About Line Or Point Of Weakness Patents (Class 220/266)
  • Patent number: 5029452
    Abstract: This invention relates to cover panels for enclosures, such as those found on the sides or roofs of buildings, which house air conditioning equipment. More particularly, this invention relates to a cover panel for an air conditioning enclosure which both accommodates the penetration of piping through it and allows for access to the interior of the enclosure, subsequent to the hookup of the piping to air conditioning system components housed within the enclosure, without the need to break a piping connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1991
    Assignee: American Standard Inc.
    Inventors: Amer N. Mourabet, James M. Grigsby
  • Patent number: 5027969
    Abstract: The invention relates to the combination of a closure and of a container, the closure displaying a peripheral depending skirt while the container displays, along the walls thereof, a continuous peripheral flange receiving, on the top face thereof, the lower edge of the closure skirt. The connection of the flange at each corner is weakened by the presence of a series of gaps to render the flange at those areas breakable to thereby provide a visual indication of removal of the closure, whether it be authorized or unauthorized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1991
    Assignee: IPL Inc.
    Inventor: Dominique Lesquir
  • Patent number: 5002307
    Abstract: A cover member for an air bag installation, includes a shaped cap-link member of soft urethane molded directly onto and in covering relation to a pair of thermoplastic, L-shaped, angle members, the urethane adhering to the thermoplastic and operating to prevent inadvertent release of the urethane during deployment of the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1991
    Assignee: Sheller-Globe Corporation
    Inventor: Michael E. Heidorn
  • Patent number: 4998622
    Abstract: A plastic pail (23) and a plastic lid (22) are constructed at their rims so that the lid securely seals and catches in. Pockets to receive a carrying handle are part of a cylindrical ring (28) which surrounds the pail wall concentrically. This ring is drawn down arcuately at two diametrically opposite points (25), so that it is possible to grip and remove the lid (23) there, and a circular alignment of pails stacked nested without lids is simultaneously possible by this means.In a particular construction the recesses formed by the arcuately down-drawn parts of the ring are covered by tear-off bridges (40) which are fastened to the ring radially outside the latter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1991
    Inventor: Alfred Drack
  • Patent number: 4995527
    Abstract: A breakout panel (6) is situated within a breakout opening (8) in a molded part (2). The breakout panel and opening define circumferentially extending corners (16, 18) positioned adjacent one another. The two corners touch at a line of intersection (21) having substantially no width to create a zero landed intersecting edge. Physical connection between the breakout panel and the body is provided by several small frangible pads (22) at the line of intersection. The frangible pads are sized to permit the breakout panel to be broken away from the body in a frangible manner to expose the breakout opening. The frangible pad intersects the body along the inside surface (20) of the body so that when the breakout panel is broken away, the resulting scars (38) at the locations of the frangible pads are not visible from the outside of the part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1991
    Assignee: Tandy Corporation
    Inventors: John A. Sauder, Harold Larson
  • Patent number: 4974735
    Abstract: The application describes a closure for a container, the closure comprising a first part to be mounted on the container and a second part pivotally connected to the first part to close upon the first part. First tamper-evident means are provided between the two parts and a catch is provided on one of the parts. The catch is movable between a first neutral position and a second position in which it can connect with the other part, the catch in its second position forming second tamper-evident means. The catch is preferably provided on the second part and it is pivotable between its said two positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1990
    Inventors: Robert E. Newell, Paul K. Rand
  • Patent number: 4966294
    Abstract: A tamper-evident closure for a wide mouth container. The closure member has a central panel and a downwardly opening rim cavity encircling the central panel and adapted to receive therein a top rim of the food container. The rim cavity is defined by a pair of upstanding, radially spaced skirt segments connected at their respectrive upper edges by a top rim segment. A radially outer one of the skirt segments has adjacent a lower edge thereof a radially inwardly projecting and circumferentially extending first flange adapted to snugly fit under and frictionally engage the lip on the food container. In addition, the radially outer skirt also has a radially outwardly projecting second flange contiguous with and oriented below the first flange. A plurality of generally inverted V-shaped radially outwardly projecting rim segments are integrally connected between each set of mutually adjacent circumferential ends of at least the second flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 30, 1990
