Abstract: A beverage release cap over a bottle cap of a plastic carbonated beverage bottle for dispensing a beverage, without losing gasses inside the bottle, when the bottle is inverted or partially inverted for pouring. The beverage release cap has three distinct functional and physical sections. A lower section engaging a bottle rim below the bottle cap and snapping over the bottle rim, thereby retaining the beverage release cap to the bottle while providing a seal and permitting a twisting rotation of the beverage release cap. A middle section gripping the bottle cap with vertical, equally spaced ribs, a space between the ribs allowing beverage to flow between the bottle cap and the beverage release cap. An upper section providing a path for the beverage to flow from the middle section. The beverage release cap may alternatively be a replacement to the standard bottle cap.

Abstract: A finish for a plastic container and a preform adapted to be molded into the plastic container. The finish and the preform include an upper portion having a mouth defining an opening into the container. At least one groove is defined around a radial sidewall of the upper portion. The groove slopes gradually downward along the radial sidewall to a terminal end having a first groove depth at a groove entrance and a second groove depth after a predetermined amount of groove travel. The second groove depth being greater than the first groove depth.

Abstract: A container forming assembly and method includes receiving a parison within a cavity of a mold, enclosing the parison within the mold having a wall with a recess, inflating the parison in the mold to form a blow molded container where the blow molded container has a sidewall, a movable region formed at the recess, and a hinge circumscribing an interface between the sidewall and the movable region, and moving or repositioning the movable region toward an interior of the blow molded container about the hinge before filling. The movable region can form a deep-set grip. Further, multiple movable regions can be provided, each of which may form respective deep-set grips. The container shape can be symmetrical or asymmetrical.

Abstract: A highly portable solar UV disinfection and water storage container with a uniquely traceable security seal that passively indicates by means of a permanent photochromic color change the efficacy of the UV disinfection process performed upon the drinking water within the sealed container.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a container and a method of making a container. In one example, the container includes a body having an upper portion, a sidewall portion and a base portion. The upper portion includes a blown finish defining a longitudinal axis and an opening into the container. A tamper evident (TE) band is formed on the finish and defines a first diameter at an outermost surface. The TE band defines at least two disconnected radial protrusions. At least one thread is formed on the finish. The at least one thread defines a second diameter at an outermost surface. The first diameter is greater than the second diameter. The TE band defines a gap between each respective disconnected radial protrusion. Each thread defines a thread start portion and a thread run-out portion. A line parallel to the longitudinal axis extends through the thread run-out portion and the gap.

Abstract: A can or container reformed from an existing open ended can adds additional volume and integral thread portions to form a recloseable can. An existing can is inverted, drawn to increase the volume, an end wall pierced and reformed into an outwardly curled lip, thread portions formed along a perimeter portion of the can body adjacent a first end, and a new end seamed to the original open, second end of the can. A cap with thread lugs cooperates with the thread portions on the external perimeter of the reformed can to originally and subsequently reseal the can once the can has been opened.

Abstract: A bottle is assembled with an existing cap on its threaded neck to seal the contents in the bottle. A decorative top fits onto the existing cap and bottle for holding a decorative body, such as a figurine or the like, on a stem of the top. To open the bottle and use the decorative top, a removable rim comes off the top allowing it to be removed from the existing cap. The cap then twists off the bottle's neck and can be discarded. To reseal the bottle and allow drinking of its contents, the top with the removable rim detached threads onto the bottle's neck. A spout or valve of the top's stem can then be opened so contents of the bottle can be drunk from the stem.

Abstract: An opening device for a packaging container comprises a neck portion and a screw cap. The opening device comprises a wall of the first part of the screw cap being with a weakening extending in a circumferential direction of the first part and a recess extending in a longitudinal center axis direction of the first part. The recess is arranged to receive a projection of the neck portion, which projection is directly injection-molded in the recess. A tamper flap of the first part, which tamper flap is defined by the weakening and the recess, is automatically deformable in connection with a first time opening of the packaging container by cap rotation.

