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US 12,703,540 B2Granted
Metal lug closure with plug
AssigneePlastipak Packaging, Inc.
InventorsMarc A. Pedmo, Andrew Fischer
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Abstract
A closure is configured to mate with the neck finish of a container. In embodiments, the closure includes an outer wall portion; an upper surface portion; a plug portion including an inner diameter portion; and a plurality of lugs configured to engage a neck finish of the container. In embodiments, a portion of the plug portion engages an inner diameter portion of an upper portion of the neck finish of the container.
Claims21
A closure configured to mate with a neck finish of a container, the closure comprising:
- an outer wall portion having an upper radially-inward portion with a vertical segment, the outer wall portion including a segment below the upper radially-inward portion that extends substantially horizontally in a radially outward direction;
- an upper surface portion;
- a plug portion including an inner diameter portion;
- the inner diameter portion, the upper surface portion, and the upper radially-inward portion together form an inverted substantially U-shaped receiving formation configured to receive a portion of said neck finish;
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- a plurality of lugs configured to engage said neck finish of said container;
- wherein a portion of the plug portion engages an inner diameter segment of an upper portion of said neck finish;
- the inner diameter portion extends downwardly from the upper surface portion below a portion of the upper portion of said neck finish;
- and a vertical length of the inner diameter portion is substantially the same as a horizontal length of a lower inner portion.
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A closure configured to mate with a neck finish of a container, the closure comprising:
- an outer wall portion having an upper radially-inward portion with a vertical segment, the outer wall portion including a segment below the upper radially-inward portion that extends substantially horizontally in a radially outward direction;
- an upper surface portion;
- a sealing gasket disposed adjacent at least a portion of an upper surface portion, disposed entirely vertically above a lower inner portion of the closure, and disposed entirely vertically above a lowermost portion of the upper radially-inward portion;
- a plug portion including an inner diameter portion;
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- a plurality of lugs configured to engage said neck finish of said container;
- wherein a portion of the plug portion engages an inner diameter segment of an upper portion of said neck finish, the inner diameter portion extends downwardly from the upper surface portion around the sealing gasket and below a radially inward portion of the upper portion of said neck finish, and the segment below the upper radially-inward portion that extends substantially horizontally in a radially outward direction and the inner diameter portion are substantially vertically aligned.
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A closure configured to mate with a neck finish of a container, the closure comprising:
- an outer wall portion having an upper radially-inward portion with a vertical segment, the outer wall portion including a segment below the upper radially-inward portion that extends substantially horizontally in a radially outward direction;
- an upper surface portion;
- a plug portion including an inner diameter portion;
- such that the inner diameter portion, the upper surface portion, and the upper radially-inward portion together form an inverted substantially U-shaped receiving formation configured to receive a portion of said neck finish;
- a sealing gasket disposed adjacent at least a portion of an upper surface portion and disposed entirely within the inverted substantially U-shaped receiving formation;
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- wherein a portion of the plug portion engages an inner diameter segment of an upper portion of said neck finish;
- the inner diameter portion extends downwardly from the upper surface portion below a portion of the upper portion of said neck finish;
- and a vertical length of the inner diameter portion is substantially the same as a horizontal length of a lower inner portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.