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US 10,899,511 B2Granted
Container closure
OwnerFrancis Showeringinventor
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Abstract
Closure for a container mouth, the closure comprising: a cover portion (18) for covering at least a portion of the container mouth; a fastener portion (20) for engaging the container for fastening the closure to the container; and a peelable bracing portion (22) extending generally in a circumferential direction of or around an axis of the closure, the bracing portion overlapping at least partly the cover portion and the fastener portion, and configured to reinforce the closure by bearing, as shear stress at an interface between the bracing portion and at least one of the cover portion and fastener portion, support force in or between one or both of the cover portion and the fastener portion.
Claims18
A closure for a container mouth, the closure comprising:
- a cover portion for covering at least a portion of the container mouth;
- a fastener portion for engaging the container for fastening the closure to the container;
- and
- a bracing portion extending in a circumferential direction of or around an axis of the closure, the bracing portion overlapping at least partly the cover portion and the fastener portion, and configured to reinforce the closure by bearing, as shear stress at an interface between the bracing portion and at least one of the cover portion and fastener portion, support force in or between one or both of the cover portion and the fastener portion,
- wherein:
- the bracing portion is peelable progressively from engagement with at least one of (i) at least a portion of the cover portion, and (ii) at least a portion of the fastener portion,
- and
- in a partly peeled condition, shear stress is released around a peeled region of the closure, whereas shear stress is still borne at an interface with the bracing portion around a unpeeled region of the closure.
5 more elements
A closure for a container mouth, the closure comprising:
- a cover portion for covering at least a portion of the container mouth;
- a fastener portion for engaging the container for fastening the closure to the container;
- and
- a bracing portion extending in a circumferential direction of or around an axis of the closure, the bracing portion overlapping at least partly the cover portion and the fastener portion, and configured to reinforce the closure by bearing, as shear stress at an interface between the bracing portion and at least one of the cover portion and fastener portion, support force in or between one or both of the cover portion and the fastener portion,
- wherein:
- the bracing portion is peelable progressively from engagement with at least one of (i) at least a portion of the cover portion, and (ii) at least a portion of the fastener portion, and
- when the bracing portion is in a partly peeled state, the cover portion is at least partly released sufficiently to enable venting of pressure.
4 more elements
A closure for a container mouth, the closure comprising:
- a cover portion for covering at least a portion of the container mouth;
- a fastener portion for engaging the container for fastening the closure to the container;
- and
- a bracing portion extending in a circumferential direction of or around an axis of the closure, the bracing portion overlapping at least partly the cover portion and the fastener portion, and configured to reinforce the closure by bearing, as shear stress at an interface between the bracing portion and at least one of the cover portion and fastener portion, support force in or between one or both of the cover portion and the fastener portion,
- wherein the bracing portion bridges a discontinuity between the cover portion and the fastener portion.
2 more elements
A closure for a container mouth, the closure comprising:
- a cover portion for covering at least a portion of the container mouth;
- a fastener portion for engaging the container for fastening the closure to the container;
- and
- a bracing portion extending in a circumferential direction of or around an axis of the closure, the bracing portion overlapping at least partly the cover portion and the fastener portion, and configured to reinforce the closure by bearing, as shear stress at an interface between the bracing portion and at least one of the cover portion and fastener portion, support force in or between one or both of the cover portion and the fastener portion,
- wherein the bracing portion bridges a discontinuity in the fastener portion.
2 more elements
A closure for a container mouth, the closure comprising:
- a cover portion for covering at least a portion of the container mouth;
- a fastener portion for engaging the container for fastening the closure to the container;
- and
- a bracing portion extending in a circumferential direction of or around an axis of the closure, the bracing portion overlapping at least partly the cover portion and the fastener portion, and configured to reinforce the closure by bearing, as shear stress at an interface between the bracing portion and at least one of the cover portion and fastener portion, support force in or between one or both of the cover portion and the fastener portion,
- wherein the bracing portion comprises a discontinuity that is bridged over at least a part of the bracing portion length by a portion of at least one of, (i) the cover portion, (ii) the fastener portion and (iii) a connection between the cover portion and the fastener portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.