Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Closure for a container with flexible features
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Application No.: US17259731Application Date: 2018-12-07
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Publication No.: US11548692B2Publication Date: 2023-01-10
- Inventor: Franz Lenz , Gerhard Jaeckel
- Applicant: AptarGroup, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Crystal Lake
- Assignee: AptarGroup, Inc.
- Current Assignee: AptarGroup, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Crystal Lake
- Agency: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer
- International Application: PCT/US2018/064465 WO 20181207
- International Announcement: WO2020/096629 WO 20200514
- Main IPC: B65D43/16
- IPC: B65D43/16 ; B65D51/24

Abstract:
A closure (20, 20A, 20B) for a container (22) with an outwardly projecting flange (25). The closure including a skirt (50, 50A, 50B) for attaching the closure (20, 20A, 20B) to the container (22). The skirt (50, 50A, 50B) has an annular, flexible retention member (66, 66A) extending laterally inwardly from a lower end portion (54, 54A, 54B) of the skirt (50, 50A, 50B) to define a connection (62, 62A, 62B) therebetween. In one form, the flexible retention member (58, 58A, 58B) has (a) an initial, undeflected configuration, (b) a deflected configuration rotated away therefrom about the connection (62, 62A, 62B), and (c) a proximal end surface (126, 126A) located at the connection (62, 62A, 62B) defining a shoulder when the flexible retention member (58, 58A, 58B) is in the undeflected configuration. In another form, the flexible retention member (58, 58A, 58B) is movable into the deflected configuration when subjected to an axial force of between about 100 Newtons and about 150 Newtons.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210347533A1 CLOSURE FOR A CONTAINER WITH IMPROVED RETENTION FEATURES Public/Granted day:2021-11-11
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