    Assignee: Fabri-Kal Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony C. Mack, Robin M. Robbins
  • Patent number: 4962864
    Abstract: An aerosol cap which is tamper-evident. A portion of the bottom skirt must be torn away in order to remove the cap. The tear away section of cap is an independent member which when completely removed provides an unmistakable indication of tampering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1990
    Assignee: Clayton Corporation
    Inventors: Eugene R. Appal, Michael A. Beiser, James P. McBroom
  • Patent number: 4961513
    Abstract: A container comprising a body with a rim (6) of which at least the upper surface is of a first plastics material, and a flexible closure (8) of which at least the under surface is of a second plastics material different from the first, the body and closure being attached together by a heat seal formed between the said surfaces thereof, wherein the heat seal includes radially inner and radially outer ears (18,16) formed during the heat sealing operation by heat and pressure, each ear having a core (22,20) which is formed of the first plastics material and is joined integrally to the rim by a thin root (34,32), and an envelope (26,28) which is formed of the second plastics material integrally with the closure and which envelops the core and tapers in beneath the core to a position adjacent to the thin root of the core, both ears lying on the top of the rim around at least a substantial part of the container periphery, the closure having a free portion (10) located outside the heat seal for grasping by the user,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1990
    Assignee: MB Group plc Engineering Company
    Inventors: Graham M. Gossedge, Alan J. Maskell, John Moore
  • Patent number: 4955500
    Abstract: A sealing groove cover for a cylindrical fluid container includes a circular body, a circular outer sealing member, a circular inner sealing member and a circular male element. The outer sealing member is coupled to the circular body along its outer perimeter edge and snugly contacts the outer surface of the container wall. The circular inner sealing member is coupled to the circular body along its inner perimeter edge and is dimensioned to snugly contact the inner perimeter of a female groove which forms a part of the cylindrical container and is dimensioned to receive and seal with a removable lid. The circular male element of the sealing groove cover is located at a radial distance between the inner and outer sealing members and is aligned with the female groove of the container to form an interference fit between the sealing groove cover and the container female groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1990
    Inventor: John R. Rhoads
  • Patent number: 4948441
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for the fabrication of an openable container lid wherein a failure zone opening is defined about the desired location of a future opening in the lid, and simultaneously with this operation the lid is joined to the flange of the container. The combination of both of these steps at a single work station minimizes the equipment necessary to attach a lid to a container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1990
    Assignee: Rampart Packaging Inc.
    Inventor: Norman E. Peck
  • Patent number: 4934554
    Abstract: A tamper-evident lid for use with containers includes a surface to cover the container, and downward projections around the periphery of the surface which surrounds the mouth of said container. An interrupted ring is frangibly attached to the downward projections. A plurality of tamper-evident hooks are affixed to said ring. The hooks are visible through openings in the downward projections. The hooks engage the container, but when the lid is removed, the ring fractures away from the downward projection ring and the tampering with the package is apparent. In the preferred embodiment, a bead on the lid engages the sidewall of the container to provide a resealable, airtight seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 19, 1990
    Assignee: Bryant Edwards
    Inventor: Bryant Edwards
  • Patent number: 4925051
