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Bottles and jars March list of patents 03/08

20080073306 - Feeding bottles: An expandable container (EC) having a firm compartment and at least one foldable portion serves for storing instant food or drink for infants. The coverable aperture of the EC provides for hermetic sealing of a sterilized instant feed or drink and for further dispensing of various liquids for the preparation... Agent: Martin D Moynihan Prtsi, Inc.

20080073307 - Infusion cap: An infusion cap for a bottle having a threaded neck is screwed onto the threaded neck of a bottle; and, by removing a locking tab, a portion of the cap can be pressed toward the bottle to discharge an infusion substance into the bottle.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20080073308 - Tabbed container seal and method of manufacture: An improved container seal including at least one metal-free tab member is provided. The container seal comprises a flexible, metal-free cover sheet and a flexible sealant sheet. The cover sheet comprises at least one layer of a flexible sheet material and includes a body portion that is sized and shaped... Agent: Olson & Cepuritis, Ltd.

20080073309 - Metallic package: A package comprising a metallic container having a mouth portion and a metallic cap with a liner fitted to the mouth portion, wherein the liner 17 of the cap includes an outer ring 20 hanging down from an outer circumferential end thereof and an inner ring 21 hanging down on... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080073310 - Closure system: The invention is a closure system comprising a container having a finish and a land located at the top of the finish. The outer wall of the finish, just below the land, is vertical and the land slopes downwardly, toward the outside of the container, at an angle of between... Agent: Bristol-myers Squibb Company - Mead Johnson

20080073311 - Closure with lid protection: A closure is provided for a container opening. The closure includes a body for mounting to the container and a lid movable between a closed position and an open position. The rear end of the lid and body are connected by a hinge. The lid is disposed in a recess... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20080073312 - Composite closure with outer gripping layer: A composite closure for an associated container is configured to facilitate gripping and manipulation by consumers, as well as handling of closures by automated equipment. The closure includes an inner closure cap, and an outer gripping layer which is applied to at least the periphery of a skirt portion of... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20080073313 - Lightened, molded plastic closure exhibiting enhanced strength: A lightened, molded plastic closure exhibiting enhanced strength includes a top wall portion, and an internally threaded, depending annular skirt portion. The interior surface of the skirt portion, below the closure thread, defines an array of alternating grooves and lands, which together define a plurality of circumferentially spaced, vertically extending... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20080073314 - Bottle cap assembly: A bottle cap assembly includes a stopper and an over-cap removably coupled to a bottle. The stopper includes a cork fitted to a stopper cap with a snap-in retention ring so as to avoid the need to use any glue. The over-cap includes downwardly extending prongs, each having medial tab... Agent: Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman LLP

20080073315 - Container with an at least partially triangular prismatic body: The invention relates to a container (1′) made of a thermoplastic material, especially PET, having a body (2′) which, for at least a part of its height, is substantially prismatic in shape with a substantially triangular cross section and with three faces (6) joined by three edges (7), each of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080073316 - Bottle with intruding margin vacuum responsive panels: A container exhibiting superior resistance to unwanted or uncontrolled sidewall deformation has plurality of vacuum responsive panels, generally uniformly spaced around the sidewall periphery, including a panel surface portion radially inset from the sidewall. A post or land is provided between each nearest neighbor pair of vacuum panels, the posts... Agent: Indianapolis Office 27879 Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080073317 - Ergonomic plastic container and package system: A packing that includes a bottle and/or a bottle and box combination wherein the container may have a first handle portion, a second handle portion, and a bottom grip portion. The first handle portion can extend in a front to back direction and the second handle portion can extend in... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080067141 - Hinge cap having biodegradability: A hinge cap comprising a cap body composed of a top wall, an ejection port provided in the top wall and a sidewall suspending from the circumferential edge of the top wall, and an upper lid hinged to the cap body and closing the ejection port, characterized in that the... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20080067142 - Sealing means for a closure, closure and process: The present invention is directed to a sealing means for sealing of a neck of a container, especially a container for carbonated beverages. The sealing means comprises a radially deformable outer sealing means suitable to be engaged with an outer free surface of a neck of the container. The outer... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080061023 - Collapsible fluid containers: A collapsible container for fluids consists of a flexible bag or pouch hermetically attached to a cover. The container may be provided flat packed, pre-sterilised and hermetically packaged and may be a single use, disposable, container useful for drinking bottles for young children and babies.... Agent: Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, LLP

20080061024 - Structural ribs for hot fillable containers: A plastic container includes an upper portion having a mouth defining an opening into the container. A shoulder region extends from the upper portion. A sidewall portion extends from the shoulder region to a base portion. The base portion closes off an end of the container. The sidewall portion is... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080061025 - Handle for a bottle: A single elongated arm formed atop into a cylindrical threaded sleeve and spout, and having both male and female threading, the male threads ascending atop the female, and sealed with a cap atop the male, the cap having the female threads, and screwed together with the arm descending diagonally, and... Agent: Gary J. Egnatski

20080053947 - Closure: This invention can be used in the food industry. The invention relates in general to multi-purpose closures used for bottling and storing expensive high-quality drinks. The technical result of the proposed invention is a more reliable closing of bottles, providing the necessary tightness, and making refilling the bottle with low-quality... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080053948 - Dispenser assembly for a fluid dispensing receptacle and method of assembling same: A dispensing assembly has a ferrule and collar for maintaining a coupling of a dispensing module to a receptacle neck. The ferrule has an annular plastic skirt open on one end, and plastic nibs extending radially inwardly from the skirt inner surface. The skirt outer surface is a regular polygon... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20080053949 - Packaging article: A beverage container (1) comprises a container body (3) including an opening and a cap (5) to close the opening, the cap (5) or the container body (3) including one or more bayonet threads (57), and the container body (3) or the cap (5) respectively including one or more protrusions... Agent: Meadwestvaco Corporation Alexandra B. Urban,esq.

20080053950 - Closing element: A closure element for bottles includes a stopper that engages in the mouth of a bottle, a head having a larger outside diameter than the stopper, a sealing element arranged in a transition region between stopper and head. The sealing element has a first sealing region which bears against the... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen