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US 9,957,082 B2Granted
Closure for a container, closure components, and method of use thereof
AssigneeAptarGroup, Inc.
InventorsJames Hammond, Timothy Mazurkiewicz, Tim Wallace
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Abstract
A closure body (40) is provided for installation with a liner membrane (52) on a container (44). The closure body (40) has a peripheral portion (74) for being mounted on the container (44) around an access opening (48), and a separable portion (82) that (i) is disposed laterally inwardly of the peripheral portion (74); (ii) is initially connected to the peripheral portion (74) by at least one frangible connection (86); and (iii) can be separated from the peripheral portion (74) upon breaking of the at least one frangible connection (86).
Claims2
A closure body (40) that can be installed with an attachable liner membrane (52) on a container (44) of product to define a package (20) wherein
- the container (44) has (i) an interior in which the product is contained, (ii) an exterior, and (iii) an access opening (48) communicating between the exterior and the interior, and
- the access opening (48) can be initially occluded by the liner membrane (52) attached to both the container (44) and closure body (40) around the access opening (48) to define an installed closure on the container (44),
- said closure body (40) comprising:
- A. a peripheral portion (74) for being mounted on the container (44) around the access opening (48);
- B. a separable portion (82) that
- (i) is disposed laterally inwardly of said peripheral portion (74);
- (ii) is initially connected to said peripheral portion (74) by at least one frangible connection (86);
- and
- (iii) can be at least partially separated from said peripheral portion (74) upon breaking of said at least one frangible connection (86);
- and
- C. an opening member (94) that
- (i) is connected with said separable portion (82) to accommodate movement of said opening member (94) relative to said separable portion (82);
- (ii) has a grippable portion (102) and a puncture portion (106) each disposed in an initial inactive orientation relative to said separable portion (82), and wherein said grippable portion (102) is configured to be lifted away from said inactive orientation and pulled outwardly away from said peripheral portion (74), whereby, after said closure body (40) and the liner membrane (52) have been installed on the container (44), then
- (a) said grippable portion (102) can be lifted away from said inactive orientation to re-orient said opening member (94) relative to said separable portion (82) so that said puncture portion (106) punctures the liner membrane (52), and
- (b) subsequently said grippable portion (102) can be pulled outwardly away from said peripheral portion (74) so that said opening member (94) is pulled outwardly away from said peripheral portion (74) to break said at least one frangible connection (86) between said separable portion (82) and said peripheral portion (74);
- wherein said separable portion (82) defines a recess (122), said puncture portion (106) extends laterally over and above said recess (122) with said grippable portion (102) oriented in said inactive orientation, and said recess (122) is configured to accommodate movement of said puncture portion (106) through said recess (122) when said grippable portion (102) is lifted away from said inactive orientation.
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A closure body (40) that can be installed with an attachable liner membrane (52) on a container (44) of product to define a package (20) wherein
- the container (44) has (i) an interior in which the product is contained, (ii) an exterior, and (iii) an access opening (48) communicating between the exterior and the interior, and
- the access opening (48) can be initially occluded by the liner membrane (52) attached to both the container (44) and closure body (40) around the access opening (48) to define an installed closure on the container (44),
- said closure body (40) comprising:
- A. a peripheral portion (74) for being mounted on the container (44) around the access opening (48);
- B. a separable portion (82) that
- (i) is disposed laterally inwardly of said peripheral portion (74);
- (ii) is initially connected to said peripheral portion (74) by at least one frangible connection (86);
- and
- (iii) can be at least partially separated from said peripheral portion (74) upon breaking of said at least one frangible connection (86);
- and
- C. an opening member (94) that
- (i) is connected with said separable portion (82) to accommodate movement of said opening member (94) relative to said separable portion (82);
- (ii) has a grippable portion (102) and a puncture portion (106) each disposed in an initial inactive orientation relative to said separable portion (82), and wherein said grippable portion (102) is configured to be lifted away from said inactive orientation and pulled outwardly away from said peripheral portion (74), whereby, after said closure body (40) and the liner membrane (52) have been installed on the container (44), then
- (a) said grippable portion (102) can be lifted away from said inactive orientation to re-orient said opening member (94) relative to said separable portion (82) so that said puncture portion (106) punctures the liner membrane (52), and
- (b) subsequently said grippable portion (102) can be pulled outwardly away from said peripheral portion (74) so that said opening member (94) is pulled outwardly away from said peripheral portion (74) to break said at least one frangible connection (86) between said separable portion (82) and said peripheral portion (74);
- and
- wherein, said puncture portion (106) is spaced from and does not contact the liner membrane (52) with said grippable portion (102) oriented in said inactive orientation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.