Receptacles – Compartmented container – Compartment in closure
Patent
1997-01-21
1998-06-23
Cronin, Stephen
Receptacles
Compartmented container
Compartment in closure
220212, 215 6, 215228, B65D 4304
Patent
active
057692637
ABSTRACT:
A promotional closure for use with an associated container includes a plastic closure cap having an inwardly recessed, circular top wall portion defining a compartment and a depending annular skirt portion depending from the top wall portion. A circumferential lip formed in the closure cap generally at about a periphery of the compartment, defines a circumferential channel-like recess adjacent to the compartment. The closure further includes a removable, circular cover member adapted to cover the compartment by insertion into the circumferential recess. The cover has a pair of circumferentially opposed tab-like, releasable engaging members which are adapted to be received in the circumferential recess to retain the cover in place in the cap over the compartment. The engaging members are further adapted to release from the recess for removal of the cover member from the top wall portion when pressure is applied to the cap on the skirt portion adjacent to where the engaging members are positioned in the recess to thereby permit access to the compartment. Alternately, the cover includes a depending skirtlike seal support member which exerts an outward force on the top wall portion to urge the top wall portion into sealing engagement with an inside surface at the mouth of the container.
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Cerny David L.
McBride Stephen W.
Smith David W.
Willingham Wendell D.
Alcoa Closure Systems International Inc.
Cronin Stephen
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