Patent ID: 9126726
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A closure for a container, comprising: a top wall portion, and an annular skirt portion depending from said top wall portion, said skirt portion including one or more internal thread formations for respective engagement with one or more external thread formations of said container, each of said internal thread formations being defined by a respective helix, and each having a thread start opposite said top wall portion, said skirt portion further including at least one application guide element positioned on the inside surface of said skirt portion, said application guide element being vertically offset from each said helix, and being circumferentially displaced from each said thread start, said guide element being engageable with one of said one or more external thread formations of the neck portion of said container to facilitate threaded application of said closure to said container, said skirt portion of said closure defining a pair of internal thread formations, said skirt portion including plural ones of said application guide elements, wherein each said application guide element is centered at a point circumferentially spaced about 90 degrees from the thread start of a respective one of said plural internal thread formations.