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US 2017/0361978 A1Published application
Bottle crown with opener assembly
AssigneeWorld Bottling Cap, LLC
InventorAbe Frishman
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Abstract
A crown for a bottle or other container has a top portion and an annular skirt that descends contiguously from the top portion. An opener assembly and an arrangement of frangible scoring lines on the crown allow for ease of opening the bottle or container. Corrugated embodiments provide material strengthening for a reduced gauge crown.
Claims20
A frangible crown for a container opening, the crown comprising:
- a top portion;
- an annular skirt having an annular side wall descending from the top portion and terminating at a bottom annular edge;
- an opener assembly attached to an attachment portion of the top portion;
- a frangible scoring arrangement comprising:
- a curvilinear first score line extending in a first continuous radial direction from the top portion to the bottom edge of the skirt;
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- a curvilinear second score line comprising:
- an upper radial segment extending in the first continuous radial direction from the attachment portion of the top portion to the annular sidewall of the skirt, and
- a lower annular segment extending circumferentially along the annular side wall of the skirt from the upper radial segment to an endpoint substantially spaced from the bottom annular edge of the skirt;
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- a third score line extending from proximate to the attachment portion in a second continuous radial direction substantially opposite to the first radial direction;
- at least two dimples upwardly embossed in the top portion proximate to the third score line and proximate to the opener assembly and positioned so as to provide a fulcrum for the opener assembly when lifted to frangibly engage the third score line;
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- wherein a rear portion of the pull ring comprises at least one engaging extension that is configured to frangibly engage and thereby crack the third score line when a front portion of the pull ring opposite the rear portion is lifted from the top portion and the at least two dimples provide the fulcrum proximate to the rear portion of the pull ring.
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A frangible crown for a container opening, the crown comprising:
- a top portion;
- an annular skirt having an annular side wall descending from the top portion and terminating at a bottom annular edge;
- an opener assembly comprising a pull ring and a tab portion connected to the pull ring, wherein the tab portion is formed from an attachment portion of the annular sidewall as a single unitary piece with the attachment portion;
- a recessed portion inwardly formed in the top portion and configured to receive the pull ring therein;
- a frangible scoring arrangement comprising:
- a curvilinear first score line extending in a first continuous radial direction from the annular sidewall to the bottom edge of the skirt;
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- a curvilinear second score line comprising:
- an upper radial segment extending in the first continuous radial direction from the annular sidewall to an intermediate portion of the skirt, and
- a lower annular segment extending circumferentially along the intermediate portion of the skirt from the upper radial segment to an endpoint substantially spaced from the bottom annular edge of the skirt.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.