proximate to and in center alignment with the upper skirt, the upper skirt being disposed between the top and the lower skirt; an annular retention bead around the inner surface of the lower skirt; a breakable bridge means between the skirts as the sole connection between the skirts; and a tool aperture between the skirts adapted to accept a tool means for breaking the bridge means so as to part the skirts.

Abstract: A closure includes a plurality of tabs extending upwardly from its top wall to enable manual application of torque to the closure without gripping of the side wall thereof. The preferred tabs have surfaces defining a plane for supporting the closure in an inverted position for installation of a liner, and do not extend radially beyond the side wall of the closure.

Abstract: A container is provided with an annular support flange, which can be flat or rise inwards in a frustum-defining manner. The flange is connected to the container contents-containing base portion in the vicinity of the lower edge of the cover when in the seated position. The flange's upwardly directed surface is smooth. The support flange is used for supporting the fingers during removal of the cover. The normally vertical periphery of the cover is constructed in such a way that upward slippage of the fingers is prevented.

Abstract: A bottle closure-cup assembly for use with a bottle having a rotatably removeable cap is provided. The assembly includes a cup having an inner cylindrical collar extending from the cup base and spaced apart from the cup wall. The collar includes a plurality of inwardly facing axial ribs and a plurality of transverse retaining lugs for engaging the cap. Support fins extend between the cup wall and the collar for strengthening the assembly. When the cup is positioned on the cap, the cup and cap may be rotatably displaced as a unit to remove the cap as the cap remains by pulling the cup away from the bottle, thereby allowing the cap to be removed from the bottle separately.

Abstract: A snap on bottle cap for a container having a neck configuration including an annular shoulder over which the bottle cap is engaged so as to be self-retaining thereon. The bottle cap is formed of resilient material permitting distortion of the cap when it is applied to the bottle. A ring is positioned around and fastened to an annular flange of the cap by a plurality of frangible elements and it is attached to a portion thereof separated from the remainder by spaced cutaway areas. The ring thus may be used as a pull ring to free the portion of the annular flange as necessary in removing the cap by permitting the remainder of the cap to expand circumferentially so as to become disengaged from the annular shoulder on the neck portion of the bottle. The separation of the ring provides a visual indication of tampering.

Abstract: A container-closure assembly. The container has a discharge opening, a locking flange of generally circular opening with a frusto conical side face diverging downwardly from the axial end face of the opening. A shaping surface is formed below the locking flange of non-circular cross section and has a maximum cross section less than the cross section of the locking flange and at least one cam member extends axially downwardly from the locking flange. The cap of the assembly has a top and a peripheral skirt portion engaging under the locking flange and extending at least to the juncture of the locking flange and shaping surface. The cap is of a deformable material whereby the skirt is shaped to a generally circular shape by the cam member upon relative rotation of the cap and container.

Abstract: A two piece pourer closure, comprising a base portion with a cover portion which on rotation is raised by cooperating protuberances to open a pouring aperture, is provided with a separable guarantee strip, at least partly covering the cover portion to prevent it from being grasped and rotated and with means for centering and supporting a jacket portion of the cover against laterally acting forces. The means for supporting the jacket portion may be the protuberances on the base portion or a ring of guide elements on the base portion engaging the inner surface of the jacket portion.

Abstract: A child-resistant medicine vial, or the like consisting of a container and a cap therefor. The container has a hollow body and a tubular neck and the cap has a disc-like top and two concentric depending skirts. The inner skirt is adapted to be inserted into the open end of the container neck. The container has an outwardly extending annular flange which is spaced below the open end of the neck. The outer cap skirt is relatively flexible and extends telescopingly over the open end of the container, the bottom edge of the skirt reaching down into contact with or at least close to the flange. At least one upwardly extending ramp on the flange is engageable by a lug on the lower margin of the outer cap skirt. When the outer cap skirt is not stressed, the lug lies radially outside of the circular path defined by the ramp.