Patents Assigned to Phoenix Closures
  • Patent number: 5680968
    Abstract: A container closure system having a closure cap with a cover and a depending skirt with container engaging threads and a projecting post at the center of the underside of the closure cover. The system also includes a perforated fitment having a disk-like membrane with a plurality of apertures distributed across the membrane and an aperture of the plurality of apertures located at the center of the membrane for receiving the post. The fitment further includes a lip at the outer edge of the membrane for frictionally engaging a container at its rim when the system is applied to the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1997
    Assignee: Phoenix Closures, Inc.
    Inventor: David N. Moore
  • Patent number: 5667089
    Abstract: A closure having an inner retaining area for receiving a closure liner. The liner circumferentially contacts the land surface of the container to cover the mouth of the container upon application of the closure to the container. A well, formed around the outer peripheral edge on the inside of the closure is dimensioned to receive the land surface of the closure. The well includes an upper surface having integrally depending flexible teeth. The walls of the well together with the teeth provide a directional force against the liner causing the liner to wrap around the land surface to increase the amount of liner to land surface contact and thereby counter the effects of irregularities on the land surface. The teeth also provide a localized compression force down against the liner to further increase the sealing contact between the liner and the land surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Assignee: Phoenix Closures, Inc.
    Inventor: David N. Moore
  • Patent number: 5579943
    Abstract: A dispensing closure lid having a tear-away tab for use with a container. The tab itself is configured with an outwardly extending grasping member. The pull tab is defined by a distinct sequence of slits and perforations. The slits have a greater length than the perforations. The specific sequence of slits and perforations facilitates removal of the tab from the container mouth and provides for a clean separation of the tab from the land surface of the container and the remaining lid without tearing into the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1996
    Assignee: Phoenix Closures, Inc.
    Inventor: Walter L. Johnson
  • Patent number: 5551608
    Abstract: A closure assembly configured for use with a container having a neck with a land surface at its uppermost end defining a mouth. The closure assembly includes a cap, a liner, and a fitment with a dispensing surface dimensioned to span the mouth of the container. A plurality of liner tabs center the liner in the cap during assembly, and retain the liner and the fitment within the cap prior to placing the cap on a container. One or more tabs may extend through slots in the fitment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1996
    Assignee: Phoenix Closures, Inc.
    Inventors: David N. Moore, Jeffrey F. Ullrich
  • Patent number: 5513781
    Abstract: A sifter and liner assembly and method of making the assembly which is configured for use with a container. The sifter is dimensioned to span the mouth of the container and has an upper surface, a lower surface and a least one aperture. The liner is dimensioned to cover at least the aperture of the sifter and includes an integral pull tab. A layer of permanent adhesive material is located on a peripheral edge of the lower surface of the sifter to secure the sifter to the lip of the container. A layer of impermanent adhesive material is located between the sifter and the liner for removably securing the liner to the sifter. The sifter and liner are retained together within the closure cap. The sifter, liner and closure cap form a package which can be stored, transported and applied to the container as a unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1996
    Assignee: Phoenix Closures, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey F. Ullrich, Albert R. Miller
  • Patent number: 5450972
    Abstract: A tamper evident closure assembly comprising a container, a cap and a band portion. The container has a neck with threads and an annular interference ring located axially below the threads and integral with the container finish. An annular tamper indicating band is detachably connected to the skirt of the cap with a plurality of spaced connectors located between the cap and the band. The band has an annular shoulder formed on the inside surface thereof. The interference ring includes at least one integral lug formed on its upper surface. The lug is configured with a downwardly sloping upper surface and a substantially vertical face. The sloping upper surface of the lug facilitates the application of the closure, and specifically the band, over the interference ring. The face of the lug forms a strengthening support against which the annular shoulder of the band rests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1995
    Assignee: Phoenix Closures, Inc.
    Inventor: Bridgett E. Zemlo
  • Patent number: 5435467
    Abstract: A dispenser for a container having a pouring spout being integral with a spout portion and being disposed a retaining wall. The pouring spout of the dispenser is configured to allow orientation specific stacking whereby a spout portion is stacked onto a previously formed spout portion to form a stack of spout portions being aligned in the same direction. The dispenser includes an integral flow opening formed through an underside of the floor between the retaining wall and the pouring spout. The flow opening is coplaner with a horizontal plane through a juncture of the neck and the shoulder of the container and provides a channel through which the contents of the container can flow unobstructedly between the shoulder of the container and the lower end of the spout portion, which diminishes the amount of residual contents left within the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1995
    Assignee: Phoenix Closures, Inc.
    Inventors: Len Ekkert, Bridgett E. Zemlo
  • Patent number: 5368469
    Abstract: An apparatus for molding a tamper evident closure having a top, an annular skirt depending from the top, and a breakaway band secured to an underside of the skirt by a plurality of bridges includes a mold frame, a cavity portion releasably secured to the frame and configured for forming an outer surface of the closure, a core portion nestable into the cavity portion and mounted on the frame for reciprocal axial movement relative to the cavity portion, a slide portion mounted to the frame for reciprocal movement transverse to the axial movement of the core portion between a closed position and an open position, and a stripper device located on the frame for disengaging molded closures retained on the slide portion as the slide portion moves from the closed position to the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1994
    Assignee: Phoenix Closures, Inc.
