Appeal No. 2004-0117
Application 09/779,312
THE INVENTION
The appellants claim a package comprising a container and
closure combination. Claims 1 and 5 are illustrative:
1. A package comprising a container having a mouth, a
sealing membrane on the mouth of the container, and a reclosable
dispensing closure overlying the container mouth and the sealing
membrane, the closure including a base with a central dispensing
aperture and a movable lid for alternately opening or closing the
aperture, the seal membrane being releasably secured to the
container across the mouth, the base being receivable on the
container around the mouth laterally outwardly of the mouth in a
fully assembled position wherein surfaces of the base and the
container are inter-engaged, the base being spaced from the seal
member when the base is fully assembled on the container whereby,
with the lid moved to open the container, the seal membrane can
be removed from the container by operations conducted through the
base aperture without risk that the seal membrane can be pinched
between the closure and the container.
5. A package comprising a container and a closure, the
container being an injection blow-molded thermoplastic body, the
closure being an injection molded thermoplastic body, the
container having a neck finish with concentric generally
upstanding inner and outer walls, a seal membrane sealed to the
inner wall, the closure having surfaces complimentary to and in
sealing engagement with the outer container wall as a result of
being assembled on said container with a push-on motion.
THE REFERENCES
Tupper 4,027,778 Jun. 7, 1977
Kubis et al. (Kubis) 4,834,259 May 30, 1989
DeCoster et al. (DeCoster) D318,015 Jul. 9, 1991
Bowen 5,657,894 Aug. 19, 1997
Fritz 869,478 May 31, 1961
(United Kingdom patent specification)
King 2,257,693 Jan. 20, 1993
(United Kingdom patent application)
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