A fluid container is disclosed with a cap body made of rigid or semi rigid material and a valve body disposed within the cap body and movable between and open and closed position. The valve body is made of a semi flexible semi rigid material that has a coefficient of thermal linear expansion that is smaller than that of the cap body. The cap body and nozzle valve are configured with three different hermetic seals to counteract the effects of exposure to heat and cold over time and thereby extend the useful life of the cap and valve.

The invention concerns a plastic closure for fitting on to the neck of a liquid container in positively locking and sealed relationship comprising a head plate (1) provided for covering a container opening and an outer seal (7) which is circumferential along the edge of the head plate (1) and is provided for engagement with the outside of a container neck (20) defining the container opening, and an inner seal (5) which is circumferential within the outer seal (7) and parallel thereto and which is provided for engagement with the inside of the container neck, wherein the outer and the inner seals (7, 5) respectively extend approximately perpendicularly or slightly inclined from an inside (11) of the head plate (1). To provide a closure and also a container having a closure which generally prevent the closure being blown off under a high positive pressure it is proposed according to the invention that the outer seal (7) has a weakened region (6, 6, 6) in at least one circumferential portion so that the outer seal (7) becomes unsealed at a lower internal positive pressure than when the outer seal is of a configuration without the weakened region.

A bottle, having an antimicrobial property is provided. The bottle has one or more components including a body, a cap, a seal, and a locking ring. One or more of the components of the bottle are treated with an antimicrobial agent or comprise an antimicrobial agent. The antimicrobial is a silver based antimicrobial, a silver-glass antimicrobial, or other antimicrobial agent.

The present invention relates generally to a container that may be sealed and reclosed with a threaded closure. More specifically, the present invention relates to methods of manufacturing a metallic container having an opening with inwardly facing threads. The threads are formed on the metallic container by pressing a neck portion of the metallic container against closure threads of a threaded closure which is inserted at least partially into the opening. The container threads may optionally be formed while the threaded closure is in tension. In this manner, after the container threads are formed, the closure threads can apply a force to the container threads such that the threaded closure is in tension. The container opening may be selectively sealed and reclosed with the threaded closure which releasably engages the container threads. Novel apparatus and methods of sealing metallic containers and forming threads on the metallic containers are also disclosed.

A stopper for closing sparkling and other non-pressurized beverage containers. A stopper body may have a carrier member and lip engagement member arranged for sliding movement relative to each other and relative to the stopper body. The lip engagement member may be arranged to engage with a lip of a container neck, and be resiliently biased to move toward the carrier member to provide a seal-forming force on a sealing surface of the stopper body. The stopper may be arranged to introduce gas into the container, e.g., to re-pressurize the container to keep a carbonation level of beverage during storage.

This application is directed to a Biometric Locking Jar with Integrated Vacuum Pump. More particularly, this application provides a biometric locking lid capable of interfacing with a jar or other container, wherein the biometric locking lid includes a built-in electrically powered vacuum pump and a labyrinth seal lid gasket which acts to lock the jar from unauthorized access by pulling a vacuum within the jar and securing the lid to the jar preventing unauthorized access to the contents of the jar. A user enrolls a fingerprint or thumb print. The vacuum pump is activated by scanning and recognizing a user's enrolled fingerprint. The locking jar may be used to keep contents secure and fresh, and also out of the reach of children or other unauthorized individuals as it employs the user's fingerprint or thumb print to release the vacuum and open the jar, allowing access to the contents inside.

A seal releasing lid assembly includes a lid configured for coupling across a container opening of a container. The lid includes a lid surface and a lid wall extending from the lid surface. The lid wall includes a lid edge and a slidable coupling surface between the lid edge and the lid surface. The assembly includes a retaining and releasing ring configured for coupling with the container and with the lid. The retaining and releasing ring includes a ring flange and a release ridge. A ring wall extends from the ring flange to the release ridge. The retaining and releasing ring includes decoupling and release ready configurations. In the decoupling configuration the release ridge is slidably coupled along the lid wall. In the release ready configuration the release ridge is seated beneath the lid edge and slidably disengaged from the lid wall.

A plastic shipping envelope includes a first plastic sheet and a second plastic sheet, bonded to each other at a bottom edge and at side edges thereof, wherein a chamber is present between inner sides of the first and second plastic sheets, and wherein an access opening is provided at a top side of the shipping envelope, a resealable airtight seal with interlocking sealing strips, one of the interlocking sealing strips being arranged on the inside of the first sheet and the other of the interlocking sealing strips being arranged on the inside of the second sheet, both sealing strips being arranged near the access opening, in a direction transverse to the side edges, and a one-way air valve, fluidly connecting the chamber of the shipping envelope to the outside, such that air can be vacated, when the chamber is closed by sealing the airtight seal, from the chamber to the outside, wherein the first sheet has a flap portion that, with respect to the second sheet, extends beyond the top edge of the second sheet, wherein the flap portion of the first sheet is provided with two vertically spaced apart strips of adhesive material, each arranged in a direction transverse to the side edges, each strip of adhesive material being covered, at its side facing away from the flap portion, by a respective user removable backing, and wherein the flap portion is provided with a perforated tear line, arranged in between the strips of adhesive material.

A dispensing closure includes a base and a lid. The base includes a dispensing spout defining a dispensing orifice. A self-closing valve controls fluid flow out of the orifice in use. The lid includes a spout sealing arrangement including an external seal for sealing against an outer face of the spout and an internal seal for sealing against an inner face of the spout.

The invention refers to a bottom dispensing package for a flowable composition, comprising a squeezable container for housing the flowable composition, a base element that is fixed to the container, whereby the base element comprises an orifice, whereby the orifice is placed in the direction of gravity beneath the container when the dispensing package is placed in its head-stand position on the base element, whereby the base element further comprises a closure connected to the base element and the closure can be moved back and forth between a closed position in which the closure closes the orifice and an open position in which the composition can be released through the orifice.