Reclosable vacuum container
AssigneeThe Continental Group, Inc.
InventorThomas F. Jordan
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Abstract
A container which may be formed of sheet material in a conventional manner of forming cans and the like and wherein the container is suitable for sealing under a vacuum and is readily openable and reclosable in the manner of a Mason jar. The container includes a body defining a peripheral sealing cavity in which a formed in situ gasket is permanently retained.
Claims18
A reclosable container comprising a container body having an open end defined by a peripheral finish, said finish extending outwardly of an adjacent portion of said container body and defining a shoulder, said finish defining a continuous sealing cavity facing away from said shoulder, a closure member, said closure member having a peripheral depending rib seated in said sealing cavity, and a retaining ring releasably securing said closure member to said container body, said retaining ring having a flange overlying said closure member and a depending skirt surrounding said peripheral finish, said skirt including an inwardly directed projection underlying said shoulder.
A reclosable container body having a peripheral finish defining an open end, said container body being formed of sheet material and having a side seam, said peripheral finish defining an upwardly opening sealing cavity and being of a generally U-shaped cross-section, and a formed in situ gasket in said cavity and permanently bonded to said peripheral finish.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.