Leak free, interference bead closure assembly

• US 6,109,466 A
• Filed: 03/15/1997
• Issued: 08/29/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Original Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Inventors: Carrier, Frank Leslie
• Primary Examiner(s): Shoap, Allan N.
• Assistant Examiner(s): MEREK, JOSEPH C
• Application Number:
  US08/818,830
• Time in Patent Office: 1,263 Days
• Field of Search: 215/329, 215/330, 215/341, 215/344, 215/354, 215/216, 215/217, 215/221, 220/288
• US Class Current: 215/330
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 41/0471 with means for positioning the cap on the container, or for limiting the movement of the cap, or for preventing accidental loosening of the cap

Abstract

An interference threaded closure assembly includes a container and a cap. The container has a neck portion extending therefrom, the neck portion forming an opening and having on an outer surface screw threads and at least one interference bead on the screw threads. The cap has on an inner surface screw threads and a seal for releasably engaging the opening of the neck portion to form a leak free seal. The interference bead of the screw threads engages the screw threads of the cap to create an interference fit when the screw threads are threadably engaged, thereby maintaining the leak free seal of the seal within the opening.

Claims

1. A leak free, interference bead closure assembly, comprising:

a container having a neck portion extending therefrom, said neck portion forming an opening and having a first screw thread on an outer surface;

a cap having a second screw thread on an inner surface and a seal for releasably engaging said opening of said neck portion to form a leak free seal, wherein said second screw thread engages said first screw thread; and

a first interference bead disposed on a first side wall of at least one of said first and second threads and a second interference bead disposed on a second side wall opposite said first side wall on the same thread as said first interference bead, said first and second interference beads being spaced apart, wherein said second side wall forms part of said at least one of said first thread and said second thread having said first interference bead, wherein said first and second interference beads each create an interference fit between said first thread and said second thread when said container and said cap are threadedly engaged, thereby maintaining a leak free seal and eliminating side to side wobbling of the closure assembly.

2. The interference bead closure assembly of claim 1, wherein at least one of said first and second interference beads are substantially sharp edged.

3. The interference bead closure assembly of claim 1, further comprising at least one of a trigger sprayer pump and an orifice dispensing closure mounted on said cap.

4. The interference bead closure assembly of claim 1, wherein said seal comprises a plug seal.

5. The interference bead closure assembly of claim 1, wherein said second interference bead is disposed opposite said first interference bead.