Removably Attached To Receptacle By Relative Rotation Between Keepers (e.g., Screw Threads Or Lugs) Patents (Class 215/329)
  • Patent number: 7785537
    Abstract: A sample container includes a cap that covers a container body holding a liquid sample containing a reagent and a test body. The cap includes an outer lid that covers the container body, an inner lid that is slidably attached to the outer lid and has an opening for dispensing the liquid sample, a shutter that is driven integrally with the inner lid and covers the opening of the inner lid so that the opening can be opened and closed, a translating unit that is attached to the outer lid and has an engaging portion which is formed obliquely descending from a center of the cap to an outer edge of the cap and to which the shutter is fitted, and a pressing member that is arranged between the outer lid and the inner lid to press the inner lid to close the shutter, wherein the translating unit translates sliding movement of the inner lid to a movement of the shutter in a direction perpendicular to the sliding movement to open and close the opening of the inner lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Beckman Coulter, Inc.
    Inventor: Naoki Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20100204669
    Abstract: The present invention provides a one-piece bottle containing enteral feeding material and having a top end with a threaded section and a bottom end comprising a funneled connector port; and a threaded cap dimensioned to mate with the threaded section of the one-piece bottle; wherein the funneled connector port connects to an enteral feeding assembly; wherein the threaded cap provides a leak proof seal such that there is no exposure point until it is used for feeding, thereby preventing contamination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventor: THOMAS F. KNIGHT
  • Publication number: 20100193463
    Abstract: A seal for a container for comestibles, especially portable liquids, and in particular for use for sealing polyester containers such as bottles, which is suitable for passage through a PET recycling process, comprises a metal foil layer, a foam layer and a plastics film layer as well as a heat sealable layer below the foil. The foam is selected for its density and thickness so is to confer upon the seal a high buoyancy. The adhesion a between the foam and the foil is increased compared to currently available products, in order to prevent de-lamination between the foil and the foam during the recycling process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: David John O'Brien, Victor Sachs, Andrew Fenwick McLean
  • Publication number: 20100196558
    Abstract: A combination package, e.g., (10) for both an ingestible product, such as a medication, e.g., (12) and a beverage, e.g., (14), such as water, is of a unitary single-use design. The medication and the beverage, of which only a small amount is provided, can be stored in separate sealed cavities defined by the package. The combination package can be designed so as to be easily and conveniently hung from a display rack in a store. A consumer can open the package to gain access to each cavity and can then orally consume the medication and then wash it down with the beverage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: Steven Collotta, Samuel L. Millen
  • Publication number: 20100163511
    Abstract: An insert (8) for a screw (1) or crown (1?) cap for the closure of bottles (10) is described, the said cap (1, 1?) including a body (2) and the insert (8) being designed to be fixed to the body facing the interior of the bottle (10) when the cap (1, 1?) is closed over the said bottle. The insert (8) comprises a sealing element (9) capable of being compressed in one part between the body and a portion of the bottle (10) when the cap (1, 1?) is closed over the bottle, as well as a permeating element (16, 109, 209), connected to the sealing element, impermeable to liquids and having a permeability to oxygen measured at 20° C. of between 10?6 and 10?10 (Ncm3*cm/cm2*cmHg*s), which is designed to close a passage made in the said cap between the inside and outside of the bottle, in order to control the flow of oxygen between the inside and outside of the bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2007
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventor: Giovanni Cappello
  • Publication number: 20100140207
    Abstract: The invention relates to a closure device (3) for a drinking container (1) with an interior space (10) for receiving a drinking liquid and a container opening preferably arranged on the top side, into which container opening the closure device (3) with a receiving chamber (4) is provided, the contents of which can be introduced into the interior space (10). The invention is characterized in that the closure device (3) has an externally threaded part (5) at least in the upper area, which, with a lower cover surface (6) and connection elements (8) lying therebetween, forms a receiving chamber (4) which at least in the bottom area comprises an introduction opening (14). Thereby the contents of the receiving chamber (4) is freely releasable by a turning-in process. The drinking container preferably serves for the preparation of an unstable mixed beverage of creatine powder and an aqueous drinking solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventor: Florian Enghard
  • Publication number: 20100140208
    Abstract: There is described a closure for a sealed container of a pourable food product, comprising a pouring spout defining a pour opening externally closed by a cover portion, a cap fitted to the pouring spout in a removable way, an opening member interposed between the cap and the cover portion of the pouring spout and joined to the cover portion, and a driving mechanism carried by the cap to engage and pull the opening member along a direction transversal thereto upon removal of the cap from the pouring spout so as to detach the cover portion from the neck portion and free the pour opening when the closure is first unsealed by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Fiorenzo Parrinello, Fabrizio Pucci, Rune Berg, Mats Qvarford
  • Publication number: 20100140209
