Outer Closure Breaks Or Tears Away To Expose Second Closure Patents (Class 215/251)
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Patent number: 12084241Abstract: A tamper-evident seal for use with a container includes a body that is sealably coupled to a boundary defining an opening providing access into the container. The seal includes a gripping portion having a fixed end and a free end, the fixed end extending from the body, wherein the free end is sized and shaped to be gripped by a user to enable the user to forcibly disconnect at least a portion of the body from the container. The seal further includes an indicator including an indicator body, a neck portion of the indicator is removably coupled to the gripping portion, such that when the body is at least partially removed from the boundary, at least a portion of the indicator body remains connected to the body, as the gripping portion is disconnected from the indicator when the neck portion is uncoupled from the gripping portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2021Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Inventor: Sue Ellen Amanat
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Patent number: 11697527Abstract: A closure assembly for a medical container having a sleeve with a tip cap disposed therein in an accessible position relative to an access opening. A cover is fixedly secured to one end of said sleeve, opposite to said access opening and a retainer is fixedly secured within the sleeve, adjacent the cover and in a removably retaining engagement with the tip cap. The removably retaining engagement includes the retainer having one or more segments disposed in retaining engagement with an exterior of the tip cap. Upon detachment of the tip cap from the retainer and the removal thereof from the sleeve, the one or more segments are separable from one another and/or a remainder of the retainer, while being maintained in a captured position within the sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Inventors: Logan Hendren, Jonathan Vitello, Peter Lehel
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Patent number: 11679917Abstract: The invention discloses a locking structure of a cup. The locking structure comprises a cup body and a cup cover. The cup body is provided with a first buckle, and the cup cover is provided with a second buckle adaptive to the first buckle. The locking structure further comprises a lock catch which is movably arranged on the cup cover up and down. The lock catch is provided with a bolt. Correspondingly, the cup body is provided with a bolt hole adaptive to the bolt. The cup cover rotates on the cup body, so that the first buckle and the second buckle are matched. When aligned, the bolt falls into the bolt hole, thereby realizing rotary locking.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Inventor: Minyi Huang
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Patent number: 11479404Abstract: A container has a top and a bottom endcap, a bottle sandwiched therebetween, and one or more bands coupling the top and bottom endcaps and the bottle. The bottle receives therein a flexible bladder. At least one of the top and bottom endcaps has a pair of opposing parallel surfaces, one of which has a protrusion extending therefrom and the other one of which has a recess therein at a location corresponding to that of the protrusion. A valving structure demountably engages with a neck portion of the bottle and has (i) a coupling valve assembly having two channels in fluid communication with the bottle and the bladder for injecting gas thereinto and dispensing liquid therefrom, respectively, and (ii) a twist-lock casing receiving therein the coupling valve assembly and removably coupled to the bottle's neck portion. The twist-lock casing has a structure for safely depressurizing the bottle.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2021Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: FIRST ELEMENT PACKAGING INC.Inventors: Bob Stockton, Melanie Kobelka
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Patent number: 11383904Abstract: A plastic bottle equipped with a tamperproof device after its opening comprises a neck (1) and a cap (2) with corresponding screw threads (3, 4). The cap (2) is provided in its skirt (6) with at least one slide (22) and one pin (8) manually sliding into the slide (22). Below its screw threads (3) the cap (2) has a nut ring (9) that is provided with a plurality of holes (10); one of these is intended to receive and hold an arrow-tip end (18) of the pin (8) until its breakage in its weakened tract (17) when the cap (2) is unscrewed for opening. In addition, the pin (8) has an elongated projection (13) for its manual sliding inside the cutout (12) in a convex band (7) whose interior contains the slide (22) of the pin (8). The cutout has a lower end working as a stop for the pin (8).Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2018Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Inventor: Paolo Rivelli
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Patent number: 11377274Abstract: A container is configured to house a consumer product. The container includes a base, a cap, and an over-cap. The base has a bottom wall and a side wall extending from the bottom wall. The cap is engaged with the base so as to define a first compartment. The first compartment is configured to house the consumer product. The over-cap is engaged with the base and at least partially defines a second compartment.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2020Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Christopher J. Hession, Christopher L. Simpson
