Patent · US Expired

Closure cap and container

US4061240A · kind A · utility

20Cited by
4References
6Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateJun 14, 1976
Grant dateDec 6, 1977
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 14, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S215/01
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A closure for a container characterized by a crown and a depending skirt, retaining means provided on the skirt adapted to cooperate with corresponding means on a container to retain the closure about a neck of the container defining a dispensing opening thereof, a flexible annular sealing ring extending from an internal surface of the closure adapted to engage in sealing relationship with the container neck, a sealing ring support adapted to assist said ring into sealing engagement with the container and means for permitting pressure of the container contents to act upon the sealing ring to urge the ring into sealing engagement with the neck of the container to which the closure is applied.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.