US 12,172,825 B2Granted

Closure assembly for use with a container

AssigneeFour Strong IP LLC

InventorsDavid Abels, Joshua Boggs, Todd L. Smith, Isaac Chang, Mark Harburg

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Abstract

The presently disclosed subject matter is directed to a closure assembly for use with a container (e.g., an aerosol can). The closure assembly includes a skirt and a protective cap. In some embodiments, a lock feature temporarily attaches the protective cap to the container and increases a force required for a user to remove the protective cap. In some embodiments, an inner lock opening of the skirt is configured to be registered with an outer lock opening to receive a locking element therethrough. In some embodiments, a set screw is positioned in the skirt to selectively allow or inhibit relative rotation between the skirt and the protective cap. In some embodiments, a biasing element selectively allows or inhibits engagement of threads of the protective cap with the threads of the skirt depending upon application of an axial force to overcome a biasing force of the biasing element.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A lock assembly operable to inhibit detachment of a cap from a corresponding container, comprising:

a lock configured to inhibit detachment of a first coupler coupled to the container and a second coupler coupled to the cap, with the first coupler being disposed about at least a portion of an exterior periphery proximate one end of the container and the second coupler being disposed about at least a portion of an interior periphery proximate an open end of the cap, the first and second couplers being operable when coupled to releasably attach the cap to the container and when decoupled to detach the cap from the container, wherein the lock further includes a protective cap having a top surface that is planar to and disposed in a top surface of the cap, with a perforated region disposed about the periphery of the top surface of the protective cap, the perforated region being configured to inhibit rotation of the cap prior to overcoming a retaining force associated with the perforated region.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/958,708Filed 3 Oct 2022 · continuation
Priority: 23 Jan 2020
Published: US 2023/0079062 A116 Mar 2023
Granted: 24 Dec 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

B65D 83/40
Containers for dispensing liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant: closure caps
B65D 41/083
Engaging a threaded ring clamped on the external periphery of the neck or wall: engaging a bung-ring clamped on the neck or in the wall
B65D 83/145
Containers for dispensing liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant: with…
B65D
Containers for storage or transport of articles or materials

Family

Application16/751,170Parent of this continuation · filed 23 Jan 2020
Application16/919,190Parent of this continuation · filed 2 Jul 2020
US 10,737,875 B1Parent of this continuation · filed 11 Aug 2020
US 2023/0079062 A1Pre-grant publication · published 16 Mar 2023
US 11,485,570 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2021/0229897 A1Published application
US 12,172,825 B2This patent

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