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US 6,615,473 B2Granted
Method of making a container and closure
AssigneeOwens-Brockway Plastic Products Inc.
InventorsCraig E. McClean, Robert E. Harman
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AssigneeOwens-Brockway Plastic Products Inc.
InventorsCraig E. McClean, Robert E. Harman
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A dispenser package for fluent products such as cosmetics and lotions that includes an integrally molded plastic container having a flexible body with a sidewall, a closed bottom, and a top wall having a dispensing opening offset from the axis of the container body. A closure has a base wall and a peripheral skirt. In some embodiments of the invention, the closure is rotatably mounted on the container body, and has a dispensing opening in the closure base wall for selective registry with the dispensing opening in the top wall of the container body. Detent elements are provided on the closure and container body for selectively locking the closure in open and closed positions. In alternative embodiments, the closure includes a flip-top hinged to the base wall, with a plug extending therefrom for selectively opening and closing the dispensing opening in the container body top wall.
A method of making a dispenser package for a fluent product, which comprises the steps of:
A method of making a dispenser package for a fluent product, which comprises the steps of
A method of making a container that comprises the step of integrally molding a plastic container having a flexible body with a sidewall and a central axis, a closed bottom, a top wall having a first opening centered on said axis and at least one second opening offset from said axis, said first opening in said container being surrounded by an annular wall that extends axially outwardly from said top wall and a radial bead that extends outwardly from said annular wall, and detent means on said top wall of said container for releasably locking a closure to said container with an opening in the closure in registry with said opening in said container, said detent means comprises an elevated plateau on said top wall of said container surrounding said at least one opening.
A method of making a closure that comprises the step of molding a plastic closure having a base wall, a peripheral skirt, a rib extending radially inwardly from said skirt, a dispensing opening in said base wall, and detent means on said base wall comprising an annular collar on said closure base wall surrounding said dispensing opening, said collar having a rounded edge remote from said base wall, said closure having a lug that extends from said base wall angularly spaced from said at least one opening around a common axis, said lug on said closure comprising a depression in said base wall.
A method of making a closure that comprises the step of molding a plastic closure having a base wall, a peripheral skirt, a rib extending radially inwardly from said skirt, a dispensing opening in said base wall, and detent means on said base wall comprising a lug on said base wall angularly spaced from said dispensing opening;
A method of making a closure that comprises the step of molding a plastic closure having a base wall, a peripheral skirt, a rib extending radially inwardly from said skirt, a dispensing opening in said base wall, and detent means on said base wall comprising an annular collar on said closure base wall surrounding said dispensing opening, said collar having a rounded edge remote from said base wall, said closure having a lug that extends from said base wall angularly spaced from said at least one opening around a common axis, said lug on said closure comprising a depression in said base wall.
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