Bottles and jars – Closures – Frangible member or portion
Reexamination Certificate
2007-10-16
2007-10-16
Hylton, Robin A. (Department: 3781)
Bottles and jars
Closures
Frangible member or portion
C215S253000, C215S341000, C220S266000, C220S270000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10742416
ABSTRACT:
A bottle cap includes a top and a skirt depending from the top, the skirt having a bottom edge, a locking bead radially extending inward from an interior of the skirt intermediate the top and the bottom edge, a tear tab extending downward from the bottom edge, a first tear line proximate the tear tab and extending upward along the skirt from the bottom edge across the locking bead and terminating at a terminus adjacent to or below the perimeter. The first tear line is substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the cap. The first tear line and the longitudinal axis define a radially extending plane P. The bottle cap also includes a second tear line proximate the tear tab and spaced from the first tear line. An upper portion of the second tear line extending through the plane P and between the terminus and the longitudinal axis. A method of using the bottle cap is also disclosed.
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Kim Sungsuk Steve
Luch Daniel
Hanrath James P.
Hylton Robin A.
Portola Packaging, Inc.
Sacharoff Adam K.
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