Two-part closure for a container
AssigneePathtainer Systems International Pty Ltd.
InventorCraig Wellman
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Abstract
A closure for a container 14 comprises a first portion 12 for mounting to the container and a second portion 10 adapted for mounting to the first portion. When the second portion is removed from the first portion it opens the container. When the first portion is mounted to the container and a seal 66 is positioned therebetween, and when the second portion is then mounted to the first portion, the seal is simultaneously able to seal between the first portion and the container, and between the first portion and the second portion.
Claims20
A closure for a container, the closure comprising:
- a first portion for mounting to the container;
- and
- a second portion adapted for mounting to the first portion, such that:
- (a) when the second portion is removed from the first portion it opens the container;
- and
- (b) when the first portion is mounted to the container and a seal is positioned therebetween, and when the second portion is mounted to the first portion, the seal is simultaneously able to seal between the first portion and the container, and between the first portion and the second portion.
A closure for a container, the closure comprising a first portion for mounting to the container, and a second portion for mounting to the first portion;
- wherein, when the first portion is mounted to the container it is locked thereto;
- and
- wherein, when the first portion is locked to the container, the second portion can be removed from the first portion to open the container.
A closure for a container, the closure comprising a first portion for mounting to the container, and a second portion for mounting to the first portion, the second portion comprising an external skirt which surrounds a corresponding projecting wall of the first portion when the second portion is mounted thereto, with a peripherally extending band subtending from an end of the external skirt and located adjacent to the corresponding projecting wall when the second portion is mounted to the first portion;
- wherein the band can be fasted to the corresponding projecting wall and can then be detached from the second portion, to enable the second portion to be detached from the first portion and thereby open the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.