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US 8,083,094 B2Granted
Container and cap assembly
AssigneeCapitol Vial Inc.
InventorsPeter Caulfield, Jeffrey H. Steiger, Randall Lecroy
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Abstract
A container and cap assembly includes a container body and a cap integrally connected to the container body. An annular recess is formed in the lip of the container. The cap includes first and second sealing flanges that form a generally fluid tight seal with an annular lip of the container body.
Claims26
A container and cap assembly, comprising:
- a container body defining a cavity and having a closed end, an open end and an annular lip at the open end;
- a single annular recess formed in the lip of the container, the recess defining an annular inner lip and an annular outer lip at the open end;
- a cap integrally connected to the container body and having a top wall and an annular skirt wall depending from the top wall;
- an annular first sealing flange depending from the top wall of the cap and being disposed radially inwardly from the skirt wall of the cap, the first sealing flange being configured to be received within the recess formed in the lip of the container when the cap is closed over the open end;
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- an annular second sealing flange depending from the top wall of the cap and being disposed radially inwardly from the first sealing flange, the second sealing flange being configured to be received within the cavity defined by the container body adjacent the inner lip and generally form a seal with an inner surface of the inner lip when the cap is closed over the open end,
- wherein the first and second sealing flanges are generally flexible so as to deflected away from each other when the cap is closed, with the first sealing flange received within the recess and having an outer surface of the first sealing flange spaced laterally from an inner surface of the outer lip by a gap at a juncture of the first sealing flange with the top wall of the cap,
- and further wherein the cap is configured to generally form a seal with an upper surface of the outer lip when the cap is closed over the open end.
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The assembly of 1, wherein the skirt wall of the cap is configured to generally form a seal with an outer surface of the outer lip when the cap is closed over the open end.
A container and cap assembly, comprising:
- a container body defining a cavity and having a closed end, an open end and an annular lip at the open end;
- a single annular recess formed in the lip of the container, the recess defining an annular inner lip and an annular outer lip at the open end;
- a cap integrally connected to the container body and having a top wall and an annular skirt wall depending from the top wall;
- an annular first sealing flange depending from the top wall of the cap and being disposed radially inwardly from the skirt wall of the cap, the first sealing flange being configured to be received within the recess formed in the lip of the container when the cap is closed over the open end;
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- an annular second sealing flange depending from the top wall of the cap and being disposed radially inwardly from the first sealing flange, the second sealing flange being configured to be received within the cavity defined by the container body adjacent the inner lip and generally form a seal with an inner surface of the inner lip when the cap is closed over the open end,
- wherein the first and second sealing flanges are generally flexible so as to deflected away from each other when the cap is closed, with the first sealing flange received within the recess and having an outer surface of the first sealing flange spaced laterally from an inner surface of the outer lip by a gap at a juncture of the first sealing flange with the top wall of the cap,
- and further wherein the skirt wall of the cap is configured to generally form a seal with an outer surface of the outer lip when the cap is closed over the open end.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.