Abstract: An aerosol container includes a main body portion that is constructed and arranged to withstand aerosol pressurization within a range that is about 90-180 psig and a threaded finish portion that is unitary with the main body portion. The threaded finish portion has at least one helical thread, a support ledge beneath the helical thread and a secondary flange that is positioned beneath the support ledge. The secondary flange has an outer circumference that is noncircular in at least one location, whereby it may be engaged during a capping operation to prevent rotation of the container during capping. A method of making an aerosol container in which a preform is capped before the blow molding process is also disclosed.

Abstract: A beverage release cap over a bottle cap of a plastic carbonated beverage bottle for dispensing a beverage, without losing gasses inside the bottle, when the bottle is inverted or partially inverted for pouring. The beverage release cap has three distinct functional and physical sections. A lower section engaging a bottle rim below the bottle cap and snapping over the bottle rim, thereby retaining the beverage release cap to the bottle while providing a seal and permitting a twisting rotation of the beverage release cap. A middle section gripping the bottle cap with vertical, equally spaced ribs, a space between the ribs allowing beverage to flow between the bottle cap and the beverage release cap. An upper section providing a path for the beverage to flow from the middle section. The beverage release cap may alternatively be a replacement to the standard bottle cap.

Abstract: A plastic container with a longitudinal axis includes a neck region with an opening into the container. The container also includes a base region that closes off the container and a sidewall continuously extending from the neck region to the base region. The sidewall includes a rounded portion and at least one panel. The rounded portion lies substantially on an imaginary rounded object that is three dimensional and that is entirely rounded. The panel lies within an imaginary plane that intersects the imaginary rounded object.

Abstract: A capping system in combination with a container having a mouth and a wall segment disposed proximate to the mouth is provided. The capping system includes a cap having a bottom for selectively covering the mouth, a jacket extending from the bottom, and a guarantee ring disposed at a distal edge of the jacket. At least one cam extends from an outer surface of the wall segment, is at least partially overlapped by the guarantee ring, and applies a force on the guarantee ring when the cap is rotated a predetermined distance relative to the container to at least partially sever the guarantee ring. The guarantee ring includes an overlapping region extending over the cam that provides clearance for the cam when the cap is initially installed on the container to prevent deformation of the guarantee ring during the installation.

Abstract: A pour cap for a fluid container includes a cap body, a gasket mounted to the cap body, and a threaded ring attached to the cap body. The cap can be positioned on the container in a closed position wherein the container is hydraulically sealed with a high pressure seal, or in an open position wherein fluid flow occurs through flow passages on the gasket and the cap body with first and second low pressure seals preventing unwanted leakage between joining parts on the cap.

Abstract: A child-resistant package includes a plastic container having a blow-molded neck finish with an end, at least one external thread, an arcuate part-circumferential ledge adjacent to the neck finish and a plurality of angularly spaced ratchet teeth on the ledge. A closure has at least one skirt, at least one internal thread on the skirt, at least one flexible resilient ratchet finger extending radially inwardly from the skirt at an angle to the skirt, and a seal element within the skirt for sealing engagement with the end of the container neck finish. Threading of the closure onto the container neck finish brings the ratchet finger into engagement with the ratchet teeth. The array of ratchet teeth and the seal element are such as to accommodate tolerance variations in the blow-molded neck finish while maintaining a seal and child-resistance capability at the neck finish.

Abstract: This invention provides a bottle that allows for easy and efficient application of shrink sleeves. The ease of application is partly a result of the invention's wall thickness along its body-forming portion. The body-forming portion of the invention has thick walls and thus exhibits negligible expansion during a hot-filling process. This permits a shrink sleeve to be placed onto the body-forming portion of the resistant bottle prior to filling. If the resistant bottle is hot-filled, the sleeve shrinks as a result of radiant heat emanating outwardly from the high temperature product, without the aid of an external heat source, such as a heat tunnel.