    Abstract: A universal bottle cap capable of threadably engaging two or more bottles of a different thread arrangement having a substance retained therein. The universal bottle cap threadedly engages a bottle containing a beverage therein. Such universal bottle cap includes a cylindrical member closed at a first end thereof and open at a second end thereof. There is a threaded portion disposed on an inner surface of the cylindrical member for engaging a threaded end of such bottle. A capsule like device is disposed inside the cylindrical member adjacent the closed end for retaining a substance to be dispensed into a beverage in such bottle. A device for piercing the capsule engages each of the threaded portion of the bottle cap and the capsule for piercing the capsule as the universal bottle cap is threaded onto such bottle thereby releasing contents of the capsule into such beverage for mixing therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventor: Craig Valentine
  • Publication number: 20100126990
    Abstract: The upgraded single-dose container (1) particularly for fluid products comprises a hollow containment body (2) for a fluid product, a neck (3) that extends from the body having a dispensing mouth (4) for the product and closing means (8) that comprise a grip (9) supporting integral at least one shutter element of the dispensing mouth, a first threaded portion suitable for being associated with a second threaded portion (24) of the neck and a ring-shaped collar (11) arranged on the neck by interposing coupling means associable removable to the grip along pre-established breaking areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2007
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventor: Antonio Fontana
  • Publication number: 20100116771
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a package that includes (i) a container with a body and a neck, a container opening with an opening diameter (d), a screw thread, and a flange extending outwardly and having a flange diameter (D), and (ii) a removable closure adapted to be unscrewed from the screw threads of the container, with the closure having a top, a skirt and a tamper-evident ring attached to the lower edge of the skirt and is adapted to catch the flange of the container's neck when the closure is first screwed onto the neck. The ring is detachable from the skirt upon first removal of the closure from the neck. The container has a top load resistance inferior or equal to 30 daN, and the height h between the neck top edge and the lower part of the flange is such that it satisfies the relationship h?(d/3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: NESTLE WATERS MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Jean-Paul Cerveny
  • Publication number: 20100116776
    Abstract: In a bottle spout fitment (24) and cap (26) combination, the cap (26) has a removed condition disengaged from the spout fitment and an installed condition mounted to the spout fitment. The cap has a plurality of radially-protruding lugs (132). The spout fitment has a spout (60) and a plurality of channels (118) positioned to receive the lugs (132) in the installed condition to block a longitudinal extraction of the cap from the spout fitment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: PLASTEK INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventor: Alex S. Szekely
  • Publication number: 20100102020
    Abstract: The invention relates to a screw cap (10) capable of being screwed onto the neck (44) of a container body (40), the screw cap comprising a substantially cylindrical screw section (17) comprising a screw thread (16) on its inner face, at least one tamper evidence member (18) for indicating an initial opening of the screw cap (10), and a desiccant chamber (24) located radially inwardly to the screw section, wherein the screw section (17) is radially resilient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: AIRSEC
    Inventors: Vincent Sebille, Benoit Portier, Jacquy Lebon, Valere Logel
  • Publication number: 20100089864
    Abstract: A container comprising a container body (1) including an opening (4), a cap (5) to close the opening (4) and a collar (6), the collar (6) being arranged to fit between the container body (1) and the cap (5) so as to secure the cap (5) to the container body (1), the collar (6) being moveable between a contracted configuration and an expanded configuration such that circumferential parts (7B) thereof are radially movable between inner and outer positions in the contracted and expanded configurations, the collar (6) and cap (5) being provided with mutually engageable parts (7, 5D, 5E, 5F) permitting rotation of the cap (5) relative to the collar (6), said rotation causing and/or permitting movement of the collar (6) between the contracted and expanded configurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Anthony Fraser, Peter Antony Farrar, John Hein
  • Publication number: 20100089863
    Abstract: To provide a plastic bottle whose weight can be reduced without sacrificing strength of a bottle mouth, the plastic bottle is provided with a bottle mouth having a circumferential wall, including a threaded section formed on an outer circumferential surface of the circumferential wall, a support ring protruding from the outer circumferential surface below the threaded section, and punched sections formed on the circumferential wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventor: Kenshi Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 7694835
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a neck extending upwardly from a container and having an upper rim defining a neck opening. The neck has a substantially vertical sidewall of a constant thickness and at least one container neck thread extending from the sidewall. The at least one neck thread has an outer thread face drafted from a radially inward upper position to a radially outward lower position. The device further comprises a closure having a top wall and a skirt depending from the top wall, wherein the skirt is tapered. The closure comprises a closure thread extending helically along an inner surface of the skirt. The container thread has increasing radial length moving downwardly along the container neck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Rexam Closures and Containers Inc.
