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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2020
Applicant:
Amcor Rigid Packaging Usa, Llc, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Inventor:
Michael Wurster, Chelsea, MI (US);
Assignee:
AMCOR RIGID PACKAGING USA, LLC, Manchester, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 17/50 (2006.01); B65D 79/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 79/0087 (2020.05); B65D 17/505 (2013.01);
Abstract
A closure for a polymeric container configured to be filled with a commodity by a hot-fill process. The closure includes an outer metallic ring and a flexible membrane. The flexible membrane is removably sealed across the ring and is configured to be drawn from an outward, pre-fill configuration to an inward, post-fill configuration in response to a vacuum created within the container during the hot-fill process. In the inward, post-fill configuration the flexible membrane is concave relate to an outer side of the closure.