Patent ID: 7308893
Filing Date: 2007-12-18
Classification: A61M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A dispensing canister-add-on-component assembly, comprising a dispensing canister comprising a substantially cylindrical container having a closed end and an open end, said open end of the container being equipped by means of a ferrule with a dispensing means; a substantially cylindrical add-on component; said component being positioned adjacent to the closed end of the container to form a generally cylindrical canister-component sub-assembly having an interface between the canister and the add-on component; and an adhesive-backed film; said film being mounted circumferentially about the canister-component sub-assembly and adhered to an external surface of the container and an external surface of the add-on component, such that the film extends across the canister-component interface with its upper edge located about the add-on component and its lower edge about the container in the vicinity of the upper edge of the ferrule; and wherein said adhesive-backed film comprises at least two sections, a first section beginning near or substantially at said upper edge and extending across the canister-component interface towards the lower edge of the film and a second section beginning substantially at said lower edge extending towards the upper edge of the film and ending at or prior to said first section, wherein the first end region of the first section of the film overlaps the second end region of the first section of the film and the end regions of the second section of the film do not overlap.