    Inventor: Gary V. Montgomery
  • Publication number: 20100084366
    Abstract: A bottle cap having internal threads compatibly engageable with external threads on soda or similar bottles and having lightweight, down-hanging thin strips formed from plastic or another suitable material depending from a lower edge of the cap structure. These plastic strips, in cooperation with an optional weight in the upper portion of the cap, cause a dropped cap to orient itself in an upward-facing direction. Such an orientation keeps the bottle engaging surfaces of the cap from contacting the floor or other surface upon which the cap may land. In alternate embodiments, the cap may be provided as a slip-on configuration for placing over an existing bottle cap to provide the same self-righting benefit to the existing bottle cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventor: Edward D. Miller
  • Publication number: 20100084361
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems for constructing a container for storage and transport and may be entirely biodegradable and/or recyclable. The body of the container and/or bottle may be manufactured from paper pulp and assembled from a plurality of dissimilar parts made of a biodegradable plastic resin and assembled to form a container and/or bottle. The paper pulp may be treated inside and outside to make it water and air tight but when exposed to extreme biodegrading influences it may breakdown into compostable material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventors: Douglas C. Dayton, Sung K. Park
  • Publication number: 20100078405
    Abstract: A plastics bottle comprising two parts each being stackable in its own right and each part in practice being sealable to the other to provide a unitary bottle for the containment of a liquid or flowable product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventor: Patrick Tawhid Farag Zada
  • Publication number: 20100072163
    Abstract: A cap for sealing a container having a neck includes an annular outer skirt having an inner surface and an outer surface, a top portion of the outer skirt forming an annular rim. A generally concave top wall extends inwardly from and below a plane defined by the rim, the top wall having a top face and a bottom face. An annular inner skirt extends downward from the top wall bottom face and disposed radially inward from and concentric with the outer skirt, wherein the inner skirt is configured to sealingly engage with an inner surface of the container neck when the cap is attached thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: BIO CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT, INC.
    Inventor: Andrew Krause
  • Publication number: 20100065525
    Abstract: A drinking bottle assembly includes a bottle having a cavity for storing a fluid and a neck that forms an opening at a dispensing end of the bottle. A removable collar at least partially covers the bottle neck and provides a generally smooth outer surface for a person's mouth and lips to contact when drinking from the bottle. The collar includes a neck attachment for retaining the collar on the bottle. A removable cap can be selectively attached to the collar for opening and closing the bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: MURRAY WATERS, INC.
