Courtesy Mold and Tool Corporation

Creative Packaging Corp.

Courtesy Corporation

Schering Corporation

Scott Paper Company

Walter J Kreiseder

Allen J Vogel

Thomas C Stoneberg

William C Schmeisser

John A Sekowski

Gary L Berge

Tsong-Toh Yang

Thomas J Ambrosio

David J Kenyon

Robert R Schuh

Kim C Dao

Louis B Walker

Warren A Benson, Jr

Nancy E Terrell

Theodore J Schonebaum

A dispenser for dispensing a product from a body having a pivot flange formed on the external surface thereof. A trigger is mounted on the pivot flange to be pivotal thereupon by a user's hand wrapped about the body with the user's finger digits positioned on the trigger. A product engaging platform is mounted upon a screw gear positioned within the body and is movable to dispense the product from the body when the screw gear is turned by pivotal movement of the trigger and engagement thereof against the screw gear. The product to be dispensed may be retained in a cartridge which is removable and replaceable within the body.

Trigger activated product dispenser

A powder dispenser includes a reservoir body including a supply of powder and an inhalation conduit; a driving body for rotating the reservoir body and including upper recesses and two spring fingers in lower driving recesses thereof; a rotatable metering plate for carrying a metered amount of powder from the supply to the inhalation conduit, and having an underside with ribs; a gas permeable retainer welded to the ribs; a spring biasing the metering plate toward the reservoir body; a nozzle having spiked ribs welded in the upper recesses of the driving body and including a chimney with vertical flutes; an adapter non-rotatably mounted with respect to the metering plate and including two locking recesses for receiving the spring fingers for locking engagement and two helical cam tracks with a square cross-section; a closure cap covering the driving body and including priming ribs biasing the spring fingers out of the locking recesses and engaging with the locking recesses to rotate the driving body, and two cams riding within the cam tracks; a base non-rotatably connected with the metering plate; and a counter rotatably mounted on the base and including rotatable counter rings providing a visual count of the number of doses of powder to be dispensed, and a pawl assembly engaging with gear teeth of the counter rings for rotating the same, the pawl assembly including an outer wall, a pawl and a pawl spring integrally molded as a single piece.

Powdered medication inhaler

A dispensing cover for a cream or gel product contained in a sleeve with an elevator platform for advancing the product toward the cover. The cover includes a dome portion having at least one passageway to permit the product to pass through the cover for dispensing. A weakened area about the periphery of the cover permits the dome portion to flex downwardly into contact with the product when a force is exerted against the cover, and to return to its original unflexed position with an air gap between the dome part and the product when the force is removed from the cover.

Product dispensing cover

Twist top cap with vertical ribs

Product dispenser top

A two piece hinge closure including a base and a separately formed cap. The cap includes an attachment ring and a hinge connecting the cap to the ring. The base has an upstanding spout surrounded by a circular channel formed in the base. The ring is adapted to be secured in the channel to hold the cap securely on the base, with the cap being pivotal with respect to the base about the hinge connected to the ring.

Two piece hinge closure

Twist top closure

A closure for a container opening including an end cap member having a base portion and a spout portion integrally formed therewith and upstanding therefrom, where the spout portion includes a first aperture therethrough for directing the contents out of the container. A connecting member is included for connecting the base portion about the container opening as well as a plug member for closing off the first aperture where the plug member is upstanding from the spout portion and is secured about the periphery of the first aperture by a severable wall. A cover member also is included which is mounted to the end cap member for rotational movement with respect to the end cap member where the cover member includes a second aperture for receiving the plug member therethrough. A first portion of the inner wall defining the second aperture is formed by a knife edge capable of severing the severable wall upon rotational movement of the cover member to enable removal of the plug member and dispensing of the container contents through the first and second apertures of the closure in a desired position about the periphery of the container.

Tamper evident closure with dispensing spout and integral opening member

A container including a container body, at least one socket member connected to the container body and having spaced generally opposed socket walls defining a passageway, and a cover attachable to the container body, the cover including at least one pivot member which enters the passageway when the cover is attached to engage a socket receptacle.