    Abstract: A container lid can be used for open-mouthed containers having a peripheral curl about the rim of the container. This peripheral curl defines a rim receiving cavity which may be snap fit over the rim of the container to attach the lid to the container. The container may thereafter be effectively closed by the lid. This lid may additionally have a well having an upwardly sloped portion and a well portion. The well portion has a raised element therein, which can form openings in the lid. In particular, by applying a downward force to a top surface of the raised element, eye-shaped slits may be formed at frangible areas adjacent the corners of this element. These eye-shaped slits permit contents within the container to be discharged therethrough. For instance, a beverage may be held in the container. After applying a downward force to the raised element to form slits in the container lid, the beverage may be discharged through the slits, passed over the sloped portion and then poured and/or ingested therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1990
    Assignee: Imperial Cup Corporation
    Inventor: David H. Herbst
  • Patent number: 4909407
    Abstract: A stamped and scored one-piece container lid with an integral push-in tear tab has a tab-defining score line formed with a bottom wall, an inclined first side wall and a second side wall opposite to the first side wall and which is upset onto the bottom wall and the lower portion of the first side wall forming a ring around the latter with the result that the tab is relatively easy to push in, but is able to withstand an appreciable outward force due to pressure inside the associated container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1990
    Inventors: G. Steven Lambert, Michael P. Lambert
  • Patent number: 4905861
    Abstract: A lidded container made of plastics material comprises a body (10) with a top rim (11) and a lid (12) with a flange (18) for sealing engagement inside the rim (11). The lid (12) has a web (17) part carrying said flange (18), which depends therefrom, and also carrying a depending skirt (16) for surrounding the outside of the rim (11), said skirt (16) having a plurality of inwardly-directed projections (21) each engageable in latching relationship in a recess (31) on the outside of the rim (11), and said web part (17) having apertures (24) corresponding to said projections (21), whereby a tool can be inserted through each aperture (24) to disengage the corresponding projection (21) from said recess (31).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 6, 1990
    Assignee: Reed Packaging Limited
    Inventors: Charles W. Boxall, John R. Calvert, Brian Edwards, Martyn O. Rowlands, Christopher H. Sworn
  • Patent number: 4903855
    Abstract: A port and closure assembly is provided. The port and closure assembly comprises a port including a tubular portion that extends from a base, the tubular portion terminating at an end including an opening. A closure is provided for sealing at least a portion of the end of the port, the port and closure being constructed from materials that create a tack seal when the closure is positioned on the port and the port and closure are sterilized, the tack seal functioning to secure the closure to the port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1990
    Assignee: Baxter International Inc.
    Inventors: James Ducay, Josef Schmidt, Hugh Forman
  • Patent number: 4899903
    Abstract: An assembly of a tube having a breakaway plug member mounted on one opening thereof is provided. The plug member has an open end and a closed end, and includes on its inner surface a first inner-wall portion extending from the open end toward the closed end a predetermined distance which is fixedly secured to the one open end of said tubular body, and a second inner-wall portion defining a space therein which extends from the first inner-wall portion to the closed end. The plug member also includes on its outer surface a thin-walled frangible portion located on or radially outside the second inner-wall portion which is breakable to allow separation of the plug member from the tubular body. The one open end of the tubular body extends in said space beyond the thin-walled frangible portion toward the closed end of the plug member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1990
    Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Eiichi Miyasaka, Tetsuro Nishimura, Nobukazu Tanokura
  • Patent number: 4898295
    Abstract: An extremely economical, tamper-proof, resealable container is formed by spin welding (1) a molded thermoplastic cup with a circular opening, and (2) a similar thermoplastic molded cap with a matching circular base. The cup is filled with the contents before welding. An opening for the discharge of the contents is created by separating a predetermined part of the cap, and the separated part becomes a tight-fitting closure for the opening when the separated part is reversed and plugged into the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1990
    Inventor: Dae Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 4892217