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Patent number: 11345527Abstract: A safety capsule for a container, comprising: a threaded closure cap (2) for closing the container; a cover (3) for said cap (2), said cover (3) comprising a base (30) and a lateral wall (31) that extends from said base (30); said base (30) and said lateral wall (31) overlying said cap (2); a press-fit engagement means (5) that enables transmission of motion from the cover (3) to the cap (2) for unscrewing said cap (2); means (6) preventing extraction of the cover (3) from the cap (2), said means (6) comprising: a) a strip (60), being part of the cover (3), bent towards the inside of the cover (3); b) a stopping abutment (61), being part of the cap (2), intended to abut said strip (60) at least whenever there is an attempt to pull out the cap (2) from the cover (3).Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2018Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: BORMIOLI PHARMA S.P.A.Inventor: Valerio Paganuzzi
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Patent number: 11053055Abstract: The present invention relates to a dispensing closure for a fluid container with a spout for dispensing a fluid, said dispensing closure comprising a peripheral wall, a transverse wall and a toggle member, wherein said peripheral wall and said transverse wall are made of an elastic material. The dispensing closure also comprises a valve element.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2017Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Aptar Freyung GmbHInventors: Bruno Koenigseder, Kristina Freund, Siegfried Runge
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Patent number: 10954040Abstract: A pull-off closure for containers having an opening whose end portion defines an annular collar projecting externally; the closure including: an upper portion shaped in the form of a shell having an upper face from which extends a collar, which can be turned over to abut on the annular collar of the container, during capping of the container, the upper face and the collar forming, at their connection, an annular edge; lines of weakness formed on the upper face and on the collar forming an opening strip which extends in a tab extending beyond the collar; a gripping element which can be associated with the tab, wherein the lines of weakness extend on the collar outside the annular edge.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2017Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: PELLICONI & C. S.P.A.Inventors: Antonio Lo Piccolo, Doriano Naldi
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Patent number: 10899511Abstract: Closure for a container mouth, the closure comprising: a cover portion (18) for covering at least a portion of the container mouth; a fastener portion (20) for engaging the container for fastening the closure to the container; and a peelable bracing portion (22) extending generally in a circumferential direction of or around an axis of the closure, the bracing portion overlapping at least partly the cover portion and the fastener portion, and configured to reinforce the closure by bearing, as shear stress at an interface between the bracing portion and at least one of the cover portion and fastener portion, support force in or between one or both of the cover portion and the fastener portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2016Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Inventor: Francis Showering
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Patent number: 10710780Abstract: A closure (503) for a container neck (501), the closure (503) comprising a body (401) comprising a retention member (402) for retaining the body (401) on a container neck (501). The body (401) defines a retention member disconnection line (403) that is severable to release the retention member (402).Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2017Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: GCL International S.A.R.L.Inventors: Alexander Donald Meiklem McPherson, David Conway Richardson, Alistair Watters, Marco Antonelli
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Patent number: 10703546Abstract: A cap protector for protecting a cap on a container includes a plurality of axial fins extending from a common point. Each axial fin includes a body extending between an inner edge and an outer edge, and a cap-engaging lip defined on the inner edge that is configured to selectively engage a cap of a container. The plurality of axial fins may be movable from a disengaged position to an engaged position, wherein in the engaged position the cap-engaging lip of each of the plurality of axial fins engages the cap of a container.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2018Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: L'OrealInventor: Michael P. Robinson, II
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Patent number: 10669083Abstract: A tamper-evident closure (1) for a container, the closure comprising: a shell comprising a first shell part (3A) and a second shell part (3B); and a tamper-evident overcap, the overcap comprising a cap (4A) which is fixed to the exterior of the first shell part and a tamper-evident member (4B) which is releasably connected to the cap (4A) and releasably located around the exterior of at least part of the second shell part (3B), such that the first and second shell parts (3A, 3B) cannot be separated unless the member (4B) is released, and thereafter the cap (4A) is removable together with the first shell part (3A).Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2015Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: GCL International S.A.R.L.Inventor: Alexander Donald Meiklem McPherson
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Patent number: 10427845Abstract: A closure (10) is provided. The closure (10) comprises a body portion (20) having engagement means (45) for engagement with a container(15), and a shell for engagement with the body portion (20), wherein the shell comprises securing means (80) arranged in use to secure the engagement means (45) onto the container(15). The container (15) may be a bottle. The body portion (20) may be a pourer fitment. The engagement means (45) may comprise at least one clip. The securing means (80) may comprise a bead.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2013Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Obrist Closures Switzerland GmbHInventor: Alexander Donald Meiklem McPherson
