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US 2016/0101908 A1Published application
Container closure
AssigneeBerry Plastics Corporation
InventorsJeffrey C. MINNETTE, Ken JOCHEM, Krishnaraju VARADARAJAN
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Abstract
A package includes a closure adapted to mate with a brim of a container to close an opening that opens into an interior product-storage region formed in the container.
Claims20
A package comprising
- a container including a bowl formed to include a product-storage region therein and a brim coupled to the bowl and formed to include a top aperture arranged to open into the product-storage region,
- a closure including a sheet-support ring coupled to the brim and a multi-layer sheet coupled permanently to the sheet-support ring by a permanent bond and coupled temporarily to an upwardly facing surface of the brim by a temporary bond to cause an endless hermetic seal to be established between the brim and the multi-layer sheet, the multi-layer sheet being configured to provide means for communicating visually to a user that the closure has been separated from the container previously in response to separation of the closure from the container.
A package comprising
- a container including a bowl formed to include a product-storage region therein and a brim coupled to the bowl and formed to include a top aperture arranged to open into the product-storage region,
- a closure including a sheet-support ring coupled to the brim and a multi-layer sheet including an outer layer coupled permanently to the sheet-support ring by a first permanent bond, an inner layer coupled temporarily to an upwardly facing surface of the brim by a temporary bond to cause an endless seal to be established between the brim and the inner layer of the multi-layer sheet, and a coupling layer located between the inner and outer layers and configured to provide means for communicating visually to a user that the closure has been separated previously from the container by a user.
A package comprising
- a container including a bowl formed to include a product-storage region therein and a brim coupled to the bowl and formed to include a top aperture arranged to open into the product-storage region,
- a closure including a sheet-support ring coupled to the brim and a multi-layer sheet coupled permanently to the sheet-support ring by a permanent bond and coupled temporarily to an upwardly facing surface of the brim by a temporary bond to cause an endless hermetic seal to be established between the brim and the multi-layer sheet, the sheet-support ring being configured to provide means for communicating visually to a user that the closure has been separated from the container previously in response to separation of the closure from the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.