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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1996
Ted W Boehm, Crawfordsville, IN (US);
David L Cerny, Crawfordsville, IN (US);
Wendell D Willingham, Zionsville, IN (US);
Daniel J Denman, Crawfordsville, IN (US);
Sheldon L Wilde, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Stephen W McBride, Brownsburg, IN (US);
Hugh C Urmston, Carmel, IN (US);
Ralph H Whitney, Venice, FL (US);
David E Babcock, Lafayette, IN (US);
Joseph M Ladina, Marietta, GA (US);
Alcoa Closure Systems International, Crawfordsville, IN (US);
Abstract
A promotional closure includes a sealed promotion-receiving member in the form of a compartment positioned generally within an outer closure cap, for disposition within an associated container. The sealed configuration of the promotion compartment desirably acts to isolate the promotional element therein from the contents of the container. Use on a container having carbonated contents is particularly facilitated by an arrangement by which a plastic film cover member which seals the compartment is sealed to an annular flange of the compartment to permit predetermined delamination and release of gas pressure from within the interior of the compartment.