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Patent number: 10322853Abstract: An apparatus for securing a vessel includes a primary cap having a threaded portion that is configured to selectively engage corresponding threads of a vessel to secure the primary cap to the vessel, and at least one projection. The apparatus further includes a removable secondary cap configured to engage the primary cap to secure the vessel, the secondary cap including at least one lug, the lug having a shear zone that contacts the projection when the primary and secondary caps are engaged and secured to a vessel. When the secondary cap is removed from the primary cap, the shear zone is broken by the projection such that the secondary cap cannot by reinstalled on the primary cap.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2016Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Edward Castillo, Paul Wervey
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Patent number: 10315788Abstract: A closure system and method of forming containers comprising a closing element. The closing element is integrally sealable to the container at one of the openings to be closed, and a preferential separation zone between the container and the closing element, the closure system comprising a first guiding and/or coupling portion for guiding and controlling the movement of the closing element from a first blocking position, wherein the closing element is integral to the container, to a second unblocking position, wherein the closing element is separated from the container via the preferential separation zone. The closure system further includes a first thread on the insert and a second thread formed within the closing element.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2015Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: BREVETTI ANGELA S.R.L.Inventor: Roberto Consolaro
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Patent number: 10293988Abstract: A closure assembly (20) that includes a cap or overcap (28) and a fitment (24) for a container is provided wherein the fitment (24) has a laterally projecting shear member (40), and the overcap (28) has an aperture (74) for initially receiving the shear member (40) when the overcap (28) and fitment (24) are in an initially assembled orientation or condition. The aperture (74) and the shear member (40) cooperate in the initially assembled orientation such that when subjected to a flow of a sterilizing gas, turbulence is created in the sterilizing gas flow to enhance sterilization of the combination. The closure assembly (20) may, instead, or additionally, be provided wherein the overcap (28) has an elongate, hollow plug (58) for establishing a first seal between the fitment (24) and the overcap (28) in the initially assembled orientation, and the wherein overcap (28) has a skirt (50) for establishing a second seal between the fitment (24) and the overcap (28) in the initially assembled orientation.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2017Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: AptarGroup, Inc.Inventors: Timothy Mazurkiewicz, John Wisniewski
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Patent number: 10214324Abstract: A cap-type synthetic resin container lid is easily removable from a container without separating to form scrap pieces, The container lid includes thin-walled inversion pieces that extend upward beyond a top panel wall from their lower ends which connect to the outer surface of a skirt wall, a restraint wall that is connected to the upper ends of the thin-walled inversion pieces and that has a specific site in the circumferential direction, and an operating section connected to the outer surface of the skirt wall via a connecting piece that extends radially out from the skirt wall at a position in alignment with the specific site. Locked projections and locking projections, on the restraint wall and the connecting piece respectively, restrict expansion of the restraint wall.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2015Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: NIPPON CLOSURES CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoru Shimada, Masataka Iyadomi
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Patent number: 10189614Abstract: A cap for closing an opening in a container, the container having a top wall in which the opening is formed, a bottom wall, and at least one container side wall extending between the top wall and the bottom wall defining a cavity for storing a material for dispensing through the cap includes an end face having at least one fluid inlet adapted to allow air to flow through the cap and at least one fluid outlet, separate from the at least one fluid inlet, adapted to allow liquid to flow through the cap, a side wall extending from the end face, and a retaining element provided on at least a portion of the side wall.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: BISSELL Homecare, Inc.Inventor: Jason W. Pruiett
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Patent number: 10099825Abstract: The present invention relates to an attachment system for attaching together two tubular members comprising two tubular members, rotational attachment members and longitudinal attachment members. The rotational attachment members comprise a plurality of attachment elements which are disposed in angularly spaced relationship along the first tubular member to define a plurality of seats between two successive attachment elements and a plurality of reference elements disposed in angularly spaced relationship along the second tubular member and at least partially accommodated in respective seats. The longitudinal attachment members comprise a plurality of stop surfaces disposed in angularly spaced relationship along the first tubular member and a plurality of abutment elements formed on the second tubular member, each abutment element extending in the longitudinal direction and cooperating with a respective stop surface. The invention also relates to a liquid container having said attachment system.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2013Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: GRUPPO CIMBALI S.P.A.Inventors: Luca Viale, Marco Giovannini