Abstract: A closure for a container (14) comprises a first portion (12) for mounting to the container and a second portion (10) adapted for mounting to the first portion. When the second portion is removed from the first portion it opens the container. When the first portion is mounted to the container and a deformable seal (66) is positioned therebetween, and when the second portion is then mounted to the first position, the seal is deformed and is simultaneously able to seal between the first portion and the container, and between the first portion and the second portion.

Abstract: Container, comprising a neck provided with a wall forming an opening and an abutting arrangement arranged to interact with an opening indicating device of a cap associatable with the neck, the abutting arrangement comprising a ring-shaped projection extending circumferentially from the wall, and an abutting element arrangement projecting from the ring-shaped projection.

Abstract: Described is a handled bottle having a flip top, child-resistant closure with a pour spout. In one embodiment, the closure cap has a pair of tabs that lock into the latches on the closure base member.

Abstract: A tamper-evident cap is disclosed having a circular closure member, a cylindrical annular wall depending generally from the periphery of the closure member terminating with a base and having a plurality of serrations, and a tamper-evident band circumferentially positioned around the base having teeth and attached to a portion of the base. The tamper-evident band may be mounted to the base by at least one of the teeth or attached by at least one of the serrations extending below the base. The interior and/or exterior of the cylindrical wall may be stepped. The tamper-evident band may have a groove between the teeth for retaining the tamper-evident band on a neck finish. A neck finish having at least one set of teeth and optional raised portions for securing the tamper-evident band in place is also disclosed. The neck finish may be stepped to correspond with a cap having a cylindrical wall with a stepped interior. A cap and neck finish combination for a container is also disclosed.

Abstract: A closure assembly has a closure cap adapted to be fitted to the neck of a container to close the container. The cap has an upper wall and a cylindrical skirt depending from the upper wall. A reservoir is formed on the underside of the upper wall radially within the skirt and has a dispensing opening. A sealing member is fitted into the closure cap to close the dispensing opening in the reservoir. When the assembly is fitted to the container the sealing member fits into the neck of the container with an interference fit such that when the closure cap is removed from the container, the sealing member remains held within the neck of the container and is separated from the closure cap so that the dispensing opening is opened and material contained therein is dispensed into the container.

Abstract: A container comprising a finish, a sidewall portion extending from the finish having a thread portion and an opening formed therein, a base portion extending from the sidewall portion and enclosing the sidewall portion to form a volume therein for retaining a commodity, and an inwardly directed rib member. The inwardly directed rib member is circumferentially disposed about the finish. In some embodiments, the inwardly directed rib member is positioned between the opening of the finish and the start of the thread portion.

Abstract: Hollow body extending along a principal axis and having a neck provided with a first relief suitable for allowing a predetermined angular indexing of the hollow body around its principal axis with respect to a device for gripping the hollow body. The neck having a second relief, axially offset with respect to the first relief, suitable for allowing a predetermined angular indexing of the hollow body around its principal axis with respect to a second gripping device superimposed on the first one.

Abstract: A drinking bottle assembly includes a bottle having a cavity for storing a fluid and a neck that forms an opening at a dispensing end of the bottle. A removable collar at least partially covers the bottle neck and provides a generally smooth outer surface for a person's mouth and lips to contact when drinking from the bottle. The collar includes a neck attachment for retaining the collar on the bottle. A removable cap can be selectively attached to the collar for opening and closing the bottle.

Abstract: A closure and container combination where the closure has flanges that define a channel capable of receiving a portion of the neck of a container and forming a surface seal therewith.

Abstract: A closure system for a container reduces the needed torque for assembly by minimizing frictional resistance to rotation of the closure into its desired alignment with the container before the closure is driven home onto the container neck. The reduction in the torque resistance during the application of the closure allows the rotary filling machinery to work within its torque limits and minimizes damage to the parts during the filling and sealing operation in a bottle filling line.

Abstract: The invention relates to a closure for a container for holding a fluid, more particularly an adhesion promoter composition, provided, having a base element which can be fastened in the region of a pour opening of the container and which has an opening through which the fluid can be withdrawn from the container, having a first closure element which in a closed position thereof effects fluid-tight sealing of the opening of the base element and which in an open position thereof releases the opening of the base element, and having a second closure element, which can be fastened to the base element in such a way as to be repeatedly releasable and which, in a container storage mode, secures the first closure element in its storage position and, for a container dispensing mode, releases the first closure element to bring it from its closed position into the open position.

