Patent ID: 8186881
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: B65D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A reservoir closure system comprising: a container wherein the container comprises a first end, the first end having a first lip, a first catch, a second lip, a second catch, a flexible, semi-rigid elongated splint, a reservoir and an orifice at the first end having a closed configuration and an opened configuration, wherein the reservoir is in fluid communication with the orifice, and wherein the orifice has an orifice closed length about the width of the first end of the container when the orifice is in the closed configuration, and wherein the container comprises a fold coincident with the upper edge of the splint; a sealing member configured to slidably attach to the container, and wherein the sealing member has a seal length, and wherein the seal length is at least substantially equal to the orifice closed length, and wherein the sealing member is configured to seal the container, and wherein the sealing member has a substantially straight configuration; wherein the sealing member comprises a channel defined by a sealing member first side, a sealing member second side, and a first upper arm and a first lower arm extending from the sealing member first side and positioned opposite a second upper arm and a second lower arm extending from the sealing member second side; and wherein the sealing member first side is rigidly integral with the sealing member second side; and wherein the sealing member has a sealing member longitudinal axis, a sealing member first end and a sealing member second end, and wherein the shape of the sealing member first end radially expands away from the sealing member longitudinal axis as the length along the sealing member first end approaches the terminus of the sealing member; and wherein the sealing member first side is at a fixed width away from the sealing member second side when the system is in a first configuration when the sealing member is separate from the container and when the system is in a second configuration when the sealing member is attached to the container and induces sealing of the container; and wherein the channel is configured to receive the first and second catches of the container as the sealing member is slidably attached to the container such that first and second arms compress the first and second lips above the first and second catches, and the first and second catches prevent substantial movement of the sealing member in a vertical direction relative to the container.