Patents Assigned to Innovative Closures, Inc.
  • Patent number: 5181615
    Abstract: A container or can having a body and end portion which include plastic free ends and which are joined and sealed by cooperatively curling the juxtaposed ends. The body portion has an opening surrounded by a free end suitable for curling. The container end portion has a generally flat or dish shaped central lid portion with a peripheral skirt having a free end adaptable to the container body free end and suitable for curling. The container body and end portions are joined by juxtaposing their free ends so that they form a double wall followed by curling with a curling tool to intimately engage the ends and concurrently curve the perimeters thereof to one another in a tightly curled configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1993
    Assignee: Innovative Closures, Inc.
    Inventor: Mortimer S. Thompson