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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2019
Mead Johnson Nutrition Company, Evansville, IN (US);
Sophie Claude Marie Defois, Utrecht, NL;
Grace Naguit Mercado, Singapore, SG;
Christianus Petrus Johannes Van Lankveld, Huissen, NL;
Mead Johnson Nutrition Company, Evansville, IN (US);
Abstract
A closure for a container is described where the container has an open end and a closed end, the closure engaging the open end of the container, wherein the closure comprises: a collar engaging the container; a lid connected to the collar by at least one hinge; wherein to facilitate engagement the collar extends over and surrounds the open end of the container such that an inner surface impinges on, or is immediately adjacent to, an outer surface of the open end of the container; wherein a plurality of beads extend outwardly from the inner surface of the collar to fixedly hold the collar in engagement with the container, wherein said beads are located substantially uniformly relative to each other and occupy less than 50% of the inner surface of the collar.