Momar Industries, LLC

Berry Plastics Corporation

Rexam Closures and Containers Inc.

Louis John Marsella

Randall G Bush

William J Shankland

Gary V Montgomery

Clayton L Robinson

Kiran M D'Silva

A closure having a device for lifting a liner from a container opening. The lifting device being a finger projecting from a hinge connection within the closure. The hinge connection is positioned from a depending skirt of the closure. The hinged finger disengages the liner from a sealing engagement with the container while engaging along substantially the same annulus spaced from the liner edge. A plurality of the hinged fingers may be used for the lifting device. The closure may be used in various retort and aseptic applications, as well as provide for tamper indication.

Closure with lifting mechanism

A peelable seal having one or more layers for sealing containers by heat sealing may include a stiffening structure, a foil portion, and a sealant structure. The stiffening structure of the seal includes an outer periphery or overhanging portion which extends beyond the rim of a neck of a container thereby allowing the peelable seal to be loosened from the container by flicking the overhanging portion of the peelable seal with a portion of the hand and without the need to pinch the seal.

Peelable seal for an opening in a container neck

Heat-sealed, peelable lidding membrane for retort packaging. The membrane includes a plastic layer laminated to a foil layer with a first adhesive layer. A co-extruded layer is laminated to the foil layer with a second adhesive layer. The co-extruded layer is formed with a plastic body co-extruded with a heat-sealable sealing resin layer.

Heat-sealed, peelable lidding membrane for retort packaging

A self peelable seal having one or more layers for sealing containers by heat induction, conduction, or other means and having a stiffening structure. A portion of the seal is axially retained within a closure thereby allowing the peelable seal to be loosened from the container neck by placing a lifting force on the seal with the closure upon removal of the closure from the container.

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Louis John Marsella