Aptargroup, Inc.

Nippon Closures Co., Ltd.

Christopher Ryan Branca

John M Wisniewski

Timothy Michael Mazurkiewicz

Pranav Mahesh Bhatt

Chad Ryan Billsby

Takashi Sugiyama

Stacy L Beilke

Shinji Omori

Pranav Bhatt

Stacy Bielke

A closing element for restricting communication of a substance through an access passage of a body includes a first portion for being removably affixed to the body, the first portion having an inner wall, an outer wall surrounding the inner wall, and at least one bridge connecting the outer wall with the inner wall. The closing element has a second portion for being non-removably affixed to the body and a movable connecting element extending between the first portion and the second portion. The closing element has an unactuated configuration wherein a major portion of the length of the connecting element is located laterally between the inner wall and the outer wall to shield the major portion of the length of the connecting element.

Closure for a container and components for a closure

A closure includes: a body having a skirt wall in which an internal thread is formed; and a cylindrical tamper evident bottom portion which is connected to the skirt wall via a plurality of breakable bridge portions, and in which an engaging pieces to be engaged with an engaging jaw portion is disposed on an inner peripheral surface of the tamper evident bottom portion. A protruding piece protruding downward is disposed on the skirt wall of the body. An unbroken connecting piece is disposed to connect the skirt wall of the body and the tamper evident bottom portion and to allow the body to be moved upward with respect to the tamper evident bottom portion. An extending portion is formed at an engaging piece serving as the engaging pieces at least in an angle region where the protruding piece is present.

Synthetic resin container closure

A closing element () for restricting communication of a substance through an access passage () of a body () includes a first portion () for being removably affixed to the body (), the first portion () having an inner wall (), an outer wall () surrounding the inner wall (), and at least one bridge () connecting the outer wall () with the inner wall (). The closing element () has a second portion () for being non-removably affixed to the body () and a movable connecting element () extending between the first portion () and the second portion (). The closing element () has an unactuated configuration wherein a major portion () of the length of the connecting element () is located laterally between the inner wall () and the outer wall () to shield the major portion () of the length of the connecting element ().

Closing element

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Christopher Ryan Branca