Abstract: A metal container is described. The metal container has a lower portion and an upper portion. The lower portion has an enclosed bottom and a cylindrical sidewall extending upwardly from the enclosed bottom portion. The cylindrical sidewall has a diameter and is centered about a longitudinal axis. The upper portion has a circumferential shoulder portion, a circumferential neck and an open end. The shoulder is integral with an uppermost portion of the cylindrical side wall and is smoothly tapered radially inwardly. The circumferential neck extends upwardly and radially inwardly from an uppermost portion of the circumferential shoulder. The open end is connected to the circumferential neck and has threads for threadable attachment to a closure member.

Abstract: A plastic container and closure and method of making the same. The container can include a solid bottom end, an outer sidewall extending from the solid bottom end, and a neck portion extending from the outer sidewall to create an open end of the container. The neck portion may have a spout portion having an aperture formed therein. The spout portion can be inverted to form a flange receptacle. The closure can include a sealing portion which includes a first receptacle, a spring portion that includes a second receptacle, and a planar center area configured in the center of the closure and extending inward from the spring portion. The container may be filled with a product and the closure secured to the container, over the open end, to create a primary seal and a secondary seal. When the closure is secured to the container, the spring portion can exert a sealing pressure against the neck portion of the container to create the primary seal.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are beverage bottles having a reversible finned section, attachable to a bottle body, positioning a plurality of fins providing aerodynamic guidance of the body as it travels in a direction of a vector originating from the fin-center toward an attached nose; the finned section having two orientations of attachment to the bottle body providing two different profiles. Bottles may also include one or more of: a base section adapting a finned bottle for transport in a track or conveyor of bottling machinery; aerodynamic noses and nosecones, attachable to the neck or bottom of a bottle or other location, optionally holding an object, prize or additive, also optionally acting as a stand; and a production sleeve permitting transport through a track or conveyor. Detailed information on various example embodiments of the inventions are provided in the Detailed Description below, and the inventions are defined by the appended claims.

Abstract: A preform for use in blow molding a plastic container is disclosed herein. The preform has an open end and closed end, and a body adapted to form a body of the container when the container is blow molded. The preform further includes a finish having a top surface, an inner wall having circumferentially-spaced thin segments alternating with thick segments, and an outer wall wherein the thin segments exist entirely in the finish and extend towards the open end of the body of the preform. The thick segments do not extend to the top surface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a reversible child resistant cap and a closure system having two positions, the first being a child resistant position and the other being a non-child resistant position.

Abstract: A container, such as a flask or a flexible tube, provided with a cap, the container including a side wall and a plastic head with a neck and a shoulder linking the neck to the side wall. The cap is provided with a circular cylindrical skirt on its inner surface with one or more first screwing means. The wall of the neck is substantially shaped like a prism where the cross-section is globally a polygon having a symmetry of order n about an axis A substantially parallel to the generatrix of the prism, n being an integer strictly greater than 1, and the neck is provided on its outer surface with n second screwing means, uniformly distributed about the axis A. The assembly of n second screwing means of the neck co-operates with the first screwing means of the cap.

Abstract: A molded plastic drinking sleeve for push-on assembly to a neck portion of a container according to a typical embodiment includes an annular body formed by an annular sidewall having a uniform taper from a first open end to an opposite second open end, the annular sidewall defining an open interior. The annular sidewall further includes a series of external threads and a roller abutment at the base of the threads for stopping the roller equipment used to help fabricate a metal closing cap that is designed to thread onto the plastic drinking sleeve. The cooperating metal container that receives the drinking sleeve includes a portion that is curled over the upper edge of the drinking sleeve. A free edge of the curled portion is embedded into the plastic of the drinking sleeve.

