B65D 41/3423
With flexible tabs, or elements rotated from a non-engaging to an engaging
Official title: {with flexible tabs, or elements rotated from a non-engaging to an engaging position, formed on the tamper element or in the closure skirt (B65D41/3404 takes precedence)}
B65D41/3423 (With flexible tabs, or elements rotated from a non-engaging to an engaging) appears on 548 US grants and 482 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65D- Granted patents
- 548
- Published applications
- 482
- Assignees
- 236
- Inventors
- 700
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2005 | 6 | 20 |
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| 2008 | 8 | 15 |
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| 2018 | 14 | 19 |
| 2019 | 20 | 29 |
| 2020 | 13 | 29 |
| 2021 | 20 | 34 |
| 2022 | 28 | 54 |
| 2023 | 26 | 28 |
| 2024 | 25 | 29 |
| 2025 | 34 | 33 |
| 2026 | 17 | 20 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Closure with retaining ring and tamper evidence band29 Sep 2026US 12,747,076 B2Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
- Cap for containers18 Aug 2026US 12,709,442 B2Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa' Cooperativa
- Retainable closure11 Aug 2026US 12,703,543 B2Berry Global, Inc.
- Tethered, hinged closure16 Jun 2026US 12,654,911 B2Silgan White Cap LLC
- Foilless caps16 Jun 2026US 12,654,912 B2Nypro Inc.
- Closing cap for a container24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285548 A1Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa' Cooperativa
- Tethered, Hinged Closure24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285549 A1Silgan White Cap LLC
- Closing cap for a container and relative making method17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274532 A1Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa' Cooperativa
- Folding apparatus and folding method for folding a flap arrangement of a capsule6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225306 A1Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa' Cooperativa
- Safety closure device with stabilizing device6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225778 A1Bericap Holding GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Process for making a closure148US 4,497,765 AH-C Industries, Inc. · 1985
- Composite cap including tamper indicating band146US 4,981,230 AContinental White Cap, Inc. · 1991
- Screw cap with tamper-proof hold ring143US 4,394,918 ACharles A. Breskin Assoc. Inc. · 1983
- Tamper evident closure and method of manufacture of the same97US 4,919,285 AThoroughbred Plastics Corp. · 1990
- Closures for containers96US 4,196,818 AMetal Closures Group Limited · 1980