Patents Assigned to Aptar Freyung GmbH
  • Patent number: 12091219
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a closure for a container with a base element and a flip-top lid attached to said base element by a hinge. The flip-top lid can be moved between an opened and a closed position. The base element has a skirt with attachment means for attaching the closure to the container, and said flip-top lid has a top cover and a sidewall. The closure comprises an actuating region with a latching element, wherein said actuating region is tiltable and/or deformable relative to the remaining regions of the sidewall between a latching position and a released position. The present invention also relates to a container with such a closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Aptar Freyung GmbH
    Inventors: Bruno Koenigseder, Daniel Frey
  • Patent number: 12012257
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a closure device (1) for a container (2) in which a flowable material (3) is stored, including a base element (4), which can be fastened on a container opening (5) of the container (2), a spout (11) with a dispensing opening (7), whereby the spout (11) is positioned inboard of the base element (4), and a lid (8) connected to the base element (4) by a hinge (12), whereby the lid (8) can be moved back and forth between a closed position (9) so that the spout (11) is not accessible and an open position (10) in which the spout (11) is accessible, tamper evidence indication structures (13) for visually indicating if the lid (8) of closure device (1) has once been moved out of its closed position (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Aptar Freyung GmbH
    Inventors: Bruno Koenigseder, Daniel Frey, Andreas Rueckert
  • Patent number: 12012265
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a closure device (1) for a container (2) in which a flowable material (3) is stored, comprising a base element (4), which can be fastened on a container opening (5) of the container (2), a spout (11) with a dispensing opening (7), whereby the spout (11) is positioned inboard of the base element (4), and a lid (8) connected to the base element (4) by a hinge (12), whereby the lid (8) can be moved back and forth between a closed position (9) in which the lid (8) closes the dispensing opening (7) so that the spout (11) is not accessible and an open position (10) in which the spout (11) is accessible, tamper evidence indication means (13) for visually indicating if the lid (8) of the closure device (1) has once been moved out of its closed position (9), whereby the tamper evidence indication means (13) comprise a first indication ring (14) and at least a second indication ring (15) which is co-axially arranged in the first indication ring (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Aptar Freyung GmbH
    Inventors: Bruno Koenigseder, Daniel Frey, Andreas Rueckert
  • Patent number: 11993426
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a closure device (1) for a container (2) in which a flowable material (3) is stored, comprising a base element (4), which can be fastened on a container opening (5) of the container (2), a spout (11) with a dispensing opening (7), whereby the spout (11) is positioned inboard of the base element (4), and a lid (8) connected to the base element (4) by a hinge (12), whereby the lid (8) can be moved back and forth between a closed position (9) in which the lid (8) closes the dispensing opening (7) so that the spout (11) is not accessible and an open position (10) in which the spout (11) is accessible, tamper evidence indication means (13) for visually indicating if the lid (8) of the closure device (1) has once been moved out of its closed position (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Aptar Freyung GmbH
    Inventors: Bruno Koenigseder, Daniel Frey, Andreas Rueckert
  • Patent number: 11964801
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a closure for a container, wherein the closure comprises a base element and a flip-top lid attached to said base element by a hinge, such that the flip-top lid can be moved between an opened and a closed position, wherein said closure comprises a spout for dispensing a fluid material. Said spout has a first dispensing opening and a second dispensing opening, whereas said spout additionally comprises a vent opening. The present invention also relates to a system with a container and such a closure, wherein said closure is directly or indirectly attached or attachable to said container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Aptar Freyung GmbH
    Inventor: Timothy Mazurkiewicz
  • Patent number: 11932459
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a closure for a container with a base element directly or indirectly attachable to a container, a flip-top lid attached to the base element by a hinge such that the flip-top lid can be moved between an opened and a closed position, and a tamper evident element for indicating whether the flip-top lid had been opened at least once by a user or not. The flip-top lid comprises a top cover element and an outer side wall extending therefrom. The tamper evident element is linearly movable between a first position and a second position, wherein the flip-top lid further comprises an inner side wall, which extends only around a part of the circumference of the closure, wherein at least parts of the inner side wall and at least parts of the outer side wall together form guidance means for enabling and controlling the linear movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Aptar Freyung GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Lenz, Magdalena Orasche, Andreas Rueckert, Bruno Koenigseder
