John O. Butler Company

Aptargroup, Inc.

Dominic Squillaci

Scott H Koepsel

Kiyoshi Maekawa

John G Shimkus

Stacy L Beilke

Kevin G Yost

Christopher J Stvartak

Mark D Gleason

Phillip Burn

A closureis provided for a container. The closurehas a basefor being installed at the opening of the containerinterior and has open ends defining an access passageextending between the open ends. The closurehas a linerdisposed between the closure baseand the container opening, and the linerhas an internal edgedefining a central hole. The closurehas a valvefor being located at the closure access passage. The valvehas (i) a closed configuration for occluding the access passage; and (ii) an open configuration for permitting communication through the access passage. The closurehas a retainerfor retaining the valveat the closure access passage, and the retainerhas an outer surface with at least one liner abutmentextending therefrom for inhibiting contact between the liner internal edgeand the contents of the container

Closure for a container

A toothbrush which is particularly well adapted for properly cleaning tooth surfaces and interproximal areas having a plurality of tufts of bristles mounted in the head of the toothbrush with the tufts cut in a series of at least two rounded peaks extending laterally across the head and in which the tufts of bristles may be arranged in at least two longitudinally disposed outer rows defining an inner area lying therebetween and at least one longitudinally disposed inner row is positioned in the inner area, with the tips of the inner row of tufts of bristles being feathered.

Toothbrush with bristle configuration adapted for cleaning tooth surfaces and interproximal areas

An interdental twisted wire brush having roughened, tapered and rounded bristle ends prepared by rotating the interdental brush both transversely to the axis of the brush and axially along its longitudinal axis, while flexing the bristles and grinding the bristle ends of the interdental brush against a flat, moving abrasive surface.

Interdental brushes having roughened, tapered and rounded bristle ends

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Lake Villa, IL, United States of America

Dominic Squillaci