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Patent number: 9975669Abstract: A closure device includes a first part forming a fastening base for fastening to the container neck and having at least one peripheral fastening groove and a second part forming a lid, a fastening ring defining a reference geometrical axis, and a hinge connecting the fastening ring to the lid for guiding the lid relative to the fastening ring between a closed position and an open position, the fastening ring being engaged by snap-in action into the fastening groove of the first part. The second part additionally also forms a first-opening indicator and a frangible connection between the first-opening indicator and a peripheral rim flange of the lid, a free space being maintained in the axial direction between the fastening ring and the first-opening indicator in the closed position prior to the first opening, the first-opening indicator being retained by at least one lock zone of the first part so as to be separated from the lid and drop into the free space upon the first opening.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2014Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: BerlcapInventors: Philippe Pellerin, Anne-Cécile Ropele
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Patent number: 9815603Abstract: An anti-tamper synthetic elastomeric cap structure, of the type having a dilated external head in abutment with an apex to form a “T-cap”, includes a composite structure having, embedded in the head, an endoskeleton with external appendages that provides a cage having a circumferential projection, with respect to a penetrating body under the head that defines a band having a notching therein and disposed about the neck of a bottle to provide a pre-fracture line and a grasping appendage.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2014Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Inventor: Mirco Bannini
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Patent number: 9778201Abstract: A capsule placed on a beverage bottle. The capsule includes a capsule material layer and at least two layers of security ink on the capsule material layer. Each of the at least two layers has a different chemical composition. At least one layer of the at least two layers includes a first composition having flakes exhibiting full reflection of light received at a predetermined wavelength.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2012Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: SICPA HOLDING SAInventors: Russell R. Lacoste, Stephen Wass, James Bonhivert, Toni Lee Gazaway, Sarah Yacoub, Thomas Classick
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Patent number: 9523451Abstract: A system comprising a visual element for indicating the security of a pipe fitting and associated method. The visual element is configured to adhere to an outer surface of a pipe fitting and disjoin from the outer surface of the pipe fitting according to a set of disjoining criteria. The criteria comprises at least one of application of a sufficient force at the outer surface of the pipe fitting to form a fluid-tight seal between the pipe fitting and another pipe and a circumferential change of the visual element greater than a threshold amount of circumferential change. The visual element may be placed on a pipe fitting into which a pipe is inserted, and the connection between the pipe fitting and the pipe may be secured. Determination of whether the pipe fitting and the pipe are properly connected is performed based on monitoring of the visual element.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2013Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: ELKHART PRODUCTS CORPORATION, C/O AALBERTS INDUSTRIES N.V.Inventor: Robert Nichols
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Patent number: 9346591Abstract: Composite cap intended to be snapped on the glass ring of a bottle and then to serve as a stopper that can screwed and unscrewed as required, the glass ring being provided with at least one annular bead. It comprises a shell with a skirt provided with an internal annular bead; a first insert, disposed inside said shell, provided with an internal screw thread, characterized in that it also comprises a second insert having at least two roughly cylindrical portions; the first portion being provided on its external wall with a screw thread complementary to that of said first insert, the second portion being provided with axial immobilization means intended to cooperate with said annular bead and axial stop means, cooperating with said internal annular bead, so that the inserts secured together by screwing are trapped inside said shell.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2014Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: AMCOR FLEXIBLES CAPSULES FRANCEInventor: Hervé Martinengo
