Closure for a container

US8534510B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Colgate-Palmolive Company · US

Inventors

• Michael Parra · Somerville, US
• Jeffrey Mayers · Ridgefield Park, US
• James D. Faulkner · Atlanta, US
• Elaine Casey · New York, US
• Bruce Cummings · New York, US
• Corrine Elizabeth Elstow · Hungerford, GB
• Sam Lucking · Cheltenham, GB
• John David Lamb · Bottlesford, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 30, 2010
• Grant date: Sep 17, 2013
• Expiry date: Jul 21, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D41/0471
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A closure for a container, and a container incorporating the same, that minimizes or eliminates leakage between the closure and the container holding the liquid. The closure provides a liquid sealing system that allows irregularly shaped closure tops to be used without sacrificing the effectiveness of the liquid seal. In one embodiment, the closure includes a plurality of struts disposed within an annular space that receives a neck portion of the container to create a seating plane that corresponds to a plane formed by the rim of the neck portion.