Container

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9815598-B2
Application number	US-201415007623-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 8, 2014
Priority date	Aug 1, 2013
Publication date	Nov 14, 2017
Grant date	Nov 14, 2017

Abstract

A container ( 10 ) to dispense a liquid such as sauce. The container ( 1.0 ) has a resilient deformable body ( 11 ) that may be compressed to dispense the liquid from the interior ( 55 ) of the body ( 11 ). Mounted on the body ( 11 ) is a cap ( 37 ) that is movable along a path (axis 13 ) between a closed position and an open position. In the open position the upper opening ( 38 ) is open to allow the liquid to be dispensed. Preferably the path is linear.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A container from which a liquid can be dispensed, the container including:
a hollow body having a interior to receive the liquid, and a lip surrounding a body opening via which the liquid can leave said interior;
a closure assembly attached to the body to close said opening, said assembly including:
a member including a base attached to the body adjacent said lip, a passage extending through the member and being in communication with said interior to provide for the dispensing of said liquid from said interior via said passage;
a cap having a cap end opening via which the liquid is dispensed, said opening communicating with the said passage, said cap being mounted on the member for movement relative thereto between a first position at which the member closes said cap opening and a second position allowing the flow of liquid from within the passage to exit via said cap opening; and
a tamper indicator that, when the closure assembly is attached to the body, provides a visual indication in respect of whether the base has been moved relative to the body thereby providing an indication in respect of whether the interior has been exposed, and a visual indication in respect of whether said cap has been moved from the first position exposing said passage.

2. The container of claim 1 , wherein said member is a nozzle member, with the nozzle member including a nozzle extending from the base and through which the passage also extends, with the nozzle cooperating with the cap to open and close the cap end opening.

3. The container of claim 1 , wherein the base threadably engages the lip to secure the base and therefore closure assembly to the body, and the cap engages the member so as to be restrained to move along a generally linear path between the first and second positions of the cap.

4. The container of claim 1 , wherein the tamper indicator includes a tamper indicator portion that extends between the cap and the body and that is ruptured should the closure assembly be moved relative to the body or the cap moved relative to the member.

5. The container according to claim 1 , wherein said body has a body base upon which the body rests so that the body extends generally upwardly therefrom, with the closer assembly having a longitudinal axis along which the cap moves between the first and second positions thereof.

6. The container of claim 5 , wherein the longitudinal axis is generally perpendicular to the body base.

7. The container of claim 5 , wherein the longitudinal axis is inclined to the body base by an acute angle.

8. The container according to claim 1 , wherein the tamper indicator includes a first indicator portion indicating whether the base has been moved relative to the body, and a second indicator portion indicating whether the cap has been moved relative to the base.

9. The container of claim 8 , wherein the first indicator portion includes bridges or webs that are fractured to indicate tampering, and said indicator includes a handle gripped by a user to remove the indicator.

10. The container of claim 8 or 9 , wherein the second indicator portion includes webs or bridges that are fractured to indicate tampering, with the indicator including an indicator part attached to the cap with the second indicator portion attaching the indicator part to the handle.

11. The container of claim 1 , wherein the closure assembly and body have cooperating surfaces that engage to at least inhibit movement of the closure assembly to remove the closure assembly from the body.

12. The container of claim 11 , wherein the cooperating surfaces are provided by a cooperating abutment and pawl.

Assignees

• Mars Inc

Inventors

• Cutts Matthew
• Ford Michael
• Morrison Lynne
• Brennan James
• May Stuart
• Cormack Matthew

Classifications

• B65D2401/15

  Tearable part of the closure (B65D2401/60 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B65D47/243

  moving linearly, i.e. without rotational motion · CPC title

• B65D41/465 Primary

  with integral internal sealing means (B65D41/47 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B65D35/44

  Closures (closure members of interest apart from this application B65D39/00 - B65D55/00; forming bottom closures after filling B65B7/14) · CPC title

• B65D47/12 Primary

  having removable closures · CPC title