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Patent number: 9241587Abstract: A container (1), such as a drink container, comprises a body (2) for accommodating fluids, a bottom (10), a side wall (12), a body opening (28), and a first connecting element (32). A fluid-tight closing unit (30) is connectable to the first connecting element (32) in a fluid-tight manner and has a region where a fluid passage to the body can be provided. A mouthpiece module (24) comprises a mouthpiece (26), a fluid line (34), and a unit (36) for creating a fluid passage to the body in the region. By way of a guiding unit, the fluid line (34) and the unit (36) can be transferred from a distance from the region to a position in which a fluid passage through the closing unit (30) and, by way of the fluid line (34), a connection between the body (2) and the mouthpiece (26), is created.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2011Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: Red Bull GmbHInventors: Matthias Rinderer, Catherine Reiter, Nathalie Mikhaeel, Peter Huels, Roland Concin, Gabriele Weber-Trinkfass
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Patent number: 8950609Abstract: A stopper device including a stopper, cap and ring provided with tabs for locking onto a container neck and a body for handling the ring. The body includes a first mechanism for transmitting a thrust force to the ring and a second mechanism for activating the tabs. The ring and the handling body are respectively provided with first and second retainers that hold the handling body in a waiting position. The handling body is mobile parallel to the thrust force direction and in relation to the ring, between a first position activating the tabs of the ring and is mobile in translation only in the thrust force direction, and a second position that also activates the tabs and is immobilized in relation to the ring in axial translation. The tabs extend from a continuous edge of the ring and are each arranged in an opening with a closed contour.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2011Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: West Pharmaceutical Services Deutschland GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Antoine Aneas
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Patent number: 8839971Abstract: This device comprises an elastomer stopper (501) and a cap (502) suitable for covering both the neck (12) of a container and the stopper in position in this neck. The cap comprises a ring (503) provided with means (503G) for locking it to the neck and an operating member (504). The operating member (504) is fitted with at least one deformable part (506C) for transmitting a thrust load (f2) parallel to a central axis (X503) of the ring (503), between two portions (505, 506) of this member (504) or between an external material (301) and this member (504). The load transmitting part (506C) is deformable between a first configuration in which its length (L506) parallel to the central axis (X503) is a first value and a second configuration in which this parallel length is a second value that is less than the first value.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2008Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: West Pharmaceutical Services Deutschland GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Antoine Aneas
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Patent number: 8813988Abstract: A cap (23) for a container closure or closure plug comprises a cap top (24), attachment means (24) under the cap top and securingly engageable with a given container closure or closure plug; a frangible connection (30) between the cap top and the attachment means designed, in use, to be broken upon removal or attempted removal of the cap from said container closure or closure plug and a permanent connection (31) between the cap top and the attachment means which, upon breaking of the frangible connection, retains the cap top and the attachment means connected together.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2008Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Greif International Holding B.V.Inventor: Sébastien Yves Adolphe Ledemeney
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Patent number: 8808593Abstract: The invention relates to a cap for the neck of a container and to a method for producing one such cap. According to the invention, the skirt (12) of the cap (1) is provided with frangible bridge elements (44A, 44B) which break when the cap is first opened. In addition, on either side of the aforementioned frangible bridge elements, the skirt includes a non-removable part and a removable part provided with an outer biasing tab (24) that only extends along a peripheral portion (12A) of the skirt. In order to limit the biasing force of the tab, so as to release the removable skirt part, the radial dimension (e44A) of the bridges (44A) located in the skirt portion (12) associated with the tab is smaller than the radial dimension (e44B) of the bridges (44B) located outside said portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2007Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.Inventors: Fabrice Guerin, Stéphane Iacopi
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Patent number: 8701906Abstract: A dispensing cap for storing one or more ingredients in the cap body until the time of use. The stored ingredients in the cap are dispensed manually into a primary container for mixing. The dispensing cap includes a push-pull, flow-through drinking spout with a fluid valve for opening and closing the fluid flow from the primary container. The dispensing cap body includes several elements all of which are formed in a single molded cap body. The storage chamber of the dispensing cap includes a foil seal that can be partially opened by an activating member manually connected to the drinking spout for dispensing the ingredients into the primary container. The cap body is threadably attached to a primary container threaded neck.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2013Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Blast Max LLCInventor: Michael R. Anderson
