Slide rails and friction surfaces for closure
AssigneeRexam Healthcare Packaging Inc.
InventorsClayton Robinson, William J. Shankland
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Abstract
A bi-injected closure is provided which includes a gripping area molded on the exterior of the closure through a bi-injection technique. As a result of the closure having a high frictional material positioned on the exterior of the closure, the slide area acts to allow the closure to move freely and unrestricted in material handling machinery without the gripping material restricting movement of the closure.
Claims18
A bi-injected easy grip closure for a container made of a first material, comprising:
- a top wall with depending side wall;
- said side wall having an exterior surface partitioned into a gripping surface and a slide ring, said gripping surface recessed within said side wall relative to said slide ring and receiving a second material, said second material bi-injected into said gripping surface after formation of said gripping surface, said second material being softer than said first material;
- said slide ring being annular about said closure such that the outer diameter of said slide ring is greater than the outermost periphery of said gripping surface with said second material;
- said top wall having an exterior surface partitioned into a top surface slide rail of said first material and a gripping top surface of said second material, said gripping top surface recessed within said top wall relative to said top surface slide rail and receiving said second material, said second material bi-injected into said gripping top surface after formation of said gripping top surface;
- whereby said top surface slide rail of said first material projects vertically beyond the uppermost extent of said gripping top surface of said second material.
A bi-injected easy grip closure made of a first material and having a gripping surface made of a second material, comprising:
- an annular top wall with a depending side wall;
- said depending side wall having an annular slide ring circumferentially extending about said side wall, and also having a first recessed area inset from said slide ring made of said first material;
- said annular top wall having a top surface annular slide ring, and also having a second recessed area inset from said top surface annular slide ring made of said first material;
- said first and second recessed areas filled with said second material to form a gripping surface, said gripping surface having an outermost diameter and an uppermost vertical periphery, wherein said outermost diameter of said gripping surface of said second material is less than an outer diameter of said slide ring of said depending side wall and said uppermost vertical periphery of said gripping surface of said second material is less than the vertical extent of said top surface annular slide ring of said annular top wall;
- said gripping surface of said second material is directly adjacent said top surface annular slide ring of said first material;
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- wherein said second material has a relatively lower empirical hardness compared to said first material.
A bi-injected easy grip closure formed with an underlying first material and an overlaid bi-injected high frictional second material, comprising:
- a first material including a top wall with a depending side wall;
- said top wall having an upwardly projecting slide rail;
- a frictional second material overlaying a portion of said first material top wall forming a gripping surface, said upwardly projecting slide rail of said first material vertically extends beyond an uppermost extent of said gripping surface of said second material that overlays said portion of said first material top wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.