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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:
Dec. 15, 1987
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Andrew P Pavely, Blunsdon, GB;
Assignee:
Metal Box p.l.c., Reading, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
220307 ; 220234 ;
Abstract
A closure for a container such as a can for carbonated beverages comprises a collar which is an easy fit in the opening in the container and a plug which is hingedly connected to the collar and when fitted into the collar causes the collar to be elastically deformed into tight sealing engagement with the opening and with the plug.