    Inventors: Timothy J. Poupore, Stacey Charlene Gay, Stephen Douglas Armstrong
  • Publication number: 20100065527
    Abstract: A disposable wall mountable liquid container has an elongated polymer bottle having an internal cavity and a neck forming an opening on one end portion. An elongated depression is formed into one side thereof and shaped to form a suction cup having a flexible surrounding edge protruding therefrom of a material different from that of the bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventor: Najeeb A. Zuberi
  • Publication number: 20100050576
    Abstract: The invention relates to a closing element for a receptacle, such as a glass beverage bottle, comprising a plug and a retaining element that is connected to the plug, as well as a method for closing an opening of a receptacle by means of a closing element comprising a plug and a retaining element. In order to devise a closing element and a closing method that provide a great degree of reliability, storage quality, and food compatibility, the plug is made of a solid material such as glass, ceramics, wood, metal, aluminum, stone, or silicon. Furthermore, in the closed state of the receptacle, the plug rests within a receptacle opening that is to be closed, or the plug made of the solid material is fully inserted into the receptacle opening to close the receptacle, and a connecting element is created between the plug and the retaining element such as by means of an adhesive, the retaining element being releasably connected to the receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2007
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventor: Lutz Möller
  • Publication number: 20100044337
    Abstract: Provided is a container 1 for inspection which stores and pours out contents therein, and the container is provided with a container main body 2 having a mouth portion 22 formed thereon, a cover portion 3 attached to the mouth portion 22 to seal the container main body 2, and an opening cap 4 attached to the cover portion 3. The cover portion 3 has a closing wall 34 for closing the mouth portion 22, and the opening cap 4 is provided with an pouring outlet 421, and a cutting portion 431 for cutting the closing wall 34. When the opening cap 4 is attached to the cover portion 3, the cutting section 431 cuts the closing wall 34 to enable pouring out the contents. Thus, in the provided container 1 for inspection, sealing properties of the container main body 2 are ensured by the cover portion 3, and the closing wall 34 of the cover portion 3 is cut by the opening cap 4 attached to the cover portion 3 without removing the cover portion 3, whereby the contents can be poured out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicants: TOKYO SEIKAN KAISHA, EIKEN KAGAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Shibata, Manabu Hosokawa, Hiroaki Hayashi, Natsuki Masuya, Yoshiaki Seto, Shingo Saito, Hidetoshi Kanda
  • Patent number: 7665607
    Abstract: A collectable item system for attachment to a container closure device and a method for distributing collectable items. The collectable item system includes a novelty object having a cavity area therein. A retainer is disposed in the cavity area of the novelty object and is fixedly attached to the novelty object. The retainer includes a pawl edge for engaging a detent area of a container closure device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Cap It Off, LLC
    Inventor: Rubin Hanan
  • Publication number: 20100032402
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tamper evident closure cap (101). A tamper evident band is provided with an extension (107) having an upper edge (113) extending above an engagement surface (110) of a projection (109). The extension (107) and the projections (109) are arranged on an annular, circumferentially running band (105). When the closure is applied to a container, the extension (107) is clamped between the inner surface (114) of the tamper evident band or the closure and a retaining structure on a container finish.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: OBRIST CLOSURES SWITZERLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Sebastien Cedric Widmer, Lino Dreyer, Philippe Gerard Odet
  • Publication number: 20100025357
    Abstract: A deformable composite that composite can be used as a liner in a screw cap or as an interference stopper and which contains one or more film layers to control oxygen permeation characterised in that the inverse of the oxygen permeances of in the individual sections of the deformable composite when added together fall between 300 to 1500 preferably 1250 days.atm/ml. This is calculated using the formula 1/P1+1/P2+1/P3+1/P4 . . . +1/Px=Y Where P is the oxygen permeance of each section of the composite in ml/day 1 to x depicts each individual section of the x sections of the composite Y is between 300 to 1500 preferably 1250 days.atm/ml. In a second aspect the outer closure body is perforated to give the outer body an inverse of the gas permeance less than 300 (days/atm/ml). The formula used is 1/(Pl+Ps) <1/Pob Where P is the oxygen permeance of each section in ml/day I depicts the liner s depicts the seal between the liner and the glass bottle ob depicts outer body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: PROCORK PTY LTD
    Inventors: Gregor Bruce Yeo Christie, Thi Thuy Tran
  • Publication number: 20100025354
    Abstract: A receptacle, particularly a closed plastic ampoule produced in a blow molding method and filled in the mold, having a sleeve-type neck part (1) connected to a receptacle body (3) as an axial extension, the neck forming a seat (11) for a pre-shaped insert (5), the neck part (1) being integrally molded in the mold onto a circumferential surface (9) of the insert (5), and the circumferential surface (9) being equipped with at least one surface irregularity (21) having an enclosed base surface such that, due to the integral molding of the neck part (1) onto the circumferential surface (9) of the insert (5), a positive fit is present between the insert and the neck part (1), the fit forming a fixing element, characterized in that the axial extension of the base surface of the respective surface irregularity (21) is only a small fraction of the axial extension of the circumferential surface (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventor: Bernd Hansen