    Inventor: Len Ekkert
  • Patent number: 5292020
    Abstract: A backoff resistant closure for use with a container having a neck portion with container threads integrally formed thereon, the container threads having an uppermost portion. At least one protuberance is integrally formed on the inner surface of the annular skirt of the closure which projects inwardly. The protuberance is spaced from the uppermost segment of the closure threading and positioned between the uppermost segment of the closure threading and the inner face of the top portion of the closure. The protuberance is configured to abut and provide a frictional retaining force against the uppermost portion of the container threads. The protuberance will also retain a closure liner within the closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1994
    Assignee: Phoenix Closures, Inc.
    Inventor: James F. Narin
  • Patent number: 5271512
    Abstract: A molded tamper-evident closure for use with a container having a neck. The closure includes a generally planar top portion with an outer peripheral edge, an annular skirt depending from the peripheral edge and having a lower edge margin, an annular breakaway band having a top surface and a bottom surface, the top surface including a plurality of spaced frangible bridge formations integrally joined to the lower edge margin of the skirt. An outer surface of the breakaway band is provided with a plurality of support formations such as gusset members for preventing distortion of the breakaway band as the closure is applied to the container. The closure may also be provided with a plurality of specially configured recess formations for engaging ratchet formations on the neck of the container to provide an anti-backoff feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1993
    Assignee: Phoenix Closures, Inc.
    Inventor: Len Ekkert
  • Patent number: 5251788
    Abstract: A dispenser closure for attachment to the threaded neck of a container includes a spout portion and a cap portion. The spout portion includes an annular wall, a shoulder and a depending skirt. A spout is integrally formed within the spout portion and is non-concentrically disposed with an area defined by the annular wall. The spout is substantially closed and has an inner channel which is in fluid communication with the interior of the container. The spout terminates at an upper end having an oval aperture and at a lower end at an inclined floor. A drainage opening is also formed in the spout portion and is in fluid communication with the interior of the container. The drainage opening is adjacent the annular wall and extends through the inclined floor and vertically onto the spout. The cap portion has a radially projecting annular shoulder with a depending collar. The collar is threaded on an interior surface to engage a threaded exterior surface of the upper end of the spout portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1993
    Assignee: Phoenix Closures, Inc.
    Inventor: David N. Moore
  • Patent number: 5184746
    Abstract: A closure cap and fitment assembly configured for use with a container having a neck with an annular lip at its uppermost end defining a mouth. The closure cap and fitment assembly includes a fitment with a dispensing surface dimensioned to span the mouth of the container and a liner. The assembly further includes a cap with a top panel, an annular skirt and threads for releasable engagement onto the neck of the container. The inner portion of the cap defines a retaining structure which is designed to retain the fitment and liner within the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1993
    Assignee: Phoenix Closures, Inc.
    Inventors: David N. Moore, Jeffrey F. Ullrich
  • Patent number: 5137163
    Abstract: A tamper evident closure assembly comprising a container, a cap and a band portion. The container has a neck with threads and an annular interference ring located axially below the threads and integral with the container finish. The cap is internally threaded, having a top, a peripheral edge integral with the top and an annular skirt integrally depending from the peripheral edge. An annular tamper indicating band is detachably connected to the skirt with a plurality of spaced connectors located between the cap and the band. The band has an annular shoulder on the inside surface thereof. The annular shoulder of the band and the interference ring are configured and arranged relative to each other so that upon the application of twisting torque by the user to remove the cap from the container, the connectors are subjected to a localized vertical force, which severs the connectors sequentially and one or more at a time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1992
    Assignee: Phoenix Closures, Inc.
    Inventor: David N. Moore
  • Patent number: 5135123
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a tamper-evident closure includes providing a closure with a skirt having a lower edge, providing a separate break away band, and securing the band to the lower edge of the closure. The band may be secured to the lower edge by ultrasonic welding or by a suitable adhesive. The band is preferably provided with a plurality of spaced, relatively thin ribs which serve as attachment points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1992
    Assignee: Phoenix Closures, Inc.
    Inventors: James F. Nairn, Richard J. Petro
  • Patent number: 5133486
    Abstract: A tamper evident pull ring pour spout includes a tubular spout having an outer threaded surface, an inner surface, and a lower flange for attaching the spout to the container, a pull ring integrally formed in inner surface of the spout and configured to seal the spout, a finger tab disposed on the pull ring and adapted to facilitate the removal of the pull ring from the spout and a threaded cap dimensioned to threadably engage the spout and to reclose the closure upon the removal of the pull ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1992
    Assignee: Phoenix Closures, Inc.
    Inventors: David N. Moore, Bridgett Zemlo, Richard J. Petro
  • Patent number: D359682
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1995
    Assignee: Phoenix Closures, Inc.
    Inventor: Albert R. Miller
  • Patent number: D369748
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1996
    Assignee: Phoenix Closures, Inc.
    Inventors: Bridgett Zemlo, Len Ekkert
  • Patent number: D370631
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1996
    Assignee: Phoenix Closures, Inc.
    Inventors: Bridgett Zemlo, Len Ekkert
  • Patent number: D371074
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Assignee: Phoenix Closures, Inc.
    Inventors: Bridgett Zemlo, Len Ekkert
  • Patent number: D389062
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: Phoenix Closures, Inc.
    Inventors: Len Ekkert, Jeffrey Ullrich, David N. Moore