Cap for a container

US8813982B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Filip Dominique Hubert Van Geel · Vilvoorde, BE
• Katrien De Malsche · Hamme, BE
• Rainer Scharrenberg · Marburg, DE
• Gene Michael Altonen · Sharonville, US
• Guy Hubert Stephane Sylvain Culeron · Sint-Genesius-Rode, BE
• Neil Anthony Litten · Egham, GB
• Georgina Lindsey Clare · Paragon Road, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 28, 2011
• Grant date: Aug 26, 2014
• Expiry date: Dec 27, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49815
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A cap resistant to impact forces and providing a leak-tight fitting to a container while allowing simple and quick release.