Patent ID: 9676524
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: B29C,B29K,B29L,B65D

Claim:
1. A resealable container assembly comprising: a metal or glass container that is closed at a first end, and having an opening formed at a second end, the opening having an inner, first diameter through which an associated fluid is introduced into and poured from the container, the container having thread portions adjacent the second end along an external surface thereof; a metal cup-shaped cap having an end wall, and a perimeter sidewall extending from the end wall, the cap including thread portions dimensioned to operatively engage the container thread portions for selective twist-on/twist-off receipt on the container; a seal adhered to an inner surface of the end wall of the cap, the seal including a continuous first axial region extending outwardly from the inner surface a larger extent than a remainder of the seal, the first axial region dimensioned for engagement within a smallest inner diameter of the opening and having a seal surface sealing the container along the inner diameter, and further including a second shoulder region disposed radially outward of an interface of the first axial region with the inner surface of the end wall of the cap, the second shoulder region dimensioned for engagement along an apex portion of the opening and terminating adjacent the apex portion and radially inward of an outermost diameter of the second end; and an annular, circumferentially continuous depression in the cap having an axially innermost portion of the depression located radially inward of the seal surface of the first axial region of the seal and axially inward of a central region of a product side of the end wall of the cap, wherein the depression serves as a pivot that permits control of a level at which the container vents.