Patent ID: 6032814
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
A container assembly comprising:a container for containing fluid, the container including a neck having a mouth therein for passage therethrough of liquid in the container;a container closure comprising a closure cap portion adapted for releasable connection to the neck of the container and a seal portion engageable with the container and shaped and configured for providing a fluid-tight seal between the container closure and the container, the closure cap portion comprising a generally annular-shaped skirt and at least three lugs extending generally radially inwardly from an inside surface of the skirt;the container further including at least three bayonet provisions on an outer surface of the neck for matably receiving said at least three lugs of the closure cap portion, said bayonet provisions and said lugs being shaped and configured to releasably lock the skirt of the closure cap portion to the neck of the container;the skirt of the closure cap portion circumscribing and being spaced radially from the seal portion, the seal portion having an annular outer surface sized and configured for sealingly engaging an inner annular surface of the neck of the container all around the seal portion's annular outer surface when the closure cap portion is locked to the neck of the bottle, the seal portion being sized and configured so as not to extend radially substantially beyond the inner annular surface of the neck of the bottle when the closure cap portion is locked to the neck of the bottle, the seal portion and closure cap portion being of a molded one piece construction, the seal portion being of a first material and the closure cap portion being of a second material different from the first material, the first material cooperating with the second material in a molded configuration to maintain fixed securement of the seal portion to the closure cap portion.