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Patent number: 8695842Abstract: A protector for containers for improving hygiene conditions, especially for cans with an essentially cylindrical form. The protector includes an upper protector element covering the upper part of the container and a lower ring arranged peripherally around the container connected to the upper protector element by a hinge section. The upper protector element also includes a ring pull projecting towards the outside in a downwards direction from the body of the upper protector element and having a cambered form following the contour of the can.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2010Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Inventors: Jose Francisco Gonzalez Sanchez, Francisco Javier Cana Martinez
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Publication number: 20130319967Abstract: This patent design is involved in leakage-proof sealing design for a plastic bottle cap, which works with water dispenser. Technique issue: It focuses on designs of an interior water outlet lid at leakage-proof and on design of a pliably wedged sealing ring in the cap. The patent design aims at eradicating phenomena that an interior water outlet lid drops in water to create secondary pollution and rescinding use of a leakage-proof foaming gasket in the cap. Embodiment: 1. Employ a kind of non-toxic, odorless, and food grade aluminum foil lid to seal the interior water outlet in a cap. 2. Add a fixed pliably wedged ring onto interior sidewall of a cap to replace a mobile polyethylene foaming gasket. Effects: The patent cap design possesses simple structure, hygiene, and strong sealability. It can eradicate leak from plastic interior lid, rescind foaming gasket use, reduce cost and avoid secondary pollution to bottled water.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2013Publication date: December 5, 2013Inventor: Xiping GUO
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Patent number: 8567621Abstract: The present invention relates to a closure and a container having the same, wherein the closure can be opened or closed through up/down operation to keep contents pressurized. A closure of the present invention comprises a sealing unit for surrounding a mouth of a container to ensure airtightness; a locking unit having a plurality of locking projections hingedly connected to a lower end of the sealing unit so that the locking projections can be caught by a locking flange-of the container; and a cover unit having a vertically movable annular body for surrounding an outer peripheral surface of the locking unit and including a push projection formed to protrude from an inner peripheral surface of the body and to be positioned below the locking unit, and a support projection formed to protrude at a position above the push projection to support the outer peripheral surface of the locking unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2007Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Inventor: Dong-Seuk Chae
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Patent number: 8534477Abstract: A closure system for containers used for storing or administering substances in the form of liquids, pastes or powders that allows the container to be securely closed permanently and in a virus-proof, bacteria-proof and spore-proof manner. The container having an opening that is to be closed, a cap provided with a through-hole, the cap including a substantially cylindrical securing area, and a closure element for sealing the opening. The container includes an end face which surrounds the opening and on which the closure element bears. The closure element comprises a virus-proof, bacteria-proof and spore-proof film, and the cap comprises at least one closed, elastic sealing lip bearing resiliently in a direction towards the closure element in the operative position.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2012Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme AGInventors: Hans-Rainer Hoffmann, Rudolf Matusch
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Patent number: 8490804Abstract: A tamper-evident closure may include a base, a lid, and a tamper-evident member. The tamper-evident member may be irreversibly moveable between a first position in which part of the member is visible prior to initial opening of the closure and a second position in which the part is masked by the lid so as to be partly hidden from view. Upon initial opening of the closure, the tamper-evident member may be moved from the first position to the second position.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2008Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Obrist Closures Switzerland GmbHInventors: Claude Benoit-Gonin, Philippe Bardet
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Patent number: 8486043Abstract: Described here are unit dose containers, methods, and kits for treating asthma and other pulmonary conditions by nebulization. The unit doses of active agents are provided in a low volume formulation, which results in faster nebulization of the unit doses. The containers are also formed to minimize internal surface area so that effective re-dispersion of the active agents can be achieved while reducing adsorption to the walls of the containers.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2008Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Laxmi Iyer, Paul S. Uster
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Patent number: 8424697Abstract: A pressure cap comprises a closing part associable with an opening of a container, engaging means associable with a neck of said container, said engaging means being provided with retaining means for engaging in a projection of said container, a line of intended opening in said engaging means interposed between a side body of said engaging means and said closing part, said line of intended opening being defined by fracturable means, said line of intended opening and said closing part being positioned in relation to one another so that said fracturable means breaks along said line of intended opening when said closing part is induced to detach itself from said side body.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2006Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Sacmi Cooper MacCanici Imola Societa'CooperativaInventor: Fabrizio Pucci