Abstract: A finish for a plastic container and a preform adapted to be molded into the plastic container. The finish and the preform include an upper portion having a mouth defining an opening into the container. At least one groove is defined around a radial sidewall of the upper portion. The groove slopes gradually downward along the radial sidewall to a terminal end.

Abstract: A blow-molded plastic container includes an upper portion having a finish, a body portion and a base. At least one groove is formed in a radial sidewall of the finish. The groove slopes gradually downward along the radial sidewall and away from an opening into the container. A method of making the blow-molded plastic container includes disposing a preform into a mold cavity having a surface defining a body forming region, a finish forming region and a moil forming region. The preform is blown against the mold surface to form an intermediate container having a body portion, a finish and a moil portion. The moil is severed from the finish to define the opening into the container. A closure member is adapted to selectively mate with the finish on the container. At least one thread is formed on the closure member.

Abstract: Non-removable finish and closure finish system that resists rotational movement so as to be rendered substantially non-removable by the consumer. The closure and finish have complementary thread segments with ratchet-type engaging portions or lugs extending below thread segments on the finish and closure, the closure lugs being disposed on an inner skirt spaced radially inwardly from an outer skirt to inhibit access to the interlocking lugs.

Abstract: Containers useful in bottle-in-box applications among others, including a blow molded portion and a non-blow molded portion integrally connected, wherein the blow molded portion includes: (i) at least one layer of polypropylene thermoplastic material having a flexural modulus (1% secant) of from about 140,000 psi to about 220,000 psi under ASTM D790; (ii) a containing volume of at least two liters suitable for containing a liquid or semi-liquid composition; and (iii) a containing volume to polypropylene thermoplastic material mass ratio of greater than 100 mL/gram; wherein the non-blow molded portion further includes an attachment means for connecting a dispenser.

Abstract: A lightweight finish for a hot-fill container uses less material compared to existing hot-fill container finishes. The lightweight finish yields a cost savings while still providing adequate dimensional stability to allow the container to maintain its shape during the hot-fill process.

Abstract: An effective thread number in the thread section which is disposed on the mouth section of the bottle is formed to be 2.2. That is, the thread section is formed such that the thread section 13 should serve effectively in the mouth section such that an interval between a start position and an end position should be 2.0 to 2.5. In the bottle can member 11 which has such a thread section, an outer diameter of the thread section which is formed on the mouth section is 28 to 38 mm. Also, the thickness of the mouth section is 025 to 0.4 mm. The thread section which has the effective thread number 2.0 to 2.5 is formed by eight-thread per inch pitch. By doing this, it is possible to put the cap desirably.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a preform (500) and a mold stack for producing the preform (500). The preform (500) is suitable for blow-molding into a final-shaped container. The preform (500) comprises a neck portion (502); a gate portion (506); and a body portion (504) extending between said neck portion (502) and said gate portion (506); the neck portion (502) including a support ledge (512), the support ledge (512) being associated with a metal contacting surface (520) and a weight, and wherein a ratio of the metal contacting surface (520) to the weight modulated for a base line support ledge thickness curve is selected in a range of between 0.1 and 1000.

Abstract: A plastic material container, e.g. a beverage bottle, having a neck which requires the use of a smaller amount of plastic than the bottle necks of the prior art, and which is able to ensure a complete functionality for coupling the cap, ensuring at the same time the possibility of implementing the traditional supporting; sealing and handling operations of the bottle carried out during the various steps of manufacturing the same.

Abstract: A plastic closure for a container is provided. The closure includes a top plate with a side skirt depending from the periphery thereof. A sealing strip depends from the top plate and is adapted to sealingly engage a container neck finish. The closure also comprises an abutment member including a guide surface for guiding the sealing strip towards the neck finish as the closure is applied, to increase the strength of the seal. The guide surface includes a guide member that projects from the abutment member, thereby minimizing friction between the strip and the abutment member. The sealing strip is inclined radially towards the neck finish to improve the sealing effect.

