Snap resealing closure for a container

US8403174B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC · US

Inventors

• John A. Blake · Danbury, US
• Jiayan Gu · Nanuet, US
• Glenn Gruskin · Nanuet, US
• Robert Ziegler · Lawrence, US
• E. Joel Carpenter · Philadelphia, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 28, 2006
• Grant date: Mar 26, 2013
• Expiry date: Jun 25, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D2543/00842
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A overcap is provided which covers the opening of a container. The overcap, in one form, engages an exterior of the container around the rim and along an inwardly directed flange which defines an opening of the container. The overcap snappingly engages with the container to produce an audible indication that the overcap is firmly attached to the container and that air is being expelled from inside the container. In another form, the overcap includes an invertible dome which is transformable between an upward convex position and an upward concave position.