IP Library Granted Patent US 6,880,728
Granted Patent B1
US 6,880,728 · App. 10/312,821 · Granted Apr 19, 2005

Closure cap

Assignee: Pentapharm AG
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 6,880,728
App. No.
10/312,821
Granted
Apr 19, 2005
Kind
B1
Abstract

Closure cap ( 1 ) for closing a liquid container ( 4 ) such as a vial, flask etc., having takeout means ( 14 ) for withdrawing liquid from the container without removing the cap and thereafter re-closing it, and protecting means ( 22 ) for proving the authenticity of the content of the container characterized by a skirt portion ( 2 ) and a cover ( 3 ), a recessed trough ( 6 ) in the cover, a fodable spout ( 14 ) having a spherical bearing portion ( 15 ) seated in a cylindrical portion ( 7 ) of the trough, and a channel ( 17 ) extending lengthwise through the spout.

Claims (4)

1. A closure cap for closing a liquid container comprising:

a foldable spout for withdrawing liquid from the container without removing the cap and thereafter re-closing it, and a tamperproof seal for ensuring the authenticity of the content of the container, the cap comprising a skirt portion, a cover, and a recessed trough formed in the cover, the spout comprising a spherical bearing portion and an elongated beak sized and configured to seat within a cylindrical portion of the trough, and a channel extending lengthwise through the spout, wherein the tamperproof seal comprises a band-shaped plate integrally connected to the skirt portion and to the end of the beak remote from the bearing portion.

2. The closure cap of claim 1 , wherein the cylindrical portion of the trough has a bulge projecting towards the center of the closure cap.

3. The closure cap of claim 1 , wherein the trough has a sloping side wall portion adjacent the skirt and the remote end of the beak has an oblique front portion to abut on the sloped side wall portion of the trough.

Assignments (4)
MERGER Recorded Dec 4, 2009
From: PENTAPHARM AG
To: DSM NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS AG
Reel/Frame 023594/0937 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2008
From: DSM NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS LTD. BRANCH PENTAPHARM
To: CADORIT AG
Reel/Frame 021590/0613 →
RECORD TO ADD OMITTED ASSIGNOR TO AN ASSIGNMENT DOCUMENT PREVIOUSLY RECORDED, REEL 013755 FRAME 0284. Recorded Aug 1, 2003
From: MOISIO, FRANCK; STURM, CASPAR
To: PENTAPHARM AG
Reel/Frame 014056/0142 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 12, 2003
From: MOISIO, FRANCK
To: PENTAPHARM AG
Reel/Frame 013755/0284 →