  • Patent number: 11905078
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a closure for a container with a base element (100), a flip-top lid (200) attached to said base element (100) by a hinge (150) such that the flip-top lid (200) can be moved between an opened and a closed position, and with a tamper evident unit (400) for indicating whether the flip-top lid (200) had been opened at least once by a user or not. Said tamper evident unit (400) comprising a first tamper evident element (420) and a second tamper evident element (440), which are, when said closure is in its as-manufactured status or when said flip-top lid (200) has not been opened yet by the user, connected to each other by at least one frangible bridge (430).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Aptar Freyung GmbH
    Inventors: Bruno Königseder, Daniel Frey, Andreas Rückert
  • Patent number: 11053055
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dispensing closure for a fluid container with a spout for dispensing a fluid, said dispensing closure comprising a peripheral wall, a transverse wall and a toggle member, wherein said peripheral wall and said transverse wall are made of an elastic material. The dispensing closure also comprises a valve element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Aptar Freyung GmbH
    Inventors: Bruno Koenigseder, Kristina Freund, Siegfried Runge
  • Publication number: 20210002044
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a closure for a container with a base element and a flip-top lid attached to said base element by a hinge, such that the flip-top lid can be moved between a fully open and a fully closed position. The flip-top lid has a protrusion extending outwardly from said flip-top lid and said skirt having a tongue member extending from an upper region of the skirt of said base member. The invention also relates to a container with such a closure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: Aptar Freyung GmbH
    Inventor: Bruno Koenigseder
  • Publication number: 20200377271
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dispensing closure for a fluid container with a spout for dispensing a fluid, said dispensing closure comprising a peripheral wall, a transverse wall and a toggle member, wherein said peripheral wall and said transverse wall are made of an elastic material. The dispensing closure also comprises a valve element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: Aptar Freyung GmbH
    Inventors: Bruno Koenigseder, Kristina Freund, Siegfried Runge
  • Patent number: 10562681
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dispensing closure comprising a base element, which can be attached to a neck of a container, a flip-top lid, being attached to said base element by a hinge and being movable between a closed and an opened position, and a tamper-evident element extending in a circumferential direction around at least part of the circumference of said dispensing closure, wherein the tamper-evident element has at least one weakening region extending at least over part of the height of the tamper-evident element and/or wherein a shoulder region of the base element, to which frangible elements of the tamper-evident element are attached, is inclined such that it declines in an outward direction of the base element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignees: Aptar Freyung GmbH, AptarGroup, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruno Koenigseder, Pranav Mahesh Bhatt, Andreas Rueckert, Stacy L. Beilke
  • Patent number: 9914567
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dispensing closure being attachable to a container for dispensing a flowable medium from the container, having a closure body having an outer skirt and a dispensing element being attached to the closure body and being pivotable relative to the closure body between a closed position and a dispensing position. The outer skirt of the closure body has an upper rim with a recess region, and the dispensing closure has a tamper evident band being positioned in the recess region and being attached to the upper rim via at least one frangible connection, wherein the tamper evident band is positioned in the recess region such that it is positioned at least partly between the upper rim and the extension portion of the dispensing element, so that the dispensing element cannot be moved into its dispensing position, before the tamper evident band is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Aptar Freyung GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Brem, Andreas Gross, Markus Binder
  • Patent number: 9850045
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dispensing closure and a container with such a dispensing closure. The dispensing closure comprises a base element, a spout element and a rotatable operating element, wherein the spout element can be axially moved between a retracted position and an extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Aptar Freyung GmbH
