Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to contain and dispense a fluid, such as a thixotropic fluid. In some embodiments, a bottle having a closure cap includes a control device, a base, and a disk, where the base and disk define a mixing chamber configured to facilitate mixing of any serum or liquid separated from the fluid back therein. In some embodiments, a dispensing bottle includes a non-removable closure cap with a tamper evident feature that indicates whether the cap was previously opened. By one approach, the dispensing bottle includes discontinuous threads on a bottle neck and ratchet projections on a closure cap that engage the discontinuous thread(s) to prevent or inhibit manual removal of the cap from the bottle.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 21, 2023
Date of Patent:
May 6, 2025
Assignee:
H.J. Heinz Company Brands LLC
Inventors:
Balint Hiltser, Guus Lueb, Charlotte Catherine Erik Devries, Kim Bertens-Vlems, Thomas Cox, Jamie Fox
Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods provided herein are useful for dispensing a fluid, such as a thixotropic fluid. In some embodiments, a bottle having a closure cap includes a flip top, a base, and a disk, where the base and disk define a mixing chamber configured to facilitate mixing of any serum or liquid separated from the fluid back therein. In some configurations, the base has a central opening through which the fluid exits and an internal shaft with a non-planar end surface opposite the central opening. In some configurations, the non-planar end surface and the disk define channels between the mixing chamber and the internal shaft. In some embodiments, the disk includes a central opening, a plurality of partial annular openings through a planar surface of the disk, and projections extending into the mixing chamber.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 23, 2023
Date of Patent:
January 14, 2025
Assignee:
H.J. Heinz Company Brands LLC
Inventors:
Balint Hiltser, Guus Lueb, Thomas Cox, Jamie Fox
Abstract: Hybrid tomato variety ‘H2123’ is described. The tomato variety is a ground-culture hybrid processing tomato variety suitable for machine harvest and is adaptable to humid climactic regions such as the Northeastern USA, Portugal and Italy. It is an early variety with resistance to verticillium wilt, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, root knot nematode, tomato spotted wilt virus, bacterial speck and moderate tolerance to bacterial spot.
Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to contain and dispense a fluid, such as a thixotropic fluid. In some embodiments, a bottle having a closure cap includes a control device, a base, and a disk, where the base and disk define a mixing chamber configured to facilitate mixing of any serum or liquid separated from the fluid back therein. In some embodiments, a dispensing bottle includes a non-removable closure cap with a tamper evident feature that indicates whether the cap was previously opened. By one approach, the dispensing bottle includes discontinuous threads on a bottle neck and ratchet projections on a closure cap that engage the discontinuous thread(s) to prevent or inhibit manual removal of the cap from the bottle.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 24, 2020
Date of Patent:
February 6, 2024
Assignee:
H.J. Heinz Company Brands LLC
Inventors:
Balint Hiltser, Guus Lueb, Charlotte Catherine Erik Devries, Kim Bertens-Vlems, Thomas Cox, Jamie Fox
Inventors:
Madison Kay Gildersleeve, Michelle Marie Hayden, Peter Dalton, Ladd Peterson Rowe, John Parker, Leeya Jackson, Chase Zreet, Farin Nikdel, Funmilayo Danielle Adejobi, Felipe Ribeiro Dos Santos