    Abstract: A closure is provided for selectively closing an opening of a container, including a base element arranged to be affixed to a container adjacent an opening therein. In one embodiment, the closure is provided with tamper-evident film fixed to the base element, and a control element is pivotally movable relative to the base element between open and closed position. When the base element is affixed to the container, the tamper-evident film obstructs the container opening. When the control element pivots to the open position, the tamper-evident film is visible, and can be punctured or otherwise removed. According to another embodiment of the invention, a closure is provided for a container having a tamper-evident film secured thereto overlying the opening in a container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1990
    Inventor: Eugene D. Shastal
  • Patent number: 4883193
    Abstract: A reclosable lid has a frame (1) adapted to be sealingly secured to a container tube or sleeve (9), a sealing lid (2) which is rotatable connected to the frame (1) by one or more hinges (3), and a tamper proof device comprising a securing pin (11) cooperatively mounted between the lid (2) and the frame (1) for locking engagement with the frame such that the lid (2) can only be released from the frame (1) by breaking one or more locking connections (13, 14). The securing pin (11) is connected to the lid by means of a connection (13, 14) which can be broken off and extends through a bore (15) of the frame and engages, with a locking part (12) thereof, under an edge of the lid frame (1). The securing pin (11) is prevented from moving out of locking engagement with the lid frame (1) when the lid frame only (1) is connected to a container tube ( 9) whereby the lid (2) is released from the frame by breaking off the securing connection (13, 14) while leaving the securing pin (11) in the frame (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1989
    Assignee: Akerlund & Rausing Licens AB
    Inventor: Lars Christensson
  • Patent number: 4881656
    Abstract: A package comprises a container having an open end defined by end structure forming a sealing portion and a rim surrounding the open end and a tamper evident lid closing the container end. The lid comprises seal structure in sealing engagement with the container sealing portion and a skirt disposed about the end structure and extending from the rim along the container in a direction away from the open end. The skirt defines a first skirt portion adjacent the rim and a second tear strip portion extending from the first skirt portion. The skirt portions are connected by a plurality of narrow necks extending between skirt perforations. Latching projections formed in the tear strip portion extend inwardly from the skirt in a direction toward the end opening. The projections latch with the container rim and engage the container rim for tearing the necks to strip off the tear strip when the lid is removed from the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1989
    Assignee: Sandusky Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Dexter W. Chumley, Fredrick O. Miller
  • Patent number: 4854471
    Abstract: A fuel cap comprises a cap body, a flange member projecting outward in radial direction on upper side of the cap body, and a weak portion which is easily broken and provided at the flange member and enables separation of the flange member from the cap body. The weak portion is formed by a plurality of V-like grooves at upper surface side which are formed on the upper surface of the flange member in concentric relation and a plurality of V-like grooves at lower surface side which are formed on the lower surface of the flange member in concentric relation and adjacent to the V-like grooves at upper surface side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1989
    Assignees: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Joji Kasugai, Satoshi Toki, Masayuki Ide
  • Patent number: 4850503
    Abstract: An easy openable closure device for a packaging container, comprising an outer layer, for instance injection moulded of plastics, and an inner layer possibly comprising several sublayers and such that it gives the closure device a specific characteristics as to welding possibilities, gas barrier and light barrier. A first tearing denotation is arranged in the outer layer and merges into a second tearing denotation under a tangentially acute angle, said second denotation extending circumferentially around the closure device. At both sides of the circumferential tearing denotation, the inner layer is sealed to or connected to the outer layer. In the outer layer there is arranged an element having a portion for penetrating the first tearing denotation in the outer layer inside the said sealing region. The strength of the second tearing denotation is lower than the sealing strength between the layers and the latter strength is higher than the tearing strength of the inner layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1989
    Assignee: AB Akerlund & Rausing
    Inventor: Lennart Larsson
  • Patent number: 4836397
    Abstract: A port and closure assembly is provided. The closure includes a cap that cooperates with the port to produce a friction fit. The cap and port are hermetically sealed together by a coating. The coating provides a method of determining if the closure has been opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1989
