Container with pour spout
OwnerRaul M. Paredes, Anthony S. Cohen +1inventors
InventorsRaul M. Paredes, Anthony S. Cohen, Stephen A. Speaker
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Abstract
A container includes a body including a base and a sidewall extending from the base, and a neck finish extending from the body and including a pour spout. The neck finish may include a lower portion adjacent to the body with a cylindrical outer surface and at least one closure engagement feature, and a non-cylindrical portion remote from the body with laterally opposed indents forming the pour spout. The container also may include at least one thickened wall portion extending radially inwardly to form an internal trough to direct flow of product toward the pour spout. The sidewall may include a spout indicator circumferentially corresponding to the pour spout.
Claims38
A glass container having a body and a neck finish for securement of a closure,
- said neck finish including a lower portion adjacent to said body, and a non-cylindrical portion remote from said body with laterally opposed indents forming a pour spout wherein said lower portion of said neck finish is thicker axially beneath said indents than it is at a location that is circumferentially spaced from said indents and both axially beneath and circumferentially aligned with said spout, said thicker lower portion enhancing operation of said pour spout,
- wherein said non-cylindrical portion of said neck finish terminates in a non-circular planar sealing surface, and includes a rear wall extending circumferentially between said spout walls at rear ends of said spout walls and a trough wall extending between said spout walls at forward ends of said spout walls and wherein an inside diameter between said rear and trough walls and an inside radius of an interior surface of said neck finish is greatest at said sealing surface, and wherein said sealing surface is disposed in a plane perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the container and is circumferentially continuous.
A glass container that includes:
- a body including a base and a sidewall extending from said base and a shoulder extending from said sidewall;
- and
- a neck finish extending from said body and including a cylindrical portion extending completely circumferentially around said neck finish and having an outer surface and at least one closure engagement feature on said outer surface, and a capping flange disposed axially between said at least one closure engagement feature and said body shoulder and extending completely circumferentially around said outer surface of said cylindrical portion, a non-cylindrical portion extending from said cylindrical portion and including spout walls disposed radially inwardly with respect to said cylindrical portion to form a pour spout, and ledges disposed between said spout walls and said outer surface of said cylindrical portion,
- wherein said non-cylindrical portion of said neck finish terminates in a non-circular planar sealing surface, and includes a rear wall extending circumferentially between said spout walls at rear ends of said spout walls and a trough wall extending between said spout walls at forward ends of said spout walls and wherein an inside diameter between said rear and trough walls and an inside radius of an interior surface of said neck finish is greatest at said sealing surface, and wherein said sealing surface is disposed in a plane perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the container and is circumferentially continuous.
A glass container that includes:
- a body including a base and a sidewall extending from said base;
- a neck finish extending from said body and including a pour spout and an interior surface;
- and
- circumferentially spaced apart thickened wall portions extending radially inwardly, and including interior surfaces disposed radially inwardly of said neck finish interior surface, to form an internal trough to direct flow of product toward said pour spout,
- wherein said neck finish includes a non-cylindrical portion that terminates in a non-circular planar sealing surface, and includes spout walls corresponding to said thickened wall portions, a rear wall extending circumferentially between said spout walls at rear ends of said spout walls, and a trough wall extending between said spout walls at forward ends of said spout walls, and wherein an inside diameter between said rear and trough walls and an inside radius of an interior surface of said neck finish is greatest at said sealing surface, and wherein said sealing surface is disposed in a plane perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the container and is circumferentially continuous.
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