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(11) EP 0 547 781 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
01.09.1993 Bulletin 1993/35

(43) Date of publication A2:
23.06.1993 Bulletin 1993/25

(21) Application number: 92310652.0

(22) Date of filing: 20.11.1992
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5B65D 41/48, B65D 41/32
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE CH DE DK ES FR GB IE IT LI NL

(30) Priority: 14.12.1991 GB 9126608

(71) Applicant: DINES PLASTICS LIMITED
Basildon Essex SS14 3SH (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Wilson, Derek Macbeth
    Danbury, Chelmsford CM3 4RW (GB)

(74) Representative: Loven, Keith James 
Loven & Co, Claxlete House, 62 Clasketgate
Lincoln LN2 1JZ
Lincoln LN2 1JZ (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Container and closure


    (57) A container (1) is of the type having a neck portion with a circular opening, and a co-operating closure (2) therefor, the container and closure having interengaging formations to hold the closure on the container when the closure is pressed onto the neck portion. The neck portion has spaced around the opening thereof a plurality of guide/cam members (7), each having two oppositely-directed oblique faces (7a) together defining a V-shape with its point directed outwardly of the container, and the closure has spaced therearound a plurality of corresponding V-shaped guide/cam members (9) such that, when the closure is pressed onto the neck portion, the guide/cam members (7 and 9) can co-operate to ensure that the guide/cam members (9) on the closure always lie between those (7) of the container, and the closure can be disengaged from the container by rotating the closure in either direction relative thereto to produce a camming action between the adjacent guide/cam members.







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