Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
  • B65D1/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material or by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
  • B65D1/02—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents
  • B65D1/0223—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents characterised by shape
  • B65D1/023—Neck construction
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
  • B65D55/00—Accessories for container closures not otherwise provided for
  • B65D55/16—Devices preventing loss of removable closure members
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
  • B65D1/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material or by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
  • B65D1/02—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents
  • B65D1/0223—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents characterised by shape
  • B65D1/023—Neck construction
  • B65D1/0246—Closure retaining means, e.g. beads, screw-threads
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
  • B65D23/00—Details of bottles or jars not otherwise provided for
  • B65D23/12—Means for the attachment of smaller articles
  • B65D23/14—Means for the attachment of smaller articles of tags, labels, cards, coupons, decorations or the like
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
  • B65D41/00—Caps, e.g. crown caps or crown seals, i.e. members having parts arranged for engagement with the external periphery of a neck or wall defining a pouring opening or discharge aperture; Protective cap-like covers for closure members, e.g. decorative covers of metal foil or paper
  • B65D41/32—Caps or cap-like covers with lines of weakness, tearing-strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices, e.g. to facilitate formation of pouring openings
  • B65D41/34—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
  • B65D41/00—Caps, e.g. crown caps or crown seals, i.e. members having parts arranged for engagement with the external periphery of a neck or wall defining a pouring opening or discharge aperture; Protective cap-like covers for closure members, e.g. decorative covers of metal foil or paper
  • B65D41/32—Caps or cap-like covers with lines of weakness, tearing-strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices, e.g. to facilitate formation of pouring openings
  • B65D41/34—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt
  • B65D41/3423—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt with flexible tabs, or elements rotated from a non-engaging to an engaging position, formed on the tamper element or in the closure skirt

