Structure Includes Threads Patents (Class 215/44)
  • Publication number: 20100163515
    Abstract: A synthetic resin container including a mouth part 2, a shoulder part 3, a trunk part 4 and a bottom part 5, wherein the trunk part 4 has rectangular cylindrical parts 41 and 42, and a round cylindrical part 43 which is formed by narrowing into a cylindrical shape a region between the upper rectangular cylindrical part 41 positioned near the shoulder part 3 and the lower rectangular cylindrical part 42 positioned near the bottom part 5 side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshinori Nemoto
  • Patent number: 7735664
    Abstract: In one embodiment there is provided a novel container neck finish having a substantially cylindrical exterior wall surface surrounding an orifice defined in the container and a thread structure positioned about the exterior wall surface. The thread structure has at least a first portion and a second portion. Each portion has a corresponding effective maximum diameter, wherein the effective maximum diameter of the first portion is less than the effective maximum diameter of the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Portola Packaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Mike Lynn Peters, Richard D Lohrman
  • Patent number: 7735663
    Abstract: A resource-saving neck of a synthetic resin bottle having high resistance to pressure and heat and a high, stable sealing property is provided. The part is aimed at equalizing an effect of thread-formed portions on the crystallization of a molten resin material along the circumferential direction of the part. These objectives are achieved by (1) forming screw threads of a multi-threaded screw structure on the outer surface of the neck wall, each screw thread comprising a main thread, with a starting and ending extension, with a width and height thereof being reduced gradually; (2) disposing the starting extension of a screw thread vertically above the ending extension of another thread; and (3) whitening the entire part by thermal crystallization. Sinks are prevented in the neck wall, and the height can be restricted despite increase in the diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimasa Tanaka, Takao Iizuka, Yukio Koshidaka, Kazuhiko Shimizu
  • 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: 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: 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
  • 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
  • Patent number: 7644902
    Abstract: A clamping fixture for a retort process wherein a clamping fixture is disposed about a container having a seal positioned over a container-dispensing aperture. The clamping fixture applies a force to an outer surface of the seal in order to combat internal vapor pressures, which rise during a retort process and may break the seal. A first embodiment may be used with a manual process while a second embodiment may be used with a multiple station automated retort process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Rexam Medical Packaging Inc.
    Inventors: Randy K. Julian, Gary V. Montgomery
  • Publication number: 20100001018
    Abstract: A beverage release cap over a bottle cap of a plastic carbonated beverage bottle for dispensing a beverage, without losing gasses inside the bottle, when the bottle is inverted or partially inverted for pouring. The beverage release cap has three distinct functional and physical sections. A lower section engaging a bottle rim below the bottle cap and snapping over the bottle rim, thereby retaining the beverage release cap to the bottle while providing a seal and permitting a twisting rotation of the beverage release cap. A middle section gripping the bottle cap with vertical, equally spaced ribs, a space between the ribs allowing beverage to flow between the bottle cap and the beverage release cap. An upper section providing a path for the beverage to flow from the middle section. The beverage release cap may alternatively be a replacement to the standard bottle cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Inventor: Samuel C. Puma
  • Publication number: 20100000959
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for reforming a portion of a blow molded plastic container includes directing energy from a heater onto the portion of the container so as to heat the portion while leaving the remainder of the container relatively unheated. The heated portion of the container is then engaged by a reforming tool having an embossed or imprinted characteristic on a contact surface of the reforming tool so as to reform the portion of the container and form a three-dimensional feature thereon which is not reproducible without using the method and/or apparatus of the present invention. Alternatively, the heated portion of the container is engaged by a reforming tool having a transferable element on a contact surface of the reforming tool so as to reform the portion of the container and transfer the transferable element to the portion of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: Graham Packaging Company, LP
    Inventors: Patrick M. O'Connell, Brian J. Chisholm
  • Publication number: 20090321383