    Assignee: Baxter International Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas A. Fowles
  • Patent number: 4825339
    Abstract: A knock-out in the wall of the housing for electronic equipment is selectively removed to provide a knock-out opening. A wall includes first and second slits positioned along the boundary of the knock-out and separated by a land. The wall includes a break out opening adjacent to each land. Break portions of the wall separate the break out opening from the first and second slits. These break portions are severed to interconnect the first and second slits through the break out opening and permit removal of the knock-out. Plural such slits and break out openings are provided and arranged to provide a knock out of rectangular or other desired geometric shape. The slits and break out openings are sized to provide electromagnetic interference shielding. Also, the break portions are of a length which is approximately no greater than the thickness of the wall and are positioned to facilitate removal of the knock-out without deforming the wall and without leaving burrs in the knock-out opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1989
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas M. Boudon, Jim Gottsch
  • Patent number: 4821910
    Abstract: The disclosure herein describes the combination of a closure and a container where a frangible element is provided on the peripheral skirt portion of the closure to come into a locking engagement with the upper flange of the container. The element is made of frangible material so that it must be broken whenever the closure is removed from the container to thereby provide a visual indication of removal of the closure, whether authorized or unauthorized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1989
    Assignee: IPL Inc
    Inventor: Charles Poirier
  • Patent number: 4821904
    Abstract: A molded plastic electrical outlet box having improvements relating to a plurality of webs for attaching a cable entry aperture knockout panel to the box wall structure defining a given aperture, a strip of flashing connected about the knockout panel, and a pattern of protrusions defined on the exterior face of each knockout panel. The attachment webs are located in a four point, balanced arrangement adjacent to the respective corners of the generally rectangular panel. Thus, any knockout force applied to the panel by the tip of an instrument, such as a screwdriver, will always be directed between the locations where the panel is anchored to the wall structure and tend to result in detachment of the panel. The protrusions can take any one of a variety of patterns, such as a knurled pattern or a multiplicity of cylindrical-, pyramidal- or tetrahedral-shaped projections, to define non-skid surfaces which prevent the tip of the instrument delivering the knockout force from slipping upon impact with the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1989
    Assignee: Bhar, Inc.
    Inventors: N. Norm Bhargava, Jayanta L. Barua
  • Patent number: 4819824
    Abstract: A lidded container is provided which is intended to deter unauthorized removal of the lid. The container has an out-turned lip of inverted U-section having a circumferential horizontal flange supporting an upright retention portion with a retaining bead. The lid has a rim portion which is also of inverted U-section, the web of the U having a formation engaging a complementary formation on the lip of the container to provide location and sealing connection between the lid and container, and the outer limb being outwardly cranked and forming a depending skirt having a retaining formation which interlocks with the retaining formation.Part of the flange is extended to form a tab which is removable at a line of weakening to facilitate separation of the lid and container. Removal of the tab indicates that the container has been opened or at least that it has been tampered with.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1989
    Assignee: Barker, Brettell & Duncan
    Inventors: Karl Longbottom, Norman Whiteley, Paul J. H. Bagnall
  • Patent number: 4813563
    Abstract: A tamper resistant, tamper evident container is formed of a vial having a barb or hook formed inside the open upper end, a cap adapted for insertion into the vial having a mating hook formed about the lower edge, and sealing rings formed on the outer surface thereof for providing tamper-resistant, leak-proof sealing between the enclosure and the vial. The enclosure or cap also includes a spout which may extend inwardly into the enclosure or outwardly, away from the enclosure. In a preferred embodiment, the spout has an integral seal member defined at the top or bottom thereof by a circumferential line of reduced thickness for facilitating separation of the seal member from the spout. Preferably, a liquid-proof identification label is used which is placed inside the vial prior to closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1989
    Assignee: Doxtech, Inc.