  • Publication number: 20100025359
    Abstract: The invention concerns a bottle including a neck (2) equipped with a stopper (4), characterised in that the bottle includes a top (S), fixed onto the bottle at the level of the neck (3), the top (8) defining, with the neck (3) a volume intended to house an object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: BOOWL COMPANY AG
    Inventor: Lionel Wolberg
  • Publication number: 20100022984
    Abstract: The present invention provides a one-piece bottle containing enteral feeding material and having a top end with a threaded section and a bottom end comprising a funneled connector port; and a threaded cap dimensioned to mate with the threaded section of the one-piece bottle; wherein the funneled connector port connects to an enteral feeding assembly; wherein the threaded cap provides a leak proof seal when tightened on the threaded section of the one-piece bottle, and allows venting of the bottle when loosened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventor: THOMAS F. KNIGHT
  • Publication number: 20100012532
    Abstract: A closure device which includes a fluid chamber containing an additive such as a liquid and a housing having a plug member. The cap member is provided with a primary engagement means, such as an internal thread, which engages with a corresponding primary engagement means provided on the housing, such as an external thread, to allow the cap member to be lifted relative to the housing from a closed position in which the plug member closes a bottom aperture and a spout aperture in the fluid chamber, through a first open position in which the plug member is at least partially withdrawn from the bottom aperture while still closing the spout aperture, thereby allowing the additive to pass from the fluid chamber, and to a second open position in which the spout aperture is at least partially open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventor: Bernard Frutin
  • Publication number: 20090321380
    Abstract: A cap for holding a powder to be mixed with a fluid in a bottle has a product cap with a reservoir. The product cap has a top wall and a side wall. The product cap has a number of inner protrusions on the side wall and a number of outer protrusions on the side wall. A cylindrical safety gate has a number of grooves. The inner protrusions of the product cap mate with the grooves of the safety gate. The cylindrical safety gate has a gate and an aperture at an end of the cylindrical safety gate. A bottle cap with a cylindrical body has a threaded end and a gate end. The gate end has a number of grooves that mate with the outer protrusions. The bottle cap has a gate and an aperture between the threaded end and the gate end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventor: Joel Francomano
  • Publication number: 20090321382
    Abstract: The upgraded bottle for fluid products, particularly pharmaceutical, medicinal and cosmetic products, comprising a containing body for containing a fluid product, particularly a pharmaceutical, medicinal or cosmetic product, a dispensing mouth of the product defined at one end of the containing body, a tearable membrane for closing the dispensing mouth, a closing element that can be screwed up or unscrewed on such end of the containing body and provided with a cap inside which is defined at least one perforator of the membrane, and maintaining means for maintaining the cap in a safety configuration, in which the perforator is substantially positioned away from the membrane and in which the cap can be freely turned around the screwing up and unscrewing axis of the closing element in at least one direction of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventor: Antonio Fontana
  • Publication number: 20090308833
    Abstract: An opening device for a packaging container comprises a neck portion and a screw cap. The opening device comprises a wall of the first part of the screw cap being with a weakening extending in a circumferential direction of the first part and a recess extending in a longitudinal centre axis direction of the first part. The recess is arranged to receive a projection of the neck portion, which projection is directly injection-moulded in the recess. A tamper flap of the first part, which tamper flap is defined by the weakening and the recess, is automatically deformable in connection with a first time opening of the packaging container by cap rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
    Inventors: Pär Andersson, Patrik Månsson, Cristiano Casale
  • Publication number: 20090308834
    Abstract: Provided are a cap capable of being easily and reliably opened and unsealed not limited in design even if an inner cap with a small diameter is used for the cap, producing no refuse after the unsealing, and not unnecessarily large in size, and a container with the cap. When an over cap (3) is rotated in the opening direction, a pair of screw threads (10a, 10b) as opening means are advanced in the direction in which they are tightened together, and this cuts off an planned opening section (4) from the inner cap (2). Thus, the cap has a relatively simple structure and can be simply and reliably unsealed by small force. Further, it is enough if the screw threads (10a, 10b) can be formed in the region of the opening, so that the structure can be applied to a cap with an inner cap with a small diameter and the design of the cap (1) is not limited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: TOKAN KOGYO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Takamitsu Isogai, Masayuki Someya
  • Patent number: 7632457