    Abstract: A one-piece plastic container includes a body that defines a longitudinal axis and has an upper portion, a sidewall portion, and a base portion. The upper portion defines an opening into the container. The sidewall portion is integrally formed with and extends from the upper portion to the base portion. The base portion closes off an end of the container. The one-piece plastic container is formed from resin having an intrinsic viscosity (IV) of about 0.73 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventor: Michael T. Lane
  • Patent number: 7637384
    Abstract: A container assembly includes a container that has an externally threaded finish portion as well as retention structure for preventing upward movement of a tamper evident band. The container assembly further includes a closure having a body portion of a base and an internally threaded downwardly depending sidewall portion that is sized and shaped to screw onto the finish portion of the container. The closure further includes a tamper evident band that is frangibly connected to the sidewall portion and that includes a main band portion and a J-hook retention member. The J-hook retention member includes a plurality of pleated retaining flaps, each of which has upper portion for engaging the retention structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Crown Packaging Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael L. Price, Thomas M. Seidita, Udo Boesl, Patrick Habersaat
  • 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: 7628283
    Abstract: A tamper-indicating child-resistant package includes a container having a cylindrical finish with at least one external thread segment, a manually deflectable release element externally cantilevered from the finish, and a tear band frangibly connected to the finish and having an upstanding locking lug. A closure has a skirt with at least one internal thread segment for mating engagement with the external thread segment on the container finish, a first lock element on the skirt for engagement with the manually deflectable release element and second lock element on the skirt for engagement with the locking lug on the tear band. Engagement between the second lock element on the closure skirt and the locking lug on the tear band prevents unthreading of the closure from the container finish until the tear band is frangibly removed from the finish, whereupon deflection of the manually deflectable release element releases the closure for unthreading from the finish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Rexam Prescription Products Inc.
    Inventor: John M. Shingle
  • Publication number: 20090289025
    Abstract: A reusable concentrate cartridge adapted to be supported by a diluting and dispensing container for combining at least two separate components of a multi-component system, the concentrate cartridge having a hollow cylindrical element and a hollow tube with a closure portion. The concentrate cartridge is caused to open by the rotating engagement of a closure cap onto the diluting and dispensing container to which causes the closure portion of the hollow tube to disengage, releasing the concentrate material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: IDISPENSE LLC
    Inventors: Edward L. Mueller, Douglas F. Taylor
  • 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: 20090266783
    Abstract: A device and container for improving the connection of a lid to a container by providing for a shelved container neck. The neck includes a shelved land on the top surface of the container neck which provides for an increased radial thickness to the top surface of the container neck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventor: Raymond C. Eble
  • 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: 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: 20090236302
    Abstract: A preform for making a plastic container includes a main body portion and a threaded finish portion that has an outer surface and an inner surface. The threaded finish portion has a proximal and that is unitary with the main body portion of the preform and a distal end that is opposite from the proximal end. At least one external thread is defined on the outer surface of the finish portion. A gripping indentation is advantageously defined in the outer surface and is longitudinally positioned between the external thread and the distal end of the finish portion. A container having such a finish portion and a method of making a container is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Joseph P. Labadie, Richard R. Johnston, Lance J. Novotny
  • Patent number: 7581652
    Abstract: A tamper-indicating closure includes a plastic shell having a base wall with an annular skirt, at least one internal thread segment on the skirt, a tamper band frangibly connected to the skirt, and a circumferential array of angularly spaced flexible resilient ratchet wings extending counterclockwise from an inner surface of the tamper band at an angle to the inner surface. A flexible resilient sealing liner on the base wall within the skirt has a conical sealing surface that faces radially outwardly toward the skirt and axially away from the base wall. The conical sealing surface is resiliently engageable with a trim flange of a container to which the closure is applicable so that the tamper band separates from the annular skirt before loss of sealing engagement between the liner and the trim flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Rexam Closure Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Flak, Jr., James L. Gregory, Ramsey J. Haylett, Thomas A. Kozlowski
  • Publication number: 20090200258
