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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:
Jan. 13, 1981
Filed:
Jun. 27, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard Handman, Atlanta, GA (US);
Assignee:
MPL, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ; B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
215249 ; 215251 ; 215254 ; 215311 ; 215D / ;
Abstract
A closure for a unit dose vial for oral administration of medication, comprising an elastomer stopper which seals the vial and affords a rim covering the lip of the vial, and a metal sealing ring crimped onto the vial, covering the stopper rim but exposing a self-venting self-sealing linear slit valve in the stopper, the sealing ring including an integral release tab allowing quick, convenient removal of both the ring and the stopper for oral administration of the vial contents.