Abstract: A container assembly for storing foodstuffs or liquids has an annular upper body including a fist end adapted to receive a cap, and a second open end culminating in a flange, an annular lower body including a first open end culminating in a flange and a second closed end, the lower body disposed in vertical alignment beneath the upper body, an annular seal disposed between the flanges of the upper and lower bodies for sealing the upper and lower bodies together, a first threaded collar affixed to or slidable over the upper body, and a second threaded collar affixed to or slidable over the lower body, the first and second collars threaded together at opposite sides of the seal, compressing the seal between the flanges and securing the upper and lower bodies together.

Abstract: A blow-molded plastic container includes an upper portion having a finish, a body portion and a base. At least one groove is formed in a radial sidewall of the finish. The groove slopes gradually downward along the radial sidewall and away from an opening into the container. The container may also include a kick out feature engagable with a tamper-evidence band. A closure member is adapted to selectively mate with the finish on the container. At least one thread is formed on the closure member.

Abstract: A finish for a plastic container and a preform adapted to be molded into the plastic container. The finish and the preform include an upper portion having a mouth defining an opening into the container. At least one groove is defined around a radial sidewall of the upper portion. The groove slopes gradually downward along the radial sidewall to a terminal end having a first groove depth at a groove entrance and a second groove depth after a predetermined amount of groove travel. The second groove depth being greater than the first groove depth.

Abstract: In one embodiment there is provided a novel container neck finish having a substantially cylindrical exterior wall surface surrounding an orifice defined in the container and a thread structure positioned about the exterior wall surface. The thread structure in one aspect has at least a first portion, a second portion positioned substantially axially below the first portion, and a third portion positioned substantially axially below the second portion. The first, second, and third portions, being inclined with respect to the other portions provide a screw on neck finish. The effective maximum diameter of the first portion is less than the effective maximum diameter of the second portion to define a first to second separation distance. And the effective maximum diameter of the second portion is less than the effective maximum diameter of the third portion to define a second to third separation distance.

Abstract: A bottle comprises a cap, a reservoir having an open top closeable by the cap, and a filter holder that houses a filter, the filter holder being coupled to the cap such that a liquid in the reservoir is filtered by the filter as the liquid is being consumed, and the filter is fluidly decoupled from the reservoir when the cap is disengaged from the reservoir. Preferred filters can be constructed out of high reactivity carbon mixture, activated carbon, iodinated resin, combinations thereof, or any other suitable compositions for filtering water or other liquids, and can be molded into any suitable size and shape. Preferred filter holder can have a top portion and a bottom portion that couple together via a snap fitting, mating threads, or any suitable means, which allow access to the filter, and which have numerous vents that allow liquid to freely flow through the filter.

Abstract: A cap comprises an opening indicating element provided with a flap arrangement suitable for interacting with an abutment arrangement associated with a neck of a container, said flap arrangement comprising at least one first portion and at least one second portion arranged alongside one another along a peripheral edge of said opening indicating element, a dimension of said at least one second portion measured transversely in relation to said peripheral edge being greater than a corresponding dimension of said at least one first portion measured transversely in relation to said peripheral edge; a container comprises a neck from which an abutment arrangement projects and a cap provided with a flap arrangement suitable for interacting with said abutment arrangement, said abutment arrangement comprising a plurality of distinct abutment elements and said flap arrangement comprising at least one portion suitable for being received in a gap defined between two abutment elements of said plurality of abutment elements.

Abstract: A one-piece plastic container includes a body defining a longitudinal axis. The body includes an upper portion, a sidewall portion and a base portion. The upper portion defines an opening into the container. The sidewall portion may be integrally formed with and extend from the upper portion to the base portion. The base portion closes off an end of the container. The opening defines a radial sidewall and a generally linear sidewall. The generally linear sidewall may be defined by an inset portion formed on the upper portion.

Abstract: A tubular container with a tamper-proof device (19) between the tube (1) and cap (2) and an assembly (14, 15) that creates a sound signal between both, in which the blind projection (24) on the tube is made in a smaller diametrical and longitudinal dimension and with the incorporation of an insert (13) that facilitates the manufacture and also the use of the container by the user.