Container with hinged cover

A tamper evident closure for a wide mouth container having a closed endcap with an overcap to coaxially rotate thereabout. The overcap is provided with an integrally formed vertically depending knife blade which is constructed and arranged to engage a weakened portion of a raised annular rib in the endcap. The endcap is further provided with a raised hollow lug which projects vertically through a corresponding aperture in the overcap. The aperture is provided with a cutting edge. As the overcap is rotated, the cutting edge of the aperture severs the raised lug, thus providing an early indication of tampering. As the overcap is rotated further and completes a rotation about said container, the knife blade completely severs the weakened portion of the raised annular rib, thus completely detaching the closure from the container. An annular bead in said overcap and a corresponding groove in said endcap may be used to reattach the severed overcap to the body of the container for reuse of the contents therein.

Closure with top cut tamper evident feature for wide mouth container

A closure for a container with a top cut tamper evident feature and including an overcap rotatably attached to a container end portion. The container end portion is provided with an integral, hollow raised annular rib having a first truncated end and a second, inclined end, the two ends separated by a weakened hinge portion. The overcap is provided with a raised, open-bottomed, channel with a first open end and a second inclined end forming a knife blade, the channel overlaying and engaging the raised rib so that when the overcap is rotated, the knife blade severs the rib and moves it up the inclined end. Once the entire rib is severed, the combined container end and overcap may be detached from the container by tearing the hinge. The overcap and closure may be provided with cooperating means to permit the closure to be reattached to the container.

Closure with top cut tamper evident feature

A tamper evident closure for a container having a closed endcap with an overcap to coaxially rotate thereabout. The overcap is provided with an integrally formed knife blade which is constructed and arranged to engage a weakened annular band in the container wall near the endcap. The knife blade is located within a well which is an integral part of the overcap. As the overcap is rotated, the knife blade engages and severs the annular band, and separates the closure including the endcap and the rotatable cap from the body of the container. An annular channel may also be provided to support the overcap during rotation and thus maintain the alignment of the blade with the weakened annular band.

Closure with side cut tamper evident feature

An end closure for a container comprising an end cap and a cover rotatable with respect to the end cap. The end cap has a raised portion connected to the main part of the end cap by a thinned, severable wall. The raised portion fits within an opening in the cover, which opening is defined at least in part by a knife edge. Upon rotation of the cover relative to the end cap, the knife edge will cut through the severable wall and sever the raised portion from the end cap. A pour opening is defined in the end cap when the raised portion is severed. When the opening in the cover is aligned with the pour opening in the end cap, the contents of the container may be dispensed. When the opening in the cover is out of registry with the pour opening in the end cap, no contents may be discharged. Complementary inter-engaging flanges on the end cap and cover retain the parts in assembled relationship. A tamper evident element is detachably secured within the opening in the cover by frangible sections. The frangible sections are readily broken upon movement of the cover relative to the end cap in a direction to cut the raised portion; thereby evidencing to the user that the container has been tampered with and that the sealed condition may have been breached.

End closure with tamper evident element

An end closure for a container comprising an end cap and a cover rotatable with respect to the end cap. The end cap has a raised portion connected to the main part of the end cap by a thinned, severable wall. The raised portion fits within an opening in the end cap, which opening is defined at least in part by a knife edge. Upon rotation of the cover relative to the end cap, the knife edge will cut through the severable wall and sever the raised portion from the end cap. A pour opening is defined in the end cap when the raised portion is severed. When the opening in the cover is aligned with the pour opening in the end cap, the contents of the container may be dispensed. When the opening in the cover is out of registry with the pour opening in the end cap, no contents may be discharged. Complementary inter-engaging flanges on the end cap and cover retain the parts in assembled relationship. In one embodiment of the invention, the opening in the cover includes a flat wall adapted to abut the raised portion and preclude rotation of the cover in one direction until the raised portion is removed. Another embodiment of the invention includes cooperating means on the cover and on the end cap to preclude retrograde motion or reverse motion of the cover with respect to the end cap once cutting of the severable wall begins.

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Barrington, IL, United States of America

Walter J Kreiseder