    Abstract: Conventionally, to lock a cap onto a container with a minute interval of degree rotation, it is necessary to provide a large number of engaging teeth at minute intervals and to engage minute locking teeth thereto, but there is the problem that adequate locking force is not attained so the lock is disconnected, making a secure lock impossible. There is also the problem that high-precision forming technology is required, making it difficult to provide the neck or shoulders of a container with teeth using a plastic blow-forming process. A cap locking device in which engaging teeth provided in a circumferential shape on one side are elastically engaged by locking teeth 2 provided on the other side when a cap 10 is rotatingly mounted onto a container 20, wherein locking teeth B1 and C1 positioned on both sides of a central locking tooth A1 of a set of three locking teeth 2 are set to an integer multiple pitch interval including zero of engaging teeth plus one-third or two-thirds of a pitch interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2007
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicants: S & B FOODS INC., SHIROUMA SCIENCE KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Maeda, Masafumi Ooyama, Katsuhito Ujihara, Hirofumi Oosako, Yoshio Kawata
  • Publication number: 20090173711
    Abstract: If the diameter of an opening side neck portion is decreased to minimize the contact surface between contents and air and a small cap is fitted on a container where there is the concern that exposure to air may alter the quality of contents in the container, there is not only the problem that a gap results between the cap top board and the container opening where adequate locking force is not available but the problem that force is required to open and close the lid, making removal and fitting troublesome. A container made so a large cap can be fitted thereto by providing a cap locking neck portion 30 whose inner and outer diameters are larger than an opening side neck portion 13 at a container should side neck portion 14 of a container neck 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: S&B FOODS INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Maeda, Masafumi Ooyama, Katsuhito Ujihara, Hirofumi Oosako, Hidetoshi Hirota, Hiroshi Yoneda, Tooru Umekawa
  • Publication number: 20090139993
    Abstract: A plastic medium feed-through part, for example a spout, designed to be sealed by means of a sealing technique between film walls of a bag, comprising a plastic body which forms a channel (4) for dispensing a medium from the bag and/or feeding it to the bag, which body has sealing sides (10, 11) situated opposite each other, each for achieving a sealed connection to an adjoining film wall, which sealing sides are substantially flat and free from ribs. Each sealing side has a rough surface structure. The surface roughness value of the sealing sides preferably lies between 20 and 40 in accordance with VDI Richtlinie 3400. The feed-through part can be provided with an anti-nesting projection (20) on the side intended to be inside the bag or with an element (101) for holding the bag open. Several methods for sealing a feed-through part to a bag are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2004
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventor: Laurens Last
  • Patent number: 7520447
    Abstract: The current invention relates to a dispenser comprising a container (A) for holding a product to be dispensed and a dispensing mechanism (B), said dispenser comprises i. a container body (Q) having a bottom (E), and a means for interconnecting said bottom with a side opposite thereto; said container body further including at least one outlet opening (F) arranged in or near the side opposite to said bottom, preferably in or near the upper half of the means interconnecting the bottom with the side opposite to said bottom, ii. a conduct (G) connecting said container body, extending from the outlet opening (F), with said dispensing mechanism, iii. a trigger sprayer (H) and, iv. a neck (K) connecting said trigger sprayer (H) with said conduct (G) wherein said neck (K) and said conduct (G) are linked to said container body (Q) so that said neck (K) and said conduct (G) form a swan-neck or a U-shape extending from said outlet opening (F) so as to exchange air pressure and product to be dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Monsanto Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Wim Engelen, Hugo Smid
  • Patent number: 7516861
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a synthetic resin bottle, in which the stable no-leak condition can be maintained up to a certain cap-turning angle, and air-tightness of the bottle can be fully secured, even if the cap is falsely turned. The body 2 of the synthetic resin bottle is configured to have a smooth seal surface 8 with no irregularity over the entire circumference in the upper portion of the outer neck wall where no parting line is formed. In this configuration, a stable no-leak condition can be maintained up to a certain cap-turning angle, and air-tightness of the bottle can be fully secured, even if the cap is falsely turned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Itou, Hiroshi Hosokoshiyama, Naoki Tsutsui
  • Publication number: 20090078668
