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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. 04, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2000
Leonora M. Brozell, Toledo, OH (US);
Richard D. Lohrman, Sylvania, OH (US);
Owens-Illinois Closure Inc., Toledo, OH (US);
Abstract
A dispensing package that includes a container having a body with a shoulder of predetermined peripheral contour and a dispensing closure assembly secured to the finish container. The dispensing closure assembly includes a dispensing engine having a base secured to the container finish and a valve element mounted to the base for opening and closing a dispensing opening in the engine base. A shell has an upper surface with a pocket within which the base of the dispensing engine is mounted so that the valve element is flush with the upper surface of the shell in the closed position of the valve element. The shell pocket has a base wall against which the engine base rests, and the engine base extends through an opening in the shell base wall for securement to the container finish. The shell is firmly captured between the dispensing engine and the container shoulder. The shell has an outer peripheral wall that depends from the upper surface to adjacent the shoulder of the container. The shell is firmly captured between the dispensing engine and the container shoulder. The shell peripheral wall has a contour matching the peripheral contour of the container shoulder, such that the peripheral wall is flush and blends with the container sidewall and shoulder. The dispensing engine may be employed in conjunction with shells having differing peripheral wall configurations, so that a single dispensing engine can be used in conjunction with plural container configurations.