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US 11,453,530 B2Granted
Composite closure with support brace and method for making the same
AssigneeTecnocap, LLC
InventorFederico Santini
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Abstract
A composite closure assembly includes a closure shell having a closure socket surrounded by a shell wall and a shell end. An inner closure is within the closure socket. The inner closure is fixed to the closure shell. The inner closure includes a closure wall and a closure end. A closure gap is between the shell end and the closure end. A support brace including one or more support braces extends from the closure end to the shell end and bridges the closure gap.
Claims33
A composite closure assembly comprising:
- a closure shell including a closure socket surrounded by a shell wall and a shell end;
- an inner closure within the closure socket, the inner closure fixed to the closure shell, the inner closure includes:
- a closure wall;
- and
- a closure end;
- wherein the closure shell is fixed relative to the inner closure in both a closure configuration and a removal configuration from a container;
- a closure gap is between the shell end and the closure end;
- and
- a plurality of support braces or a support brace including a plurality of support elements extending from the closure end, wherein the closure gap is between and extends around each of the plurality of adjacent support braces or the support elements, and the one or the plurality of support braces extending from the closure end to the shell end and bridging the closure gap.
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A composite closure assembly comprising:
- a closure shell including a closure socket surrounded by a shell wall and a shell end;
- an inner closure within the closure socket, the inner closure fixed to the closure shell, the inner closure includes:
- a closure wall;
- and
- a closure end;
- a closure gap is between the shell end and the closure end;
- a support brace extends from the closure end to the shell end, and bridges the closure gap, the support brace includes:
- two or more support elements, the support elements include at least one element gap;
- wherein the at least one element gap is between each of the support elements;
- and
- at least one ring support extending across the at least one element gap;
- and wherein the closure shell is coupled in a mechanically fixed configuration with respect to the inner closure as one piece during assembly and while removing the composite closure assembly from a container.
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A method of making a composite closure assembly comprising:
- forming an inner closure configured for reception within a closure shell, forming the inner closure includes:
- forming a closure end and a closure wall extending from the closure end;
- forming one or more support braces extending from the closure end;
- and
- wherein forming the one or more support braces includes forming a gap bewteen the one or more support braces and an adjacent one or more support braces;
- positioning the inner closure within a closure socket of a closure shell, the closure shell including a shell wall extending from a shell end;
- bridging a closure gap between the closure end and the shell end with the one or more support braces including the gap between the one or more support braces and the adjacent one or more support braces;
- and
- mechanically fixing the inner closure to the closure shell in both a closed configuration and in a removal configuration from a container.
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