TRANSFERABLE FINISH RING AND CONTAINER AND CLOSURE FOR USE THEREWITH

• US 3,603,472 A
• Filed: 03/05/1969
• Issued: 09/07/1971
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/1969
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Frank H. Lecinski Jr, James E. Westfall
• Original Assignee: Frank H. Lecinski Jr, James E. Westfall
• Inventors: Lecinski, Frank H. Jr., Westfall, James E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Norton, Donald F.
• Application Number:
  US04/804,486
• Time in Patent Office: 916 Days
• Field of Search: 53/38 215/31,40,41,42,43,43.1,7,82,83,95
• US Class Current: 215/253
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 41/08 engaging a threaded ring clamped on the external periphery of the neck or wall

Abstract

A finish ring or transfer fitment which may be transferred onto a container, preferably having a cap associated therewith at the time of transfer, in which the finish ring includes means for engaging a ring finish portion of the container, and further includes means for engaging a portion of the container to prevent rotational movement of the ring, and side finish means on a circumferentially extending portion thereof for receiving and retaining a closure member thereover so as to engage the container in a tight-sealing relation. Preferably, the ring also includes a bottom stop or bottom finish portion for locking the closure to the finish ring so the two may be handled as a unit. The finish ring may further include a top seal finish portion, with or without an integrally formed secondary container cover, which may in turn include a tear-out easy opening section. The ring may also include separate seal means for engaging the container, as well as means for being held while the cap or closure is applied thereto, and means for preventing the closure from accidentally backing off from the ring or fitment before, during or after assembly.

Claims

1. A method of assembling a composite container, comprising providing a container having a product opening therein, rotating and locking a preformed closure having interior threads and seal means disposed on an interior surface thereof with a preformed cooperatively threaded transferable finish ring, transferring said locked finish ring and closure to said container by moving said ring over a circumferentially extending exterior portion of said container, locking said ring against axial movement, compressing said seal against an axially directed finish portion of said container, thereby providing an assembled container having a closure removably mounted on a transferable finish ring affixed to said container.

2. A unitary closure system for subsequent assembly with a container comprising a ring having gripping means thereon for engaging a generally circumferentially extending finish portion of said container in snug relation to prevent relative rotation therebetween, locking means for engaging a portion of said container to prevent removal of said ring from said container by axial movement thereof, a side finish on Said ring for engaging a part of a closure member associated with said ring, and a closure received over and reinforcing at least a part of said ring and having portions thereof threadedly engaged with said side finish of said ring to lock said closure to said ring to form a ring and closure unit for assembly by axial movement over an associated container, said closure system having a sealing element associated therewith for making snug sealing engagement with an axially directed top finish portion of said associated container, said ring, in position of use, being supported about the periphery thereof by said closure so as to resist axial deformation against the axially applied force able to be applied by rotation of said closure relative to said ring.

3. A system as defined in claim 2 in which said ring comprises an organic thermoplastic material.

4. A system as defined in claim 2 in which said ring further includes additional bottom finish means thereon for receiving, in a snug relation, a portion of the bottom of the skirt of said associated closure member.

5. A system as defined in claim 2 in which said closure is fitted with a predetermined torque sufficient to prevent unintentional loosening of said closure and less than the torque necessary to rotate said ring relative to an associated container.

6. A system as defined in claim 2 in which said ring further includes a lock thereof for holding a closure associated therewith in a desired position to prevent unintentional rotation of said closure relative to said ring during handling of said ring and closure.

7. A system as defined in claim in which said ring includes single means thereon for holding said ring during assembly of a closure thereover to prevent relative rotation between said ring and said closure, and for preventing rotation of said ring relative to a container when said ring and closure are placed in position over said container.

8. A unitary closure system for assembly with a container comprising a ring having gripping means thereon for engaging a generally circumferentially extending finish portion of said container in snug relation to prevent relative rotation between said ring and said finish, said ring including a gasketed top finish portion adapted to extend over and sealingly cover the top finish portion of an associated container, locking means for engaging a portion of said container to prevent removal of said ring from said container by axial movement thereof, a side finish on said ring for engaging a part of a closure member associated with said ring, and a closure received over and reinforcing at least a part of said ring and having portions thereof engaging said side finish of said ring to lock said closure to said ring to form a ring and closure unit for assembly by axial movement over an associated container.

9. A unitary closure system for assembly with a container comprising a ring having gripping means thereon for engaging a generally circumferentially extending finish portion of said container in snug relation to prevent relative rotation between said ring and said finish, locking means for engaging a portion of said container to prevent removal of said ring from said container by axial movement thereof, a side finish on said ring for engaging a part of a closure member associated with said ring, and a closure received over and reinforcing at least a part of said ring and having portions thereof engaging said side finish of said ring to lock said closure to said ring to form a ring and closure unit for assembly by axial movement over an associated container, said closure system having a sealing element associated therewith for making snug sealing engagement with an axially directed top finish portion of said associated container, said system further including means for indicating whether said closure has been rotated, said last named means being in the form of at least one locking portion extending between said ring and said closure on the exterior thereof and fastened to said closure so that rotation of said closure relative to said ring will rupture at least a portion of said locking portion.

10. A unitary closure system for assembly with a container comprising a ring having gripping means thereon for engaging a generally circumferentially extending finish portion of said container in snug relation to prevent relative rotation between said ring and said finish, said ring also including a top finish portion, and cover means forming an integral part of said ring and extending radially inwardly of said top finish portion of said ring for covering the opening in a container with which said ring is associated, locking means for engaging a portion of said container to prevent removal of said ring from said container by axial movement thereof, a side finish on said ring for engaging a part of a closure member associated with said ring, and a closure received over and reinforcing at least a part of said ring and having portions thereof engaging said side finish of said ring to lock said closure to said ring to form a ring and closure unit for assembly by axial movement over an associated container, said closure system having a sealing element associated therewith for making snug sealing engagement with an axially directed top finish portion of said associated container.

11. A system as defined in claim 10 in which said cover means includes a tear-out portion defined at least partially by a line of weakness in said cover means.

12. A system as defined in claim 10 in which said cover means includes a tear-out portion at least partially defined by a line of weakness therein, and in which finger tab means adapted to be grasped by a user are associated with said tear-out portion for facilitating tear-out thereof.