    Abstract: An oral feeding bottle includes a feed container with an open end and surfaces adapted to come into contact with a liquid feed in the container, a teat releasably connected to the open end and adapted to contact both the liquid feed and a person or animal feeding from the bottle, and a cap with two modes of operation, where in the first mode, the teat is connected to the container and the cap is adapted to fit over, enclose the teat, and be releaseably connected to the feed container, and where in the second mode, the cap includes a means for stowing the teat in a non-dispensing position spaced from the container, where the teat and the surfaces that contact the liquid feed are in fluid communication so that the teat and the feed container are sterilized with a fluid sterilizing medium disposed in the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: MRDC limited
    Inventors: John Richard Calvert, Martyn Omar Rowlands, Michael Anthony Hobbs
  • Publication number: 20090301987
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stopper device (1), comprising an external cap (10) made from plastic and an internal fixed fixing insert (20) for fixing the device around the neck of the container (2). The sleeve (12) of the cap successively comprises, along the (X-X) axis thereof, a head (13), into which the insert may be introduced and permanently fixed and a skirt (14) extending axially from the insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Michel Luzzato, Gregory Antier
  • Publication number: 20090301990
    Abstract: A plastic cap with inside threads removably attaches to a stainless steel container with mating rolled steel external threads. A center stainless steel plug inside the cap fits down into the container. A silicone O-ring on the cap creates a watertight seal with the top of the container. The contents of the stainless steel container only contact the stainless steel plug and never reach the plastic portion of the cap. A finger loop is built into the outer periphery of the plastic cap for ease in carrying or suspending the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Jeff Cresswell, Donald G. Carlson, Chris Kalberer
  • Publication number: 20090302038
    Abstract: A regulator which can be used with a beverage dispensing assembly is disclosed. The regulator includes a seal and a moveable valve stem that cooperates with the seal. A beverage dispenser is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Taggart, William E. Rabbitt, John W. Nottingham, Jay Tapper, Patrick W. Brown
  • Patent number: 7621413
    Abstract: A positive orientation container and closure combination is provided. The container includes at least one flange segment having a front and a back face. The container further includes a gap defined by the front face of one of the flange segments and the back face of one of the flange segments. The closure includes a plurality of collar segments. The closure includes at least one collar segment having an engagement face to establish a positive orientation of the closure at a predetermined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Seaquist Closures Foreign, Inc.
    Inventors: Margaret M. Miota, Alan P. Hickok
  • Publication number: 20090283494
    Abstract: A plastic refillable bottle and a plastic screw-on closure for the bottle, the bottle having a one-piece molded hollow body and integral neck, the walls of the body and neck being of generally uniform thickness, the neck having an opening through which material in the bottle passes when being dispensed and being formed with a helical thread, the closure being configured to extend across the bottle mouth and having a skirt for overlying the bottle neck, the closure skirt having a thread complementary to the thread on the neck and enabling the closure to be tightened onto the neck and effect a seal adequate to avoid excessive leakage of the contents out of the bottle through an interface between the skirt and neck, interior surfaces of the bottle and closure including the areas of the bottle and closure forming the respective threads being devoid of concave surface areas with a radius smaller than about ?? at corners forming an angle of less than 135°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2008
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: Tablecraft Products Company
    Inventor: Charles P. Maxwell
  • Publication number: 20090277863
    Abstract: A packaging including a container body and a closure wherein the closure comprises upstanding wall portions on the upper face defining a receiving area for e.g. a pen. The packaging having first and second engagement means engaging each other for locking said closure to said container body. The closure further comprises release means for disengaging the first engagement means from the second engagement means wherein the release means being arranged such that a depressable portion thereof protrudes into a groove or receiving area. The release means being operable to disengage first engagement means from the second engagement means an elongated object being received by the receiving area or groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: Knudsen Plast A/S
    Inventor: Lars Pedersen
  • Publication number: 20090277862
    Abstract: To reduce a torque to open a closure of a can container having a step of a lap side seam on a thread. A threaded can container of the invention comprises: a cylindrical can body having a lap side seam 16 where longitudinal edges of a metal sheet forms a step portion; a container mouth 5 formed on an opening end of the can body where a thread ridge and a curled portion are formed thereon; a bottom lid seamed to a lower end of the can body; and a resealable closure, which is applied to the container mouth, and which has a resin sealing liner affixed to an inner face of a top panel thereof, and a thread groove rolled on a skirt portion thereof in conformity with the thread ridge; wherein the thread ridge is formed to rotate the closure in a direction from an outer edge of the lap side seam toward an inner layer of the lap side seam to open the closure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2006
