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US3072276A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Spring member for tamper proof vial

Assignee: CELLUPLASTICS Inc
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Filing: 1960-04-21
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Granted: 1963-01-08
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Expires: 1980-04-21
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Nichols Anthony

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 12:43
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D41/00; B65D41/02; B65D41/04; B65D41/06

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 338 words
A SELF LOCKING TAMPER PROOF VIAL WHICH COMPRISES THE COMBINATION OF A CLOSURE MEMBER A CONTAINER WITH A CYLINDRICAL OPEN NECK PORTION AND A SPRING MEMBER, SAID CLOSURE MEMBER HAVING A TOP WALL AND A CYLINDRICAL SKIRT PORTION, THE CYLINDRICAL SKIRT PORTION HAVING A PLURALITY OF PROJECTIONS SPACED AROUND THE INTERIOR SURFACE THEREOF AND POSITIONED IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP TO THE TOP PORTION OF THE CLOSURE MEMBER, SAID SPRING MEMBER HAVING A RESILIENT DISC PORTION WITH A POST POSITIONED ON ONE SIDE THEREOF, SAID SPRING MEMBER BEING POSITIONED IN THE CLOSURE IN THE SPACE BETWEEN THE PROJECTIONS AND TOP PORTION OF THE CLOSURE MEMBER AND DISC MEMBER, SAID SPRING MEMBER BEING SUPPORTED BY THE PLURALITY OF PROJECTIONS IN THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID PROJECTIONS AND THE INTERIOR SURFACE OF THE TOP PORTION OF SAID CLOSURE MEMBER SAID CONTAINER HAVING A NUMBER OF GROOVES AROUND THE CYLINDRICAL OPEN NECK PORTION EACH WITH ONE CLOSED UPRIGHT END TERMINATED BELOW THE RIM OF SAID NECK AND AN OPPOSITE END OPEN AT THE RIM OF SAID NECK, SAID GROOVES BEING SPACED AROUND THE NECK AT INTERVALS SIMILAR TO THE SPACING OF THE PROJECTIONS OF SAID CLOSURE MEMBER SO THEN WHEN CLOSURE IS PROPERLY POSITIONED OVER THE RIM OF THE NECK AND PRESSED TO THE NECK THE PROJECTIONS ENTER THE OPEN END OF SAID GROOVES AND THE POST OF SAID SPRING MEMBER IS PUSHED UPWARDLY AGAINST THE TOP WALL OF SAID CLOSURE BY THE FORCE OF THE RIM OF THE NECK PORTION AGAINST THE DISC PORTION OF THE SPRING MEMBER, SAID TOP WALL BEING STRONG ENOUGH TO WITHSTAND THE FORCE IN THE POST WITHOUT BEING PERMANENTLY DISTORTED OR BROKEN, WHEREBY IF THE CLOSURE IS PRESSED TO THE NECK OF THE CONTAINER AND THEN ROTATED SO THE PROJECTIONS ENTER THE CLOSED UPRIGHT END THE FORCE OF THE DISC PORTION OF THE SPRING MEMBER ON THE RIM OF THE NECK WILL KEEP THE PROJECTIONS IN THE CLOSED UPRIGHT ENDS OF THE SLOTS SO THE OPEN NECK OF THE CONTAINER IS SEALED TO FORM A TAMPER PROOF VIAL.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 338 words
A SELF LOCKING TAMPER PROOF VIAL WHICH COMPRISES THE COMBINATION OF A CLOSURE MEMBER A CONTAINER WITH A CYLINDRICAL OPEN NECK PORTION AND A SPRING MEMBER, SAID CLOSURE MEMBER HAVING A TOP WALL AND A CYLINDRICAL SKIRT PORTION, THE CYLINDRICAL SKIRT PORTION HAVING A PLURALITY OF PROJECTIONS SPACED AROUND THE INTERIOR SURFACE THEREOF AND POSITIONED IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP TO THE TOP PORTION OF THE CLOSURE MEMBER, SAID SPRING MEMBER HAVING A RESILIENT DISC PORTION WITH A POST POSITIONED ON ONE SIDE THEREOF, SAID SPRING MEMBER BEING POSITIONED IN THE CLOSURE IN THE SPACE BETWEEN THE PROJECTIONS AND TOP PORTION OF THE CLOSURE MEMBER AND DISC MEMBER, SAID SPRING MEMBER BEING SUPPORTED BY THE PLURALITY OF PROJECTIONS IN THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID PROJECTIONS AND THE INTERIOR SURFACE OF THE TOP PORTION OF SAID CLOSURE MEMBER SAID CONTAINER HAVING A NUMBER OF GROOVES AROUND THE CYLINDRICAL OPEN NECK PORTION EACH WITH ONE CLOSED UPRIGHT END TERMINATED BELOW THE RIM OF SAID NECK AND AN OPPOSITE END OPEN AT THE RIM OF SAID NECK, SAID GROOVES BEING SPACED AROUND THE NECK AT INTERVALS SIMILAR TO THE SPACING OF THE PROJECTIONS OF SAID CLOSURE MEMBER SO THEN WHEN CLOSURE IS PROPERLY POSITIONED OVER THE RIM OF THE NECK AND PRESSED TO THE NECK THE PROJECTIONS ENTER THE OPEN END OF SAID GROOVES AND THE POST OF SAID SPRING MEMBER IS PUSHED UPWARDLY AGAINST THE TOP WALL OF SAID CLOSURE BY THE FORCE OF THE RIM OF THE NECK PORTION AGAINST THE DISC PORTION OF THE SPRING MEMBER, SAID TOP WALL BEING STRONG ENOUGH TO WITHSTAND THE FORCE IN THE POST WITHOUT BEING PERMANENTLY DISTORTED OR BROKEN, WHEREBY IF THE CLOSURE IS PRESSED TO THE NECK OF THE CONTAINER AND THEN ROTATED SO THE PROJECTIONS ENTER THE CLOSED UPRIGHT END THE FORCE OF THE DISC PORTION OF THE SPRING MEMBER ON THE RIM OF THE NECK WILL KEEP THE PROJECTIONS IN THE CLOSED UPRIGHT ENDS OF THE SLOTS SO THE OPEN NECK OF THE CONTAINER IS SEALED TO FORM A TAMPER PROOF VIAL.

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