    Inventors: Herbert Wohlgenannt, Bruno Koenigseder, Holger Maurer
  • Publication number: 20170276531
    Abstract: A liquid dosing device for dispensing a metered dose of liquid from a squeezable container, comprising an outlet passage leading to a discharge opening; a dosing chamber positioned behind said discharge opening and having at least one entrance opening allowing a charging flow of liquid from said container into said dosing chamber under the influence of weight of liquid, and a drive opening allowing a control flow of liquid from said container into said dosing chamber in response on a rise of pressure of liquid in the squeezable container; a floating plunger movably arranged in the dosing chamber so as to advance upon said rise of pressure from a rest position in which under the influence of a lifting force of buoyancy said floating plunger closes said drive opening, into a blocking position in which said floating plunger blocks said outlet passage, wherein said floating plunger when advancing into said blocking position, pushes said liquid charged into said dosing chamber, to said outlet passage; a stop seat
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: Aptar Freyung GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard F.K. Jaeckel, Martin Graswald
  • Patent number: 9764879
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dispensing closure including a base and a cover attached to the base by a hinge and movable between an opened and a closed position. The cover includes an outer side-wall with a push-button region. The push-button region has, in a first position, a flat or convex outer surface and is adapted such that it can be pushed by a user at least partly in an inward direction from the first position into a second position. The push-button region has, in the second position, at least partly a concave outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Aptar Freyung GmbH
    Inventors: Bruno Koenigseder, Andreas Rueckert, Alexander Stifter
  • Publication number: 20160264317
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dispensing closure and a container with such a dispensing closure. The dispensing closure comprises a base element, a spout element and a rotatable operating element, wherein the spout element can be axially moved between a retracted position and an extended position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: Aptar Freyung GmbH
    Inventors: Herbert Wohlgenannt, Bruno Koenigseder, Holger Maurer
  • Publication number: 20160244215
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dispensing closure being attachable to a container for dispensing a flowable medium from the container, having a closure body having an outer skirt and a dispensing element being attached to the closure body and being pivotable relative to the closure body between a closed position and a dispensing position. The outer skirt of the closure body has an upper rim with a recess region, and the dispensing closure has a tamper evident band being positioned in the recess region and being attached to the upper rim via at least one frangible connection, wherein the tamper evident band is positioned in the recess region such that it is positioned at least partly between the upper rim and the extension portion of the dispensing element, so that the dispensing element cannot be moved into its dispensing position, before the tamper evident band is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: Aptar Freyung GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Brem, Andreas Gross, Markus Binder
  • Patent number: 9382045
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dispensing closure comprising a base and a cover being attached to said base by a hinge and being movable between an opened and a closed position, said cover comprising an outer side-wall, wherein said dispensing closure also comprises tamper evident elements indicating whether said cover had been opened or not. The tamper-evident elements comprise a first latch element and a second latch element engaging with each other when said cover is in its closed position The cover comprises a push-button region being arranged such that when being pushed by a user at least partly in a radial inward direction, the first latch element will be brought out of engagement with said second latch element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Aptar Freyung GmbH
    Inventors: Herbert Wohlgenannt, Bruno Königseder, Katrin Prinz
  • Publication number: 20160130047
    Abstract: The present invention related to a dispensing closure comprising a base and a cover, being attached to said base by a hinge and being movable between an opened and a closed position, said cover comprising an outer side-wall, wherein said outer side-wall of said cover comprises a push-button region, wherein said push-button region has, in a first position, a flat or convex outer surface and is adapted such that it can be pushed by a user at least partly in an inward direction from said first position into a second position, wherein said push-button region has, in said second position, at least partly a concave outer surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: Aptar Freyung GmbH
    Inventors: Bruno Koenigseder, Andreas Rueckert, Alexander Stifter
  • Patent number: D748983
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Aptar Freyung GmbH
    Inventor: Magdalena Orasche