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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2003
Marge M. Hicks, Eagle, WI (US);
James W. Hammond, North Prairie, WI (US);
Alan P. Hickok, Waukesha, WI (US);
Seaquist Closures Foreign, Inc., Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Abstract
A closure is provided for an opening in a container having a wall around the opening and at least one thread on the wall. The closure includes (1) an attachment wall defining at least one thread for threadingly engaging the container wall thread, (2) an occlusion wall closing the attachment wall to occlude the container opening when the container is in the closed position, and (3) a continuously curving, peripheral, finger-engaging surface which defines (1) a plurality of circumferentially spaced protuberances, (2) a finger-receiving recess between adjacent protuberances, and (3) a finger-engaging rib projecting laterally from each of the protuberances.