Container with retaining member
AssigneeMcNeil-PPC, Inc.
InventorsMICHAEL FAUGHEY, DANIEL A. BACKICH, M. SIMON FREED, BRIAN J. BROZELL
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to containers with a retaining member disposed within the container which substantially obstructs the opening of the container. In a preferred embodiment of the invention said member enlarges to receive a dispensing instrument that is used to cap the container.
Claims10
A container for holding liquids, said container having an opening, and a retaining member which substantially obstructs said opening of said container, said retaining member integrally including a biased passageway which enlarges to receive a dispensing instrument, and closes after removal of dispensing instrument, said retaining member positioned above the liquid level in said container.
A combination comprising a container for holding liquids, a dispensing instrument, a retaining member such that it substantially obstructs said opening of said container, said member including a biased passageway which enlarges to receive said dispensing instrument, and closes after removal of said dispensing instrument, and a liquid containing a pharmaceutically active ingredient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.