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Patent number: 8418878Abstract: Provided is a packaging container that simplifies the opening operation. The packaging container includes a front cover member and a back cover member, which are attached to each other to form a housing space for accommodating an article therein. The back cover member is integrally molded from a sheet-shaped plastic. The back cover member includes an opening portion, which is surrounded by an opening assisting line portion formed in a linear form and opened by tearing the opening assisting line portion when the packaging container is opened. The back cover member is formed so that its surface is recessed at the opening assisting line portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2009Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignees: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Nihon Houzai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Yoda, Takanori Noda, Yasuo Shiina
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Patent number: 8281944Abstract: The present invention relates to an anti-tamper closure (1, 1?) for threaded bottles (100, 100?) comprising an outer cap (20, 20?) and an outer skirt (22, 22?) which is connected to the outer cap (20, 20?) prior to initial opening, and an inner cap (30, 30?) and an inner annular element (32, 32?) which is connected to the inner cap (30, 30?) prior to initial opening, in which the inner annular element (32, 32?) is connected to the inner cap (30, 30?) with respect to both rotation and translation by inner connection means (31, 31?) which render the inner annular element (32, 32?) free to rotate and to translate relative to the inner cap (30, 30?) after initial opening.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2007Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: Guala Closures S.p.A.Inventor: Piero Battegazzore
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Patent number: 8256631Abstract: A closure system is provided for containers used for storing or administering substances in the form of liquids, pastes or powders, which includes a cap, provided with a through-hole, and a closure element, wherein the cap holds the closure element with a force fit and/or form fit on the container, in the area of the container opening that is to be closed, by a catch element present on the container. The end face which surrounds the container opening, and on which the closure element bears, comprises a depression. The closure element is a virus-proof, bacteria-proof and spore-proof film that lies on the end face and, at least in some areas, over the depression. The cap is then fitted in place, an elastomer ring or adhesive ring is arranged between the closure element and the depression and fills the depression.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2008Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme AGInventors: Hans-Rainer Hoffmann, Rudolf Matusch
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Patent number: 8242915Abstract: A closure assembly is provided that prevents tampering and counterfeiting of a container while at the same time protecting the contents stored therein from contaminants such as air and moisture. The closure assembly may include an upper closure portion securable to the container and a lower closure portion attached to the upper closure portion and securable to the container and adapted to evidence disengagement from the container. The lower closure portion may include a first section having a first cross section and a second section having a second cross section. The second cross section may be smaller than the first cross section, and may be adapted to evidence disengagement from the container if the lower closure portion is disengaged from the container.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2007Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Access Business Group International LLCInventors: Zhirong Yan, Chang Biao Chai
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Patent number: 8231019Abstract: Closure for bottles, particularly for a bottle with a neck (2) provided with a thread (5), the said closure comprising an inner cap of plastics material, having an end wall (9) and a tubular skirt (10) connected to the rim of the said end wall and extending axially along the neck, the said tubular skirt (10) being provided with an internal thread (12) which engages with the said thread (5) provided on the neck, together with an outer cap (14) of sheet metal which covers the said inner cap and which is fixed to the neck of the bottle by fixing means (22), at least one circular weakening line (19) being provided in the said sheet metal outer cap (14), the said outer cap (14) having a tubular shape and being provided with an annular enlargement (24) extending radially outwards and axially over a specified distance with the formation of an inner annular channel (25) delimited by corresponding axial end stops (26, 27) and facing the tubular skirt (10) of the inner cap.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2004Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: Guala Closures, S.p.A.Inventor: Piero Battegazzore
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Patent number: 8201385Abstract: A covering substrate which is inexpensive to manufacture and adhere to a container yet provides a hygienic environment at a top portion of the container as well as provides multiple promotional or advertising surfaces. A covering substrate capable of being bonded to a rim of a container, the container including a top wall and the rim extending beyond the top wall defining a top portion of the container, the covering providing a hygienic environment at the top portion of the container, including a substrate, a heat seal coating laminated to the substrate and disposed for bonding the substrate to the container substantially along the perimeter of the rim, and a bondable material layered in part to the substrate opposite the heat seal coating, a portion of the bondable material defining a tab therein substantially contained within the perimeter of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2008Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Selig Sealing Products, Inc.Inventor: Andrew Fenwick McLean
