Patent ID: 7360807
Filing Date: 2008-04-22
Classification: A44B,B65D,Y02W,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A breakable and disposable seal for use with a seal receiving chamber for sealing a container, said seal comprising: a head part and a body part spaced from the head part in a longitudinal direction of said seal by a line of weakness, said head part having an upper surface and a lower surface, said upper surface and said lower surface defining a thickness therebetween in a thickness direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and said upper surface defining a longitudinally elongated and central groove, wherein, along said longitudinally elongated and central groove, said thickness is non-zero and less than the thickness in a remaining region of said head part, said remaining region located outside said groove, wherein the body part has a main portion, and a neck portion which is substantially narrower than the main portion and extends between the line of weakness and the main portion, with shoulders being defined at the juncture of the neck portion and the main portion; and wherein said longitudinally elongated and central groove defines a straight and a substantially narrow path along a central axis, thereby connecting a forwardmost part of said head part and said line of weakness; wherein the longitudinally elongated and cantral groove registers with a corresponding rib whithin the seal receiving chamber.