    Inventors: Stanley D. Ogden, William C. Dixon
  • Patent number: 4792054
    Abstract: A tamper-evident dispenser end closure including an imperforate hermetically sealed base and a rotor pivotally connected to the base by a snap-fit between a female pocket formed in the base and an annular male protrusion formed in the rotor. The protrusion contains an opening for visual detection of tampering with the pocket of the base. The base and rotor are retained in a close superposed relationship by the snap-fit pocket and protrusion. Frangible means are provided which tear or break when an attempt is made to separate the base from the rotor thereby evidencing tampering with the rotor. The base and rotor have webs provided with means defining respective dispensing apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1988
    Assignee: Weatherchem Corporation
    Inventor: Craig C. Weidman
  • Patent number: 4787530
    Abstract: A tamper-evident lid for use with containers includes a surface to cover the container, and downward projections around the periphery of the surface which surround the mouth of said container. A continuous ring is affixed to the downward projections. A plurality of tamper-evident hooks are frangibly attached to said ring. The hooks are visible through openings in the downward projections. The hooks engage the container, but when the lid is removed, the hooks fracture away from the ring and the tampering with the package is apparent. In the preferred embodiment, a bead on the lid engages the sidewall of the container to provide a resealable, airtight seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1988
    Inventor: Bryant Edwards
  • Patent number: 4785951
    Abstract: A cap used in combination with a container having a neck with a flexible open end having a circular chamfered edge. The cap includes a first hollow member having an upper end, a vertical axis and a downwardly extending curved outer surface. The first member has a cross section which, as viewed in any horizontal plane which includes any point disposed on the vertical axis, defines a circle. The first member has a circular horizontal groove in the outer periphery of the first member adjacent its upper end. A second vertical member aligned with said axis is secured to the first member and has an upper end disposed above the first member. A lower portion of the outer curved surface of the first member is initially disposed in the opening in said neck with the groove spaced outwardly from the opening in the neck. The edge peripherally engages the first member and forms a first seal therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1988
    Inventor: Robert Bennett
  • Patent number: 4785963
    Abstract: A tamper-evident buttress plug for sealing closed a plastic 55-gallon drum includes a plug body which is externally threaded and compatible with the internally threaded container outlet, a ratchet ring which includes a circumferentially distributed series of ratchet teeth on its inner surface and a series of four frangible elements which initially integrally join the ratchet ring to the plug body. The container outlet has neck which is configured with two spaced series of ratchet teeth which are of a size and configuration so as to be mutually engageable with the ratchet teeth on the closure ring. As the closure is threadedly advanced into the outlet, threaded engagement is first achieved and then ratchet engagement. When it is time for the closure to be removed from the container, the frangible elements must be severed so as to separate the ring and the plug body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1988
    Assignee: Rieke Corporation
    Inventor: Robert E. Magley
  • Patent number: 4771923
    Abstract: A tamper evidencing closure for a container, such as a bottle, in which a tamper indicator is completely separated from the closure upon removal of the closure. The tamper indicator is separated from the closure as the closure is removed from the container by contact between the tamper indicator and a finish on the container. The tamper indicator may form a product outlet in the closure when it is separated from the closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1988
    Assignee: Kardon Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Gerald Zinnbauer
  • Patent number: 4763732
    Abstract: A cabinet structure for storing a fire extinguisher including an open front box-shaped housing and a cover mountable thereon. Mating recesses in the top wall of the housing and hinge tabs in the top side of the cover cooperate to provide pivotal engagement between the cover and housing and mating flange members on the housing and cover facilitate padlocking of the cover in mounted disposition on the housing. The hinge tabs are breakable in response to the application of a pulling force on a grip formed in the top side of the cover to facilitate emergency access to the cabinet. A peripheral lip and interior tabs on the cover facilitate proper centering of the cover on the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1988
    Inventor: Thomas C. Neal
  • Patent number: 4747501
    Abstract: A container and closure combination, in which the container has a neck with a membrane-closed passage through the neck and the closure is adapted (e.g. screw-threaded) for engagement on the neck and has a projecting stud for separating the membrane from the neck and removing it. The membrane has holding means defining a cavity to receive and engage the outside of the projecting stud and a weakened region surrounding the holding means so that on application of the closure to the container the projecting stud can engage in the cavity and can then press on the membrane to break it at the weakened region leaving the membrane attached to the closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1988
    Assignee: National Plastics Limited
    Inventor: Dennis Greaves
  • Patent number: 4740163
    Abstract: A container is constructed from a paperboard sheet having a channel including a surface area of the paperboard sheet from which paperboard material has been removed and a tear strip at least partially bounded by the channel for opening the container by separation of the paperboard sheet along the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1988
    Assignee: James River-Norwalk, Inc.
