Conopco, Inc.

Omer Bin Younos

Mark Digby Teucher

James Robert Coop

Arie Johannes Van Puffelen

James Alexander Bertram

Christopher Norman Allinson

Geoffrey William Vernon

Luca Mario Volpe

The present invention relates to a container and a lid for food products, wherein the lid produces audible and tactile feedback when the container is closed with the lid. The invention further relates to a method for forming a lid for engagement with a container for food products. The container with a lid comprises a body with a neck surrounding an opening; at least one thread on the neck; at least one thread on the lid for engaging the at least one thread on the neck; and an engagement mechanism on the lid to secure the lid to the body when the lid is in a fully engaged position. Audible and tactile feedback are produced when the lid moves into the fully engaged position.

Container and lid with audible and tactile feedback

The present invention relates to a container () and a lid () for food products, wherein the lid produces audible and tactile feedback when the container is closed with the lid. The invention further relates to a method for forming a lid for engagement with a container for food products. According to a first aspect of the invention, a container with a lid comprises a body with a neck () surrounding an opening; at least one thread () on the neck; at least one thread () on the lid for engaging the at least one thread on the neck; and an engagement mechanism () on the lid to secure the lid to the body when the lid is in a fully engaged position. Audible and tactile feedback are produced when the lid moves into the fully engaged position.

A process for coating inside a container includes rotating the container about its imaginary vertical axis while simultaneously lowering airless spray nozzles along the vertical axis of the container into the cavity through the opening end and moving the nozzles back up and out of the container. Spray nozzles are used to apply a liquid coating at a spray pressure of about 100 to about 800 psi (6.89 to 55.16 bar) and at an angle of about 0 to about 120 degrees relative to the vertical axis, simultaneously with nozzle movement, to at least a portion of the inner surface while the container is rotating and the nozzles are moving along the vertical axis. The container is thereby coated on its inner surface to form an internally coated container.

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Omer Bin Younos