    Abstract: A lightweight finish for a hot-fill container uses less material compared to existing hot-fill container finishes. The lightweight finish yields a cost savings while still providing adequate dimensional stability to allow the container to maintain its shape during the hot-fill process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Kraft
  • Publication number: 20090045224
    Abstract: An improved dispensing package for liquids is described comprising a combination pouring spout fitment, a closure that functions as a measuring cup when removed and inverted, and a bottle. The improved liquid seal between the closure and the fitment is made possible through mismatched bevels on the closure and fitment respectively wherein the sharper angled bevel on one of the parts buries into the wider angled bevel of the other part. The applied torque is prevented from loosening prematurely through a thread configuration form that allows the closure to seat securely into the spout fitment with the closure threads pushing back up against the bottom surfaces of the fitment threads in a “locked” arrangement. The correct alignment of the fitment on the bottle is made possible through the coordination of a thread stop on the fitment and corresponding locking lug on the neck of the bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: Joel Faaborg, Keith Cardinal, Anthony R. Miller, Ronald Hedman
  • Patent number: 7472797
    Abstract: A container for collecting and storing breast milk. More particularly, one embodiment provides a container for collecting and storing breast milk obtained using a breast pump, comprising: a body, wherein the body has an open end with a lip, a closed end and a cavity between the open end and the closed end for receiving therein the breast milk; a cap; a hinge disposed adjacent the open end of the body for connecting the cap to the body; a sealing mechanism disposed on the cap, wherein the sealing mechanism provides a resealable, watertight seal between the cap and the lip of the body when the cap is placed thereon; and at least one thread disposed at the open end of the body, wherein the thread is configured to provide a screw-on connection between the body and the breast pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Capitol Vial Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Ostrowski
  • Publication number: 20080314856
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a container and a method of making a container. In one example, the container includes a body having an upper portion, a sidewall portion and a base portion. The upper portion includes a blown finish defining a longitudinal axis and an opening into the container. A tamper evident (TE) band is formed on the finish and defines a first diameter at an outermost surface. The TE band defines at least two disconnected radial protrusions. At least one thread is formed on the finish. The at least one thread defines a second diameter at an outermost surface. The first diameter is greater than the second diameter. The TE band defines a gap between each respective disconnected radial protrusion. Each thread defines a thread start portion and a thread run-out portion. A line parallel to the longitudinal axis extends through the thread run-out portion and the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Michael E. Penny, Theodore F. Eberle
  • Publication number: 20080308522
    Abstract: An easy open bottle having grooves for the fingers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: ALCAN GLOBAL PHARMACEUTICAL PACKAGING INC.
    Inventor: Don F. Yeager
  • Publication number: 20080308519
    Abstract: A beverage container for the storage of a carbonated drink comprising a container body (10; 70) including an opening (11; 70A) and removable closure means for closing said opening, the closure means comprising a foil (12; 72) which provides a gas tight seal for said opening and a collar (13, 14; 71) for securing the foil to the container body. The collar may be a cylindrical component provided on its own (51; 60) or as part (93A) of another component, e.g. a cap (93). The collar may also be provided around the skirt of a cap or a skirt of a cap may be provided around the collar. The foil (72) may also be secured to the collar (71).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2005
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: Peter Antony Farrar, John Hein, Anthony Henry Joseph Fraser, Benjamin Bryan Mortimer
  • Publication number: 20080308442
    Abstract: A disposable drink container that includes a bottle that is formed of a plastic material. The bottle has an externally threaded spout and a sidewall. A cap that is threadably engaged to the threaded spout to thereby close the threaded spout. An array of raised projections is formed on an exterior surface of the sidewall. The raised projections are arranged in at least four columns and at least four rows. Each of the projections is deformable. A method for personally identifying a disposable drink container is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: Alan Spigelman, Ronald J. Goldstone
  • Publication number: 20080302799
    Abstract: A food or drink container kit includes a metal container including a round threaded neck having at least one integrally formed thread. The kit also includes a metal press-on, twist-off closure comprising a round skirt including a gasket material located on at least a portion of the interior of the skirt, a seal forming between the neck and skirt when the closure is placed on the container and heated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: Seth Moore, Matt R. Brown, Gerald Baker, Bill Kapolas
