Abstract: A dispensing container fillable with a liquid includes a squeezable reservoir for holding the liquid prior to dispensing; a nipple dispensing head which is integral with the squeezable reservoir and having a distal end and a proximal end; an outlet at the distal end of the nipple dispensing head for dispensing the liquid from the container; a passage interconnecting the squeezable reservoir and the outlet; and a stop disposed near the proximal end of the nipple dispensing head to prevent over-insertion of the dispensing head into a user's mouth when the container is used to dispense the liquid to the user. Containers that are filled with liquid and a method of making the containers are also described.

Abstract: A dispensing container fillable with a liquid includes a squeezable reservoir for holding the liquid prior to dispensing, a dispensing outlet for expending the liquid, and a flow control system for regulating the velocity of the liquid exiting the outlet when a squeezing pressure is applied to the liquid-holding reservoir.

Abstract: A dispensing container tillable with a liquid includes a squeezable reservoir for holding the liquid prior to dispensing; a substantially flat dispensing head which is integral with the squeezable reservoir and having a distal end and a proximal end; an outlet at the distal end of the dispensing head for dispensing the liquid from the container; a passage interconnecting the squeezable reservoir and the outlet; and a stop disposed near the proximal end of the dispensing head to prevent over-insertion of the dispensing head into a user's mouth when the container is used to dispense the liquid to the user. Containers that are pre-filled with liquid and a method of making the containers are also described.

Abstract: A dispensing container fillable with a liquid includes a squeezable reservoir for holding the liquid prior to dispensing; a dispensing head which appears substantially flat in profile and which is integral with the squeezable reservoir and having a distal end and a proximal end and having a bottom surface and a top surface one or both of which has an indented portion; an outlet at the distal end of the dispensing head for dispensing the liquid from the container; a passage interconnecting the squeezable reservoir and the outlet; and a stop disposed near the proximal end of the dispensing head to prevent over-insertion of the dispensing head into a user's mouth when the container is used to dispense the liquid to the user. Containers that are pre-filled with liquid and a method of making the containers are also described.

Abstract: A vial for dispensing a liquid into a syringe is described which comprises a body section for holding the liquid, the body section having a top and a bottom; a port having a removable seal, where the port is adapted for a syringe connection and where the port is interconnected with the body section at a point near the top of the body section by a passageway which for at least a portion of its length extends above the level of the liquid in the body section when the vial is inverted, thereby preventing leakage of the liquid from the body section when the seal of the port is removed. A method of making the vial is also described.

Abstract: The subject invention relates to a thermoplastic elastomer composition that contains a dynamically vulcanized thermoplastic elastomer (a) on the basis of a polypropylene polymer and an at least partly dynamically vulcanized rubber, a thermoplastic polyester block copolymer (b) and a compatibilizer (c). The rubber is preferably an EPDM or EPM copolymer. The thermoplastic polyester block copolymer is preferably a polyether ester block copolymer. The thermoplastic elastomer composition according to the invention for instance contains 20-80 parts (a), 80-20 parts (b), and 1-40 parts (c), the sum of the parts (a+b+c) being 100.

Abstract: Foamed thermoplastic polyolefin elastomer is formed by heating a foamable thermoplastic polyolefin elastomer-containing polymeric composition containing each of a first water-releasing blowing agent which is at least one of metal hydroxide and water hydrate of a salt of a metal of Group 1 or Group 2 of the Periodic Table and a second blowing agent which is neither a metal hydroxide nor a water hydrate of a salt of a metal of Group 1 or Group 2 of the Periodic Table, to a temperature above the melting point of the polyolefin elastomer. The second blowing agent may be a chemical blowing agent and may release, water, a mixture of water and carbon dioxide or another gas, including carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen.

Abstract: The subject invention relates to a thermoplastic elastomer composition that contains a dynamically vulcanized thermoplastic elastomer (a) on the basis of a thermoplastic polyolefin and an at least partly dynamically vulcanized rubber, a thermoplastic polyester block copolymer (b) and a compatibilizer (c). The thermoplastic polyolefin is preferably a propylene homo- or copolymer. The rubber is preferably an EPDM or EPM copolymer. The thermoplastic polyester block copolymer is preferably a polyether ester block copolymer. The thermoplastic elastomer composition according to the invention for instance contains 20-80 parts (a), 80-20 parts (b), and 1-40 parts (c), the sum of the parts (a+b+c) being 100. The thermoplastic elastomer composition according to the invention also relates to molded articles that contains the thermoplastic elastomer composition.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a foamed polymeric article, comprising heating a polymeric composition, said composition comprising a thermoplastic polyolefin elastomer, a first blowing agent in the form of a water releasing chemical compound, and a second, different blowing agent, to a temperature at which the first blowing agent releases water, to foam said thermoplastic polyolefin elastomer, said temperature being above the melting point of the thermoplastic polyolefin elastomer, characterized in that said first blowing agent comprises a metal hydroxide, a metal salt of Group 1 or 2 of the Periodic Table containing hydrate water and mixtures thereof and said second blowing agent not being a metal hydroxide or a Group 1 or 2 of the Periodic Table metal salt containing hydrate water.