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: DAIWA CAN COMPANY
    Inventors: Masami Masuda, Kazuyuki Mochizuki, Naoki Takeda
  • Publication number: 20090277860
    Abstract: An apparatus for opening sealed packaging, including three parts, a pouring nozzle having a flange, a cylindrical cutting element and a screwcap. According to this invention, all three parts of the apparatus are produced in one piece as a semi-finished product. The teeth of the cutting element protrude into the pouring nozzle, while the screwcap is held on the flat edge of the cutting element. The three parts are connected to one another via predetermined breaking point bridges. This invention reduces the production costs and simplifies the assembly and the systems which are required for this purpose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2007
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Inventor: Werner Fritz Dubach
  • Patent number: 7614496
    Abstract: A bottle cap is adapted to retain a quantity of an additive, such as for example aspirin or the like. The additive is retained in an isolated condition within a sealed chamber or within a bladder inside the bottle cap but in fluid communication with the liquid within the bottle, such as water. A cap with at least one downward extending protrusion is provided to breech the seal of the chamber or the bladder, thereby releasing some or all of the additive retained within the bottle cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Inventors: Steven Dvorak, Rainer Kuenzel
  • Patent number: 7607547
    Abstract: A container cap which offers improved opening/closing performance and improved touch feeling. Linear protuberances are formed on the circumferential wall of the main portion of the skirt of the container cap of the container. The protuberances include large protuberances having a large height and small protuberances having heights of protrusion from the outer surface of the circumferential wall portion smaller than that of the large protuberances. The main portion has large protuberance regions forming a plurality of large protuberances and small protuberance regions forming a plurality of small protuberances, the large protuberance regions and the small protuberance regions being alternately arranged in the circumferential direction of the main portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Japan Crown Cork Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Kumata, Hiroomi Matsutani, Yuji Tomitaka
  • Publication number: 20090255893
    Abstract: The present invention consists of a water or soda bottle or vessel which is designed to allow for the bottle to interconnect with other bottles of similar design and standard dimensions to form useful second use products. A recess in the lower surface of the bottle receives the neck of another storage bottle. There are recesses perpendicular to the vertical axis of the bottle capable of receiving the mating side recess of another storage bottle. There are two such recesses on each storage bottle, one on each side of the bottle, parallel to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventors: Peter Zummo, Matthew John Naples
  • Publication number: 20090250469
    Abstract: A pour cap for a fluid container includes a cap body, a gasket mounted to the cap body, and a threaded ring attached to the cap body. The cap can be positioned on the container in a closed position wherein the container is hydraulically sealed with a high pressure seal, or in an open position wherein fluid flow occurs through flow passages on the gasket and the cap body with first and second low pressure seals preventing unwanted leakage between joining parts on the cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventor: Robert A. Heiberger
  • Publication number: 20090250426
    Abstract: A plug-type closure for use with internally threaded containers. The container includes a container body and a neck defining an internal thread. The closure includes a cap body having an annular wall extending outwardly from the cap body, configured to shroud the neck of the container. The closure further includes a generally cylindrical plug body operatively attached to and extending outwardly from the cap body. The plug body includes a thread that engages with the corresponding internal thread of the container neck to provide a leak-resistant seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: STOKELY-VAN CAMP, INC.
    Inventor: Ray Martinez
  • Publication number: 20090230075
    Abstract: The inventions relate to containers that store liquids and/or particle solids and the removable caps that are used to stop contents from leaving the containers when the cap is in a closed position and to allow contents to be poured from the container in an open position. The caps may be used in a system that includes containers designed to stack together or to be otherwise stored together in a manner that minimizes the storage space required for such containers. The caps may include a base and a nipple having a low profile such that the top of the nipple does not protrude beyond the top of the base. The base may include a counterbore that is sufficiently large in diameter to allow the nipple to be grasped when in a closed position. The present inventions may be practiced with a stopper that interacts with the nipple to close the path through which fluid may flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventor: Kenny J. Springer
  • Publication number: 20090223922
    Abstract: A container closure assembly comprising a threaded closure with a sealing plug (24) and a sealing skirt (20) pinching a container lip (5). The skirt and the plug comprise sealing ribs (21, 22, 26, 27) that engage the lip of the container The ribs are located at substantially equal longitudinal distances from the base (3) of the closure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: BEESON AND SONS LIMITED
    Inventor: Roger Milner King