  • Patent number: 7451885
    Abstract: A container for use with a closure is provided, and includes a receptacle, a neck extending therefrom, a closure-engaging thread segment arranged on the neck of the container to engage the closure thread segment arranged on the closure, and a plurality of spaced apart protrusions protruding radially toward the closure from the neck of the container, the plurality of spaced apart protrusions forming a protrusion pattern that has a composite orientation that is helically opposite that of the closure-engaging thread segment to engage and to separate the frangible tamper-evident band portion from the closure when the closure is rotated off of the neck. With this structure, the closure and container system provides an improved anti-backoff, tamper evident closure and container system that reduces torque used to initially apply the closure to the container and improves reliably by reducing stress on the component parts, while desirably preventing backoff from occurring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Alcan Packaging Pharmaceutical and Personal Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Henry H. Nyman, David R. Cistone, Don Yeager, Thomas Thomas
  • Publication number: 20080274434
    Abstract: A coupling for attaching a fuel canister to an appliance such as a torch is provided that comprises a first connector on the canister. The first connector comprises a first set of screw threads where the first set of screw threads are interrupted to define a shape. A second connector is provided on the appliance or torch where the second connector comprises a locking element. The locking element has a matching shape that matches the shape such that the locking element closely receives the first connector when the first connector is in a first orientation relative to the second connector. A method of using the coupling is also provided where the appliance is rotated relative to the canister less than 360 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2008
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas A. Burdsall, Michael R. Johnston
  • Publication number: 20080264894
    Abstract: An assembly comprising a container and a closure. The container has a neck, the neck having an interior surface and an exterior surface, the exterior surface having (a) a thread(s), (b) at least two sets of sloping teeth, and (c) a retaining bead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas D. Loughrin, Kristi L. Rogers, Elwood L. Stokesbury
  • Publication number: 20080257849
    Abstract: A beverage container (1a, 1b) comprises a container body including an opening, wherein the interior of the container body includes at least one securement means by which a cap (3) may be releasably secured to the container body to close the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: DUBOIS LIMITED
    Inventors: Peter Antony Farrar, Anthony Henry Joseph Fraser
  • Publication number: 20080257848
    Abstract: A beverage container (1) comprises a container body (3) including an opening, a cap (5) to close the opening, and a collar (7), mountable on the container body (3). The cap (5) and the collar (7) include cooperating securement means (19, 21) by which the cap (5) may be secured to the collar (7), thereby securing the cap (5) to the container body (3) when the collar (7) is mounted on the container body (3). The cap (5), the collar (7) and the container body (3) are configured such that removal of the cap (5) from the container body (3) causes removal of the collar (7) from the container body (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: DUBOIS LIMITED
    Inventors: Peter Antony Farrar, John Hein, Anthony Henry Joseph Fraser, William George Dando
  • Patent number: 7434702
    Abstract: A bottle container made of resin includes a cylindrical barrel with a bottom and a cylindrical neck portion with a diameter smaller than that of the barrel. The bottle container also includes an upper part and a lower part divided into two parts by dividing at an upper end or a lower end of the barrel, and under the condition that the upper part and the lower part are connected with each other. The two parts are integrated by a cover member for liquid-tightly covering connecting surfaces of the two parts to shield the connecting surfaces from outside and to integrate the two parts with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushikikaisha Yaita Seisakusho
    Inventor: Daisuke Yaita
  • Publication number: 20080230505
    Abstract: A container, such as a flask or a flexible tube, provided with a cap, the container including a side wall and a plastic head with a neck and a shoulder linking the neck to the side wall. The cap is provided with a circular cylindrical skirt on its inner surface with one or more first screwing means. The wall of the neck is substantially shaped like a prism where the cross-section is globally a polygon having a symmetry of order n about an axis A substantially parallel to the generatrix of the prism, n being an integer strictly greater than 1, and the neck is provided on its outer surface with n second screwing means, uniformly distributed about the axis A. The assembly of n second screwing means of the neck co-operates with the first screwing means of the cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2006
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: CEBAL S.A.S.
