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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2021
Applicant:
Silgan White Cap Llc, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Inventors:
Wayne Hohl, Mokena, IL (US);
Dennis Szczesniak, Lemont, IL (US);
Darren R. Neputy, Palos Hills, IL (US);
Jack Pierce, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Dustin Vance, Lombard, IL (US);
Sungsuk Steve Kim, Batavia, IL (US);
Assignee:
Silgan White Cap LLC, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 41/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 41/0407 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described is one or more embodiments of closures that include a pressure-relieving feature in a third plug. In one embodiment, the pressure-relieving feature is a gap within the third plug. In another embodiment, the pressure-relieving feature includes one or more recesses within inner surface of the third plug, thereby providing fluid communication between an outer surface of the second plug and the ambient air outside the closure.