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Patent number: 8181803Abstract: The present invention consists of an improvement made on the patent “Means for sealing bottle caps with evidence of opening” with Spanish application number P200202864, which made use of a concealed tongue that was revealed after the first opening without allowing to recover the original situation. The present invention maintains a connection between the top and bottom segments of the capsule, preventing their rotation relative to each other and providing an audible evidence of opening.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2007Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Compania de Tapones Irrellenables, S.A.Inventor: David Torrent Ortega
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Patent number: 8091727Abstract: A single-use, clamshell protective cap for use primarily in healthcare settings in order to maintain the integrity of a medication solution. The cap has two halves, a cylindrical skirt, a puncture resistant lid portion, an interior flange, and an interlocking snap. When placed around a flanged injection port such as is found on a conventional fluid container and closed, the lid portion covers an access site on an injection port. After the cap is placed, the interior flange engages the port flange to prevent upward axial movement relative to the port, thereby preventing removal of the cap and thus deterring unwanted or erroneous drug administrations or withdrawals.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2008Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Hospira, Inc.Inventor: John A. Domkowski
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Publication number: 20110168660Abstract: A tamper evident cap adapted to close an opening on a vessel includes a main body having an outer circumference, a pull tab extending from the main body, and a flange, forms an annulus around the main body and connected to the main body. The flange includes an outer circumference that is larger than the outer circumference of the main body. It is essential to the present invention that the flange is made of a very thin layer of material. In addition, the flange includes at least a pair of perforation lines. Further, the present invention includes a bump in the pull-tab for enabling a person grasping the pull-tab, to obtain a firmer hold thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2011Publication date: July 14, 2011Inventor: James F. Chmela
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Patent number: 7951109Abstract: A storage and dispensing cap for a liquid receptacle having a cap body storage chamber for use with a receptacle such as a bottle, pouch or intravenous bag that is used to store a liquid for use with a syringe that is inserted into the receptacle for drawing the liquid contents into the syringe. A liquid, powder or capsule in the cap body chamber is mixed into the liquid receptacle for use with the syringe. A sleeve penetrator is mounted inside said cap body chamber and is sized in length to permit rupture of the bottom floor of said cap body chamber when manually depressed for dispensing whatever material is placed inside said cap body chamber and sleeve penetrator into said syringe bottle. An open passage from the cap body to the inside of the receptacle is provided once the storage chamber is ruptured by manually depressing the penetrator to allow the syringe needle end to be inserted into the liquid receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2006Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: Andeboh Holdings, FLPInventor: Michael R. Anderson
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Publication number: 20100282705Abstract: A cap (23) for a container closure or closure plug comprises a cap top (24), attachment means (24) under the cap top and securingly engageable with a given container closure or closure plug; a frangible connection (30) between the cap top and the attachment means designed, in use, to be broken upon removal or attempted removal of the cap from said container closure or closure plug and a permanent connection (31) between the cap top and the attachment means which, upon breaking of the frangible connection, retains the cap top and the attachment means connected together.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2008Publication date: November 11, 2010Applicant: GREIF INTERNATIONAL HOLDING BVInventor: Sebastien Yves Adolphe Ledemeney
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Patent number: 7651003Abstract: A closure used on a beverage container has an outlet neck centered on an axis. The closure has a mount secured to the neck and a valve body formed with an outwardly open passage extending along a passage axis generally coaxial with the outlet-neck axis. This body is pivotally displaceable in the mount about a valve-body axis generally coaxial with the passage axis and outlet-neck axis between an open position and a closed position and through an intermediate position. Structure on the valve body and mount block flow through the passage in the closed position, allow free flow through the passage in the open position, and limit flow through the passage in the intermediate position.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2006Date of Patent: January 26, 2010Assignee: Georg Menshen GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Martin Albers, Frank Römer