Definitions

• This present disclosure relates generally to closures for containers. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to securing a closure to a portion of the plastic bottle neck.
• the stopper typically has a tubular shape closed at its top edge by a top wall.
• the stopper comprises a closure shell attached to a tamper band through the implementation of bridges. Bridges are distributed around the circumference of the closure shell and the tamper band. Moreover, the bridges may be made when molding the stopper or after through undergoing a cutting step during the manufacturing process.
• the bottle neck finish comprises outer fixation features, such as threads to receive a screw-type stopper.
• the closure shell typically comprises inner thread(s) arranged on an inner side wall that are intended to engage with outer thread(s) located on the bottle neck finish.
• inner thread(s) arranged on an inner side wall that are intended to engage with outer thread(s) located on the bottle neck finish.
• the bottle neck finish comprises outer fixation features, such as annular fixation rings to receive a snap-type stopper that secures the stopper onto the bottle neck finish.
• a snap-type stopper includes an inner annular area and the bottle neck finish fixation feature includes an outer fixation ring, in order secure (e.g., using a downward force) the stopper onto the bottle neck finish.
• a snap type stopper comprises a closure shell with a movable sealing roof from a closure position to a part opening, and reversely. The roof may be separating upon opening or may be connected with the closure shell.
• the tamper band is secured around the bottle neck finish through inner tamper band retaining features or through the tamper band diameter being smaller than a diameter of a tamper evident ring of the bottle neck finish.
• the closure shell is typically removable.
• the bridges form a weakness line and are tom apart from the closure shell, so it can be separated from the bottle.
• the weakness line is tom when user unscrews the closure shell of the stopper or when user lifts the roof by tilting.
• the closure shell can be completely removed and discarded (e.g., dropped), preventing subsequent closure of the bottle. Additionally, the removed closure can represent waste if not recycled.
• This invention relates to a method for locking a strip tethered plastic stopper under a transport ring and into a shoulder of a plastic bottle, so between the transport ring and into at least a part of the shoulder.
• a solution consists of connecting the closure shell with the bottle, so the closure shell remains attached after the initial opening of the bottle and securing the closure shell so as to move the closure shell away from the bottle aperture.
• An object of the present invention is a bottle tethered stopper, having a closure shell that remains attached to a tamper band which is secured on the neck of the bottle. Securing the closure shell to the tamper band after the initial opening, prevents a user from unintentionally misplacing or discarding the closure shell. Additionally, securing the closure shell to the tamper band, allows the user to secure and remove the closure shell from the bottle finish (e.g., threading) of the bottle multiple times, for example, during drinking.
• the bottle finish e.g., threading
• Another object of the present invention is the bottle tethered stopper is configured to position the closure shell away from the bottle aperture after initial and subsequent openings. Allowing the closure shell to be positioned away from the bottle aperture after opening allows the user to position the closure shell away from the user during use (e.g., positioning shell away from user face during drinking).
• the stopper is affixed to a bottle.
• the bottle comprises a bottle finish, a tamper evident ring, a transport ring, a neck including an integrally formed locking feature.
• the bottle finish is configured to receive a stopper comprising a closure shell and a tamper band, the closure shell and the tamper band being separably connected.
• the transport ring is located below the tamper evident ring and the tamper band is configured to be positioned between the tamper evident ring and the transport ring.
• the locking feature is configured to receive and retain at least a portion of the closure shell between a bottom surface of the transport ring and a bottom surface of the neck when the closure shell is separated from the tamper band.
• the locking feature is integrally formed into the neck during a preform molding process. In other embodiments, the locking feature is integrally formed into the neck during a blow molding process. [0017] In some embodiments, the locking feature is dimensioned relative to the closure shell height allowing at least a portion of the closure shell is received and retained by the locking feature.
• the locking feature forms a continuous locking feature around the perimeter of the neck.
• the neck comprises a plurality of locking features each positioned below the transport ring and distributed around the perimeter of the neck.
• a method for locking a stopper onto a bottle includes providing the bottle having a stopper inserted onto a neck of a bottle, where the stopper having a tamper band and a separably connected closure shell, wherein the tamper band is secured between a tamper evident ring and a transport ring.
• the method also includes separating the closure shell from the tamper band and inserting at least a portion of closure shell into a locking feature positioned between a bottom surface of a transport ring and a bottom surface of the neck.
• Figure 1 illustrates a side view of a tethered stopper locked under a transport ring of a bottle into a hollow created in the shoulder.
• Figure 2 illustrates is a cross-sectional view of the Figure 1.
• phrasesing such as 'configured to 1 perform a function can include any or all of being sized, shaped, positioned in the arrangement, and comprising material to perform the function.
• Figure 1 illustrates a screw stopper 102 in an open position relative to a bottle finish 100.
• the bottle finish 100 includes a sealing surface 120, an evident tamper ring 110, and a transport ring 112.
• a bottle neck 118 is positioned between the transport ring 112 and a shoulder 116.
• the stopper 102 Prior to opening, the stopper 102 includes a closure shell 104 connected to a tamper band 106. Once opened, the stopper 102 becomes disconnected from the tamper band (e.g., weakness lines or bridges are broken in order to allow the closure shell to be removed). [0031] In some embodiments, the stopper 102 also includes a strip (not illustrated) to allow the closure shell 104 to remain connected with the tamper band 106 after opening. When opened, the strip is attached at one end to the closure shell 104 at an opposite end to the tamper band 106.
• the bottle finish 100 includes engaging features (e.g., threads 108) meant to engage with complementary engaging features (not illustrated) located on the inner surface of the closure shell 104.
• the bottle neck finish does not include engaging features (e.g., threads), and the closure shell 104 is secured onto the bottle finish 100 through other securing means, such as snaps, clasps, or other mechanically engaging features.
• the stopper 102 Before opening (e.g., during sealing), the stopper 102 is positioned (e.g., forced in a downward motion) onto the bottle finish 100 in such a way that the tamper band 106 is secured under the tamper evident ring 112 of the bottle finish 100.
• the closure shell 104 is secured onto the bottle finish 110 by the outer threads 110 engaging with inner threads of the closure shell 104 as the tamper band 106 is positioned below the tamper evident ring 112.
• the tamper band 106 comprises retaining features, such as an inner collar (not illustrated) to prevent the tamper band 106 from moving above the tamper evident ring.
• the bottle neck 114 is includes a locking feature 114.
• the closure shell 104 may be secured into the locking feature 114 of the bottle neck 118 located between the transport ring 112 and the shoulder 116.
• the locking feature 114 allows the closure shell 114 to be in contact with a bottom surface 122 of the transport ring 112 and a bottom surface 128 formed within the bottle neck 118.
• the locking feature 114 secures the closure shell 114 in place to prevent movement.
• a user can store the closure shell 114 within the locking feature for subsequent uses (e.g., when closing the bottle).
• the bottle neck 118 has a length that is so dimensioned to form the locking feature 114.
• the locking feature 114 is so dimensioned such that the closure shell 102 may be received into the locking feature 114.
• the locking feature 114 has a height that corresponds to receive the height of the closure shell 104.
• the locking feature 114 is formed within a preform during a preform molding process.
• the locking feature 114 is formed within the preform using an injection mold cavity configured to shape the preform with the locking feature 114.
• the locking feature 114 is formed within a preform during a preform cooling process.
• the locking feature 114 is formed within the preform, which is warm from molding, using a tool (not shown) configured to form and shape the locking feature 114 such that the locking feature 114 will receive the closure shell 114.
• the locking feature 114 is formed as the preform transforms into the bottle during a blow molding process.
• the locking feature 114 is formed by placing a tool (not shown) adjacent a bottle molding cavity near the transport ring 112.
• the tool could serve as a collar keeping a portion of the preform that would traditionally be blow molded out of the blow molding cavity.
• the tool can could shape the locking feature 114 as the bottle is formed (e.g., using a stretch blow machine) within the bottle molding cavity.
• the locking feature 114 is formed by placing or securing an insert (not shown) into the bottle mold cavity so that the locking feature 114 is formed into the bottle during blow molding.
• the preform has greater rigidity at an area that will eventually become the bottle neck 118 when compared to conventional preforms.
• the area of the preform that will eventually become the bottle neck 118 includes additional material during the preform molding process.
• the closure shell 104 can be locked under the transport ring 112 of the bottle finish 100.
• the closure shell 104 can be at least partially locked into at least one of the locking features 114 formed into the shoulder 116 of the bottle.
• the locking feature 114 is a continuous feature formed within the entire perimeter of the bottle neck 118, thus forming one locking feature 114 around the circumference of the bottle neck 118, as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2.
• the locking feature 114 is formed at specified location on the bottle neck 118.
• more than one locking feature 114 is formed within the bottle neck 118.
• the locking features 114 can be distributed around the bottle neck at any predetermined spacing.

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