CONTAINER AND CAP ASSEMBLY

• US 20120055947A1
• Filed: 11/15/2011
• Published: 03/08/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Capitol Vial, Inc. (Perspecta, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Capitol Vial, Inc. (Perspecta, Inc.)
• Inventors: Steiger, Jeffrey H., Lecroy, Randall C., Caulfield, Peter
• Granted Patent: US 8,322,565 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 220/839
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2251/105 The closure having a part fitting over the rim of the container or spout and retained by snapping over integral beads or projections
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2251/20 Sealing means
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 43/162 the container, the lid and the hinge being made of one piece B65D43/161 takes precedence

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.

Claims

1-40. -40. (canceled)

41. 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; and

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 sealing flange is received within the recess and forms a gap within the recess along a lateral surface of the first sealing flange at a juncture of the first sealing flange with the top wall of the cap, with the top wall of the cap extending entirely over the recess,

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.