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US3083858A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Tear type container closure

Assignee: RC Can Co
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Filing: 1960-07-05
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Granted: 1963-04-02
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Expires: 1980-07-05
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Vincent G Biedenstein

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-24 04:59
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D51/00; B65D51/18; B65D51/20; B65D1/00; B65D1/02; B65D1/0223; B65D1/023; B65D1/0238; B65D17/00; B65D17/28; B65D17/401; B65D41/00; B65D41/32; B65D2251/00; B65D2251/0003; B65D2251/0006; B65D2251/0025; B65D2251/0068; B65D2251/0093

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 227 words
A CONTAINER COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A CONTAINER BODY, AN OPENING IN SAID CONTAINER BODY, A CLOSURE RECEIVER PART ON SAID CONTAINER BODY EXTENDING AROUND SAID OPENING IN SAID CONTAINER BODY, MEANS FORMING A SURFACE EXTENDING AROUND SAID CLOSURE RECEIVER PART, A CLOSURE PART FOR SAID CONTAINER, MEANS FORMING A SURFACE EXTENDING AROUND SAID CLOSURE PART WHICH SURFACE IS SHAPED AND DIMENSIONED TO PROVIDE A TELESCOPIC FIT BETWEEN SAID CLOSURE RECEIVER PART AND SAID CLOSURE PART BY RELATIVE SLIDING BETWEEN SAID SURFACES, AND A FRANGIBLE WEB OF FLEXIBLE RUBBER-LIKE MATERIAL INTEGRALLY CONNECTING SAID PARTS WHICH ARE OF COMPARATIVELY GREATER SIZE AND STRENGTH THAN SAID WEB AND FORMING A TEAR TYPE OF FRANGIBLE CONNECTION BETWEEN A PORTION OF EACH OF SAID SURFACES ABOUT THEIR CIRCUMFERENCES SO AS TO HOLD SAID CLOSURE PART IN OPERATIVE POSITION ON SAID RECEIVER PART, MEANS TO MOVE SAID CLOSURE PART WITH RESPECT TO SAID RECEIVER PART IN A DIRECTION AWAY FROM SAID RECEIVER PART TO FORCIBLY BREAK SAID FRANGIBLE WEB IN SUCH A MANNER SO THAT AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID FRANGIBLE WEB WILL REMAIN AROUND ONE OF SAID PARTS, SAID PORTION OF SAID FRANGIBLE WEB REMAINING ON SAID PART BEING WEDGINGLY ENGAGED BETWEEN SAID SURFACES WHEN SAID CLOSURE PART IS REAPPLIED TO SAID CONTAINER BY FORCING SAID PARTS TOGETHER INTO TELESCOPIC RELATION WHILE BOTH PARTS FACE THE SAME WAY AS BEFORE SEPARATION.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 227 words
A CONTAINER COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A CONTAINER BODY, AN OPENING IN SAID CONTAINER BODY, A CLOSURE RECEIVER PART ON SAID CONTAINER BODY EXTENDING AROUND SAID OPENING IN SAID CONTAINER BODY, MEANS FORMING A SURFACE EXTENDING AROUND SAID CLOSURE RECEIVER PART, A CLOSURE PART FOR SAID CONTAINER, MEANS FORMING A SURFACE EXTENDING AROUND SAID CLOSURE PART WHICH SURFACE IS SHAPED AND DIMENSIONED TO PROVIDE A TELESCOPIC FIT BETWEEN SAID CLOSURE RECEIVER PART AND SAID CLOSURE PART BY RELATIVE SLIDING BETWEEN SAID SURFACES, AND A FRANGIBLE WEB OF FLEXIBLE RUBBER-LIKE MATERIAL INTEGRALLY CONNECTING SAID PARTS WHICH ARE OF COMPARATIVELY GREATER SIZE AND STRENGTH THAN SAID WEB AND FORMING A TEAR TYPE OF FRANGIBLE CONNECTION BETWEEN A PORTION OF EACH OF SAID SURFACES ABOUT THEIR CIRCUMFERENCES SO AS TO HOLD SAID CLOSURE PART IN OPERATIVE POSITION ON SAID RECEIVER PART, MEANS TO MOVE SAID CLOSURE PART WITH RESPECT TO SAID RECEIVER PART IN A DIRECTION AWAY FROM SAID RECEIVER PART TO FORCIBLY BREAK SAID FRANGIBLE WEB IN SUCH A MANNER SO THAT AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID FRANGIBLE WEB WILL REMAIN AROUND ONE OF SAID PARTS, SAID PORTION OF SAID FRANGIBLE WEB REMAINING ON SAID PART BEING WEDGINGLY ENGAGED BETWEEN SAID SURFACES WHEN SAID CLOSURE PART IS REAPPLIED TO SAID CONTAINER BY FORCING SAID PARTS TOGETHER INTO TELESCOPIC RELATION WHILE BOTH PARTS FACE THE SAME WAY AS BEFORE SEPARATION.

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