Patent ID: 6041953
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A container and a removable closure therefor, which can be applied to the container in a sealing position, said container having an outlet with an inner and outer surface terminating at one end in a rim, said closure having an end wall with an inner and outer skirt extending therefrom, said inner and outer skirts defining between them a slot which when the closure is applied to the container and in the sealing position receives the container rim, the inner skit having a deflecting section in the region of the free end of the inner skirt, and a sealing section spaced from the deflecting section there being a space between the inner skirt and the outlet inner surface between the deflecting and sealing section, the cross-sectional areas of said deflecting section being greater than the cross-sectional area of the inner surface of the outlet such that when the closure is applied to said container the deflecting section of the inner skirt engages the inner surface of said outlet and causes a deflection thereof and the sealing section is caused to engage the inner surface and the rim into sealing engagement with said sealing zone to seal said closure to said container.