    Inventors: Eric Kerman, Herve Zakrzewski
  • Publication number: 20080223811
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a reversible child resistant cap and a closure system having two positions, the first being a child resistant position and the other being a non-child resistant position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: TRI STATE DISTRIBUTION, INC.
    Inventors: David A. Miceli, Joseph A. Miceli
  • Patent number: 7413097
    Abstract: A tamper-evident closure including a spout and a cap. The spout includes an upwardly extending neck defining a neck opening, an annular cap-engaging retainer extending radially outwardly from the neck, and a fulcrum interconnecting the cap-engaging retainer and the neck. The cap selectively seals the neck opening and includes a top, an annular skirt depending from the top, and a tamper-evidencing band frangibly connected to a lower end of the annular skirt. The tamper-evidencing band has a radially inwardly extending spout-engaging retainer. The cap-engaging retainer is adapted to engage the spout-engaging retainer when the cap is removed from the neck to limit upward movement of the tamper-evidencing band with respect to the neck. A method of using the tamper-evident closure is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Portola Packaging, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian M. Adams
  • Publication number: 20080128380
    Abstract: A plastic container and closure and method of making the same. The container can include a solid bottom end, an outer sidewall extending from the solid bottom end, and a neck portion extending from the outer sidewall to create an open end of the container. The neck portion may have a spout portion having an aperture formed therein. The spout portion can be inverted to form a flange receptacle. The closure can include a sealing portion which includes a first receptacle, a spring portion that includes a second receptacle, and a planar center area configured in the center of the closure and extending inward from the spring portion. The container may be filled with a product and the closure secured to the container, over the open end, to create a primary seal and a secondary seal. When the closure is secured to the container, the spring portion can exert a sealing pressure against the neck portion of the container to create the primary seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: John E. Denner, David B. Clements, Robert D. Stoolmaker
  • Publication number: 20080116162
    Abstract: A container and a method of making a container are provided. In one example, the container includes a body having an upper portion, a sidewall portion and a base portion. The upper portion includes a blown finish defining a longitudinal axis and an opening into the container. A first portion defines a tamper evident (TE) band formed on the finish and defines a first diameter at an outermost surface. A second portion is formed on the finish, offset toward the base portion relative to the first portion, and defines a second diameter. The second diameter is less than the first diameter. A transition portion is formed between the first and second portions. The transition portion defines an annular taper from the first portion to the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventor: Michael E. Penny
  • Publication number: 20080110929
    Abstract: A fluid dispensing cap and beverage bottle assembly provides a spill-resistant container for use by a small child. The dispensing cap has a perforated baffle that restricts the beverage flow under static pressure conditions and permits beverage flow when a sufficient pressure differential is applied across the baffle. The dispensing cap includes a spout that facilitates beverage consumption. The dispensing cap either screws onto a bottle neck or is a press-fit cap that is inserted into the bottle's open end. A seal is provided that prevents beverage leakage and indicates if the container has been tampered with or compromised.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventors: E. Lawrence Stanley Traasdahl, Jeremy Lamanna, David Michael Webb
  • Patent number: 7364045
    Abstract: A method of making a wide mouth, blow molded PET plastic container having an externally threaded neck, the diameter and wall thickness of the neck and threads have a critical relationship to the diameter and wall thickness of the preform used to blow the intermediate article of which the container is a part. A PET plastic container having a threaded neck with a wall thickness of within the range of 0.032 to 0.038 inches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: RING Container Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas M. Dygert, David A. Brunson
  • Publication number: 20080093325
    Abstract: The instant invention is an alternate capstand being cylindrically shaped in the form of a hollow ring with the bottom side thereof being contoured so as to fit snugly as against the exterior walling of, for example, a typical soda-pop bottle together with threading configured about the external walling of the capstand and further with the bottom side of the capstand being equipped with adhesive affixation means serving to ensure sturdy, dependable affixation of the invention to such exterior walling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventor: Gerard M. Costello