Patent ID: 7163131
Filing Date: 2007-01-16
Classification: A47G,A47J

Abstract:
1. A container assembly, comprising: a glass container having an opening region defining an opening, the opening region including a wall with a reduced outer diameter portion; a wraparound element having a radial slot therethrough and being disposed around and supported on the reduced diameter portion of the container wall; an annular plastic fixture being positively connected to the wraparound element and the opening region of the glass container, said fixture including spaced-apart first inner and second outer walls peripherally enclosing two sides of said glass container wall in the opening region, said spaced apart walls defining an intermediate space wherein a contact area between the outer circumference of the first inner wall and the inner circumference of the opening is formed, and a cured filler medium that substantially fills the remaining of the intermediate space not occupied by the glass container wall and the wraparound element, said filler being adhered to said fixture walls, glass container wall and wraparound element.