EP 1386849 A1 20040204 - Water-tight closure
Title (en)
Water-tight closure
Title (de)
Wasserdichter Verschluss
Title (fr)
Fermeture étanche à l'eau
Publication
Application
Priority
EP 02255436 A 20020802
Abstract (en)
A dispensing closure 10 for a container 12 containing a flowable product, such as bath gel. The closure 10 comprises a body 16, adapted to secure the closure 10 to the container 12, and defines a dispensing orifice 26, through which product may be dispensed by a user of the container. The closure 10 further includes a lid 28, connected to the body 16 by a hinge 30. The body 16 has an upper deck portion 18 and the lid 28 includes a cover portion 32 and a downwardly depending sidewall portion 34. The downwardly depending sidewall portion 34 of the lid 28 and the upper deck portion 18 of the body 16 are configured to form therebetween a watertight seal when the lid 28 is in its closed position on the body 16. To achieve this, the lid 28 and the upperdeck portion 18 may have complimentary structures 42, 44 adjacent to the hinge 30 and preferably additional complimentary structures 46,48, adjacent to a thumb tab area, which cooperate to form a watertight seal in these areas. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B65D 47/08 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
B65D 47/0814 (2013.01); B65D 2251/1041 (2013.01); B65D 2251/20 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- [X] US 5437383 A 19950801 - STULL GENE [US]
- [A] US 4638916 A 19870127 - BECK JAMES M [US], et al
- [A] US 5865354 A 19990202 - BANSAL VINOD KUMAR [US]
- [A] EP 0316269 A1 19890517 - SOPLAR SA [CH]
- [A] US 5096077 A 19920317 - ODET PHILIPPE [FR], et al
- [A] DE 19734874 A1 19990218 - ALPLA DESIGN LEHNER GMBH [DE]
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SK TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 02255436 A 20020802