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US 2002/0070191 A1Published application
Neck finish for a container and mold for forming the container
AssigneeRexam Medical Packaging Inc.
InventorsCHRISTOPHER CLODFELTER, DOUGLAS SPRICK
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Abstract
A neck finish of a container which includes a helical thread encircling the neck wherein said thread is provided with a pair of recesses spaced apart 180° and in cooperative engagement with recess forming fingers in a pair of cooperating horizontally movable mold halves.
Claims7
a container comprising:
- a neck portion having a first open end and an opposed second end opening into a body portion of said container;
- a helical thread encircling said neck;
- and,
- a pair of recesses in said helical thread, said recesses being spaced 180° apart and in cooperative engagement with fingers in at least a pair of horizontally movable mold sections.
1 more element
A container and a mold for the container comprising:
- a container comprising a neck portion having a first open end and an opposed second end opening into a body portion of said container, a helical thread encircling said neck of said container, and a pair of recesses in said helical thread, said recesses being spaced 180° apart and in cooperative engagement with fingers in at least a pair of horizontally movable mold sections;
- and,
- a mold having at least a pair of horizontally movable sections engageable to form a container, each of said mold sections having a thread forming portion and at least one finger forming said recesses in said helical thread of said neck portion of said container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.