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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2007
Clayton L. Robinson, Elberfeld, IN (US);
Gary V. Montgomery, Evansville, IN (US);
Clayton L. Robinson, Elberfeld, IN (US);
Gary V. Montgomery, Evansville, IN (US);
Rexam Medical Packaging Inc., Evansville, IN (US);
Abstract
A closure for maintaining pressure against a seal affixed to a container lip during a thermal sterilization process includes a top wall and an annular skirt depending from said top wall, at least one retaining structure extending from the annular skirt, a reseal structure rotatably disposed above said retaining structure and adjacent said top wall, an inner seal rotatably disposed above the retaining structure and beneath a lower surface of said reseal structure, wherein said inner seal and said reseal structure are both rotatable relative to said closure.