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US 6,561,369 B1Granted
Neck finish for a container
AssigneeRexam Medical Packaging Inc.
InventorsChristopher Clodfelter, Douglas Sprick
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Abstract
A neck finish of a container which includes a helical thread encircling the neck wherein said thread is provided with a pair of recesses spaced apart 180° and in cooperative engagement with recess forming fingers in a pair of cooperating horizontally movable mold halves.
Claims6
A container and container neck combination, comprising:
- a container neck having a first open end and an opposed second end opening into a body portion of a container;
- a slot formed in said container neck and being adapted to receive a thread from a complementary closure;
- and
- a first and a second recess, said first recess disposed on a first side of said container neck and said second recess disposed on a second side of container neck, said first recess being juxtaposed relative to said second recess so as to horizontally traverse said slot encircling said container neck.
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A plastic container neck, comprising:
- a container neck having a first open end extending outward from a body portion of a container;
- a slot formed in said container neck and being adapted to receive a thread from a complementary closure;
- and
- a first and a second recess, said first recess disposed on a first side of said container neck and said second recess disposed on a second side of container neck;
- wherein said first recess horizontally traverses said slot on said first side of said container neck and wherein said second recess horizontally traverses said slot on said second side of said container neck.
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A container and container neck combination, comprising:
- a container neck having a first open end and an opposed second end opening into a body portion of a container;
- a slot formed in said container neck and being adapted to receive a thread from a complementary closure;
- and
- a first and a second recess, said first recess disposed on a first side of said container neck and said second recess disposed on a second side of container neck, said first recess being juxtaposed by 180 degrees relative to said second recess, said first and said second recess horizontally traversing said slot encircling said container neck.
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A container having pitched threads, comprising:
- a container neck having a first open end and an opposed second end opening into a body portion of a container;
- a slot forming pitched threads on said container neck and being adapted to receive a thread from a complementary closure;
- and,
- a first and a second recess, said first recess disposed on a first side of said container neck and said second recess disposed on a second side of container neck, said first recess being juxtaposed by 180 degrees relative to said second recess, said first and second recess horizontally traversing said slot encircling said container neck;
- wherein said pitched threads on said container neck are 2 threads per inch.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.