    Inventor: Morris W. Kuchenbecker
  • Patent number: 4721056
    Abstract: A visual indicator plastic cap for a telecommunications terminal pedestal includes a distinctively colored form-fitting cover member having depending sidewalls and latches which engage the watershed lip of the pedestal. A scored removable portion on the cap facilitates removing a portion of the cap material for use with a top access cable. The cap is formulated with ultraviolet absorbers to enhance its color retentiveness, so that it may remain immediately recognizable over an extended period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1988
    Inventor: Larry J. Steeley
  • Patent number: 4721210
    Abstract: A lid and cup assembly for storing and dispensing comestibles is disclosed which provides a tamper-evident package to indicate unauthorized tampering. The tamper-evident package for storing and dispensing comestibles and the like, includes a cup formed of a sidewall member having at its open end a rim with an unrolled peripheral edge. The package also includes a lid configured and dimensioned for engagement with the cup at its open end. The lid includes a panel member having along its periphery an annular rib configured and dimensioned so as to snap-fittingly and sealingly engage the cup. The annular rib is formed of an inner wall an outer wall and a transverse top wall. The outer wall has three spaced apart detent ribs of predetermined length for securing engagement with the cup peripheral edge at least when the lid is pried off. The outer wall also has adjacent at least one of the detent ribs a pair of tear lines on each side of the respective detent rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1988
    Inventors: Richard R. Lawrence, Charles R. Malsbury, Glenn Moreau
  • Patent number: 4717040
    Abstract: A one-piece or sectional access sleeve for septic tanks is rotationally moulded as a single tube with covers formed at one or both ends. These covers are parted-off and trimmed and engage the upper open end of the sleeve in sealed, twist-locking relationship. In the sectional sleeve, portions or sections can be parted off at specific locations along the length thereof and can either receive covers as mentioned above or can be engaged upon the upper end of another section and twist-locked into sealing relationship so that the necessary length of access sleeve is easily assembled for field attachment and access to the tank, from the surface, regardless of the depth of the tank below the ground surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1988
    Assignee: Equinox Industries Ltd.
    Inventor: William H. Stanton
  • Patent number: 4711363
    Abstract: A tamper evidencing closure for use on containers containing food stuffs and the like comprises multiple cap configuration intrically joined to a closure by a live hinge. A secondary cap is formed within the first with frangible tamper evidence strips and a secondary live hinge. A tubular plug depends from the underside of said secondary cap and is registerable into a dispenser opening within the closure. Assembly pins secure the cap to the closure and a annular rib on the tubular plug forms a seal around the dispensing opening when the tubular plug is in closed position and holds the secondary cap and plug in closed position once the frangible tear strips are broken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1987
    Assignee: West Penn Plastic, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Marino
  • Patent number: 4711372
    Abstract: YA tamper indicating dispensing closure for attachment to an originally filled container to indicate prior opening or tampering. The closure has a base cap with a dispensing orifice therethrough and an upstanding retention sleeve. A lid is hinged to the base cap and has a tamper indicating disk attached to it by a pin extending through the lid. In its originally packaged condition, the pin extends into the retention sleeve with the lid closed. A frangible area on the disk around the pin breaks upon initial opening providing evidence of tampering or prior opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1987
    Assignee: Sunbeam Plastics Corporation
    Inventor: Peter P. Gach
  • Patent number: 4694971
    Abstract: A tamper-proof package having a plurality of interacting parts on a container neck and closure which form a pair of cylindrical facing surfaces. Cooperating sets of grooves and groove-engaging frangible male members, preferably splines, are on the facing surfaces. The container has a notched flange and the closure has corresponding lugs to engage the flange. Some of the lugs are preferably frangibly connected to the closure. Observation of the splines, the lugs, and the manner of opening provide indications of tampering or the absence thereof, even though the cooperating features are shielded between the closure and the container neck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1987
    Inventors: Thad Elsmo, Ronald Horvath
  • Patent number: 4693658
