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US 4,171,062 AGranted
Container having closure fastening means
AssigneeBuckeye Molding Company
InventorsDavid O. Allen, Harry A. E. Wombold
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AssigneeBuckeye Molding Company
InventorsDavid O. Allen, Harry A. E. Wombold
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A container has means hingedly supporting a reversible band which surrounds the container near the mouth of the container. The hinged support for the band is engaged to that side edge of the band which is closest to the mouth of the container. The opposite side edge of the band has hook means associated therewith for interfitting rib means projecting outwardly from the skirt of a closure. The interfit between the container band and the closure rib is accomplished by swinging the band upwardly about its hinged edge connection to the container, whereupon the band is reversed in the sense that the inside face of the band initially closest to the container is turned outwardly from the container as the initially outside face of the band is turned inwardly toward the container, such reversal occurring as the band swings upwardly about its hinged connection to the container. Such reversal causes the initially outside face of the band to be enveloped by the initially inside face of the band with the consequence that the initially inside face of the band is placed under a substantial tensile stress which causes the band to collapse inwardly toward the container with the result that the hook portion of the band is drawn into firm interfitting engagement with the rib portion of the closure. The closure includes a severable panel secured initially to the closure skirt by a rupturable, tamper-indicating web and pry means associated with the severable panel for rupturing said web so as to allow removal of the panel and consequent access to the container contents.
In a molded plastic container, improved means for securing a closure to said container, comprising:
In an assembly of a container having a mouth with arcuate portions defining an opening thereto and a closure having a skirt receiving said mouth and extending at least partially arcuately around the outside of said mouth, improved means for securing said closure to said container comprising a band integrally and pivotally joined to said container by a web with said band extending outwardly from the outside of said container adjacent said mouth, said band having arcuate portions aligned with the arcuate portions of said mouth and said skirt and movable from a first position to a second, reversed position so that in said second, reversed position said band may engage said closure when assembled on said container.
A container assembly comprising a molded plastic container having a mouth at least a portion of which is arcuate and defining an opening to said container and a closure having a skirt shaped to be received snugly around said mouth of said container, said closure further having an outwardly directed rib at least a portion of which is arcuate,
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