Patents Assigned to West Penn Plastics
  • Patent number: 6540114
    Abstract: A dual tamper evident container closure for a dispensing container, the cap portion being of a type intended to be held permanently captive on the container having a nozzle dispensing opening, multiple sealing flanges and dual locking engagement beads to retain the cap portion on the container. The closure portion is registerable over the dispensing opening and retained to the cap portion by a flexible web. Both the cap portion and the closure portion have depending interconnected frangible bands that engage and are retained on the respective container and nozzle to indicate prior opening or tampering with the container closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: West Penn Plastic, Inc.
    Inventors: John Popovich, Mark Clause, Michael Marino
  • Patent number: 5667094
    Abstract: A container and cap assembly of the type comprising an integral molded container and hinge cap. The container having a neck surrounding an opening thereto with a rim extending thereabout. The cap is interconnected to the container by a living hinge, aligning the cap with the neck for sealing registration thereon. Engagement and release tabs extend from the respective container and cap portions for angularly aligned positioning to one another upon cap registration on the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Assignee: West Penn Plastics
    Inventors: Thomas P. Rapchak, Michael Marino
  • Patent number: 5662247
    Abstract: A tamper evident resealable cap for use on a bottle, the cap having an upstanding spout that is registerable with an opening in the center of the cap and a sealing plug of a smaller diameter positioned thereabove on multiple upstanding legs extending from the spout. An over cap extends over the spout, enclosing the spout with a tamper evident enclosure. The improvement is directed towards a detachable annular ring secured to the over cap by a plurality of frangible elements thereabout, the ring is arranged for restrictive registration with a locking shoulder that extends from the top of the cap body. The cap body has a tamper evident tear band extending from the cap with a frangible tear line therein. A tear tab extends from the tear band for selective engagement by the user to remove the tear band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1997
    Assignee: West Penn Plastics
    Inventors: Thomas P. Rapchak, Michael Marino
  • Patent number: 5657906
    Abstract: A tamper evident resealable cap for use on a bottle, the cap having an upstanding spout that is registerable with an opening in the center of the cap and a sealing plug of a smaller diameter positioned thereabove on multiple upstanding legs extending from the spout. The improvement is directed towards a detachable annular ring secured to the cap by a plurality of frangible elements thereabout, the ring is arranged for restrictive registration with a locking shoulder that extends from the top of the cap body. The cap body has a tamper evident band secured to the cap by a plurality of circumferentially spaced frangible elements with a plurality of annularly spaced radially inwardly extending annular projections and is registerable with a neck portion of the bottle to prevent rotation in one direction without removal of the tamper evident ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Assignee: West Penn Plastics
    Inventors: Thomas P. Rapchak, Michael Marino
  • Patent number: 5507416
    Abstract: An improvement for a tamper evident resealable cap for use on a bottle, the cap having an upstanding spout that is registerable with an opening in the center of the cap and a sealing plug of a smaller diameter positioned thereabove on multiple upstanding legs extending from the spout. The improvement is directed towards a detachable annular ring secured to the cap by a plurality of frangible elements thereabout, the ring is arranged for restrictive registration with a locking shoulder that extends from the top of the cap body. The cap body has a tamper evident band secured to the cap by a plurality of circumferentially spaced frangible elements with a plurality of annularly spaced radially inwardly extending annular projections and is registerable with a neck portion of the bottle to prevent rotation in one direction without removal of the tamper evident ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1996
    Assignee: West Penn Plastics
    Inventors: Thomas P. Rapchak, Michael Marino
  • Patent number: 5460281
    Abstract: A safety locking screw cap and container having locking projections on the container that are registerable with a flexible flange arm extending from the screw cap to prevent rotation and removal of the cap relative the container. The cap may be removed from the container by flexing the flanged arm away from the cap by pressing on a portion of the flanged arm thus clearing the locking projection allowing removal rotation of the cap on the threaded neck of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1995
    Assignee: West Penn Plastics
    Inventors: Thomas P. Rapchak, Michael Marino
  • Patent number: 5373955
    Abstract: A neck finish on a wide mouth container to accept a tamper evident cap to provide multiple sealing surfaces therebetween. The neck finish having cooperating upper and lower locking ribs and grooves holding the cap in place until a majority portion of the cap is removed by tearing along a horizontal frangible line, disengaging one of the locking ribs from the neck finish. The neck finish provides multiple sealing surfaces in both vertical and horizontal alignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1994
    Assignee: West Penn Plastics, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Marino
  • Patent number: 5050754
    Abstract: A cap of the type having a top portion with a depending annular flange on its peripheral edge and an annular depending sealing flange inwardly thereof between which the neck of a container is sealingly engaged is disclosed in which the depending annular flange of the cap has a lower annular outwardly offset secondary flange for registry with a similarly shaped neck finish of the container. An upstanding tab is integrally formed on the lower annular outwardly offset secondary flange of the depending annular flange. The inner surface of the depending annular flange and the outer surface of the neck finish have cooperating upper and lower annular fastening and sealing configurations holding the cap in place until the lower annular outwardly offset secondary flange of the depending annular flange is removed by tearing along a horizontal frangible line which also removes the lower fastening and sealing configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1991
    Assignee: West Penn Plastics, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Marino
  • Patent number: 4991733
    Abstract: A closure and container having pass over inter-engaging teeth of novel configurations enable the closure to be threadably engaged on the neck finish of the container with relatively low torque rotation and removed from the container only with relatively greater torque rotation in the opposite direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1991
    Assignee: West Penn Plastic, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Marino
  • Patent number: 4966292
    Abstract: A cap of the type having a top portion with a depending annular flange on its peripheral edge and a depending annular sealing flange inwardly thereof between which the neck of the container is sealingly engaged is disclosed in which an annular depending flange of the cap has a lower annular portion offset outwardly for registry with a similarly shaped neck finish of the container. An upstanding tab is integrally formed on the lower annular portion of the depending annular flange. The inner surface of the annular depending flange and the outer surface of the neck finish have cooperating upper and lower locking ribs and grooves holding the cap in place until a major portion of the depending annular flange and its lower annular offset portion are removed by tearing along a horizontal frangible line which removes the lower cap locking rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 30, 1990
    Assignee: West Penn Plastics, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Marino
  • Patent number: 4711363
    Abstract: A tamper evidencing closure for use on containers containing food stuffs and the like comprises multiple cap configuration intrically joined to a closure by a live hinge. A secondary cap is formed within the first with frangible tamper evidence strips and a secondary live hinge. A tubular plug depends from the underside of said secondary cap and is registerable into a dispenser opening within the closure. Assembly pins secure the cap to the closure and a annular rib on the tubular plug forms a seal around the dispensing opening when the tubular plug is in closed position and holds the secondary cap and plug in closed position once the frangible tear strips are broken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1987
    Assignee: West Penn Plastic, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Marino