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method of manufacturing a body formed of a shaped sheet metal blank having an opening tear strip terminating in a tongue. Overlapping edges of the blank are welded together and at the tear strip melting of a tin coating of the blank occurs so that at the tear strip the edges of the blank are linked by melted tin, or welding is completely interrupted to form a slot at the tear strip between the overlapping edges of the blank and the slot using a sealing material. Further, the disclosure relates to a metal blank for a can body having a tear strip formed there across by two weakening scores extending transversely to the edges of the blank and terminating in a tongue. The tear strip at one of the edges of the blank is provided with a covering and/or oxide layer which has a relatively low electrical conductivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1987
    Assignee: Thomassen & Drijver-Verblifa NV
    Inventors: Johannes A. Glerum, Robert C. Klunder
  • Patent number: 4687111
    Abstract: A plastic container is produced as an integral unit comprising a container body, and a cap portion connected to the container body, said cap portion having an opening in a top position thereof, said container being adapted to be filled through the opening in said cap, and a separately produced lid means adapted to cover and seal the opening in the cap. After removal of the tear strip the cap serves as a closure for the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1987
    Inventor: Paul Marcus
  • Patent number: 4682707
    Abstract: A one-piece plastic can lid 1, for use with a container of the lever ring type, has a periphery 20 which contacts an annular portion of the can wall 15, so as to center the lid 1 accurately relative to the can body. A recess 25 may be provided to enable a lever to be used to pry the lid 1 off the container. The recess 25 desirably includes a membrane 27 which is pierced when a lever is first used to open the container, so that rupture of the membrane 27 makes evident any unauthorized opening of the container. The lid 1 may also include one or more fins which form a seal in conjunction with an annular part 14 of the lever ring 16 of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1987
    Assignee: National Can Corporation
    Inventor: Keith E. Wiles
  • Patent number: 4678097
    Abstract: A cap for closing a fuel fill neck of a vehicle is provided. The cap includes an axially extending housing that is adapted to engage and seal the neck. The cap further includes a first flange that extends radially outwardly from the axially upper portion of the housing and includes a groove formed therein to form a frangible portion. An outer cover is attached to the first flange that is adapted to be broken away upon impact. The cap further includes a second flange spaced axially below the first flange and configured to engage a gasket to seal the fill neck. The second flange is adapted to remain intact to seal the neck after the outer cover and the first flange are fractured and displaced from the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1987
    Assignee: Stant Inc.
    Inventor: Billy G. Crute
  • Patent number: 4669640
    Abstract: A gable top carton for containing a beverage or like liquid product is diosed which comprises a boxlike body having a closed bottom and a double sloping top. The top has an aperture defined in one of its sloping sides for pouring out the contained liquid. Closing this aperture is a plastic mouthpiece of one piece construction, which is fused to otherwise watertightly attached to the edge portion of the top around the aperture. The mouthpiece includes a lid having a pull tab protruding therefrom. The lid can be torn open upon exertion of a pull on the pull tab. Preferably, the pull tab is formed integral with a hook capable of engaging the ridge of the gable top when the lid is torn open, so that the lid may be held fully open as the liquid is poured out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1987
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Insatsu Kabushiki Kaisha Meiji Milk Products Company Limited
    Inventors: Michihiro Ando, Ryoichi Kawajiri, Hiroshi Uematsu
  • Patent number: 4666063
    Abstract: An integral seal member is formed across the outlet in the neck of a tamper evident, thermoplastic container by adding to the thermoplastic material such as polyethylene, 3% to 16%, and preferably about 8% by weight, of an anhydrous solid inorganic particulate additive such as an anhydrous siliceous material or calcium carbonate so that the material becomes brittle enough that the seal member tears cleanly from the neck within the confines of an undercut at the interface between the seal member and neck. Torque is applied to the seal member by providing in the top of a conventional screw cap which forms a resealing closure for the container once opened, a recess with serrations which, when the cap is removed and turned upside down, engage serrations on the peripheral edge of the seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1987
    Assignee: Wheeling Stamping Company
    Inventors: George H. Holoubek, Eugene M. Anthony, Allan B. Hans
  • Patent number: 4658980
    Abstract: A container cap comprising a cover member, at least one opening in the cover member, lid means including at least one lid to close said opening, flexible hinge means connecting the lid means to the cover member, and defining a free edge opposite said hinge means, and tamper evidencing means in the form of arrowhead locks positioned at opposite corners of said free edge secured to the cover member, including breakable webbing connecting said locks to said lid means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1987
    Assignee: SCM Corporation
    Inventor: Robert O. Lindstrom