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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:
May. 26, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2004
Applicants:
C. Scott Marple, Naperville, IL (US);
Carl Pomilia, Addison, IL (US);
Cornelis Van DE Klippe, West Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
C. Scott Marple, Naperville, IL (US);
Carl Pomilia, Addison, IL (US);
Cornelis Van De Klippe, West Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
American Flange & Mfg. Co., Inc., Carol Stream, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 17/50 (2006.01); B65D 41/46 (2006.01); B65D 41/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A plastic integrally molded single use sealing plug for permanently closing off the center fill opening in metal lids surrounded by an upstanding neck having an inward curl terminating in a free edge. The sealing plug has a circular top wall and a depending cylindrical sidewall which makes at tight friction fit with the neck free edge. A peripheral tamper evident ring is connected to the plug sidewall by a series of frangible connecting webs.