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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 1984
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1983
W Coy Willis, Hagerstown, IN (US);
Aluminum Company of America, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A housing for a ball in a nonrefillable pour fitment for assembly with a bottle having an open mouth to prevent fraudulent refilling of the bottle. The housing is comprised of a hollow cylinder adapted for assembly with the bottle and a cup-shaped ball enclosure contained within the cylinder, the enclosure having a diameter or greatest dimension across the cup mouth less than the inside diameter of the hollow cylinder. The ball enclosure is coaxially disposed within the cylinder with the cup mouth recessed inwardly from the cylinder end to be directed toward the interior of the bottle when assembled with the bottle. The enclosure is maintained in a spaced relationship between the cylinder wall and the cup wall defining the cup mouth by a plurality of bridges connecting portions of the cylinder wall with portions of the cup wall defining and projecting away from the cup mouth.