IP Library Granted Patent US 12,654,898
Granted Patent B2
US 12,654,898 · App. 17/885,059 · Granted Jun 16, 2026

Bottle neck with protrusions for fastening a threaded cap

Inventors: Thomas Chupak (West Middlesex, PA); Mark Sanders (Hubbard, OH)
Assignee: Trivium Packaging
B65D1/0246B65D41/04
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Patent No.
US 12,654,898
App. No.
17/885,059
Granted
Jun 16, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bottle comprising: a body having a closed bottom and an open neck; a plurality of protrusions extending outward radially from an outer surface of the neck; a cap having internal threads for screwing onto the open neck; wherein the internal threads engage the plurality of protrusions when the cap is screwed onto the neck.

Claims (7)

1 . A bottle comprising:

a body having a closed bottom and an open neck;

a plurality of protrusions extending outward radially from an outer surface of the open neck, wherein the plurality of protrusions extending outward radially from the outer surface of the open neck consists only of two protrusions spaced equally or non-equally around a circumference of the outer surface of the open neck;

wherein each of the plurality of protrusions consisting only of two protrusions has a base and a diameter of about 1-2 mm at the base;

wherein each of the plurality of protrusions consisting only of two protrusions extends outward radially from the outer surface of the open neck about 1-2 mm;

a cap having internal threads for screwing onto the open neck;

wherein the plurality of protrusions consisting only of two protrusions are spaced-apart around a circumference of the outer surface of the open neck along a helical path corresponding to the internal threads of the cap to allow the plurality of protrusions consisting only of two protrusions to engage the threads to secure the cap onto the open neck.

Assignments (4)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 28, 2025
From: TRIVIUM ALUMINUM PACKAGING USA CORPORATION
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 071236/0133 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 28, 2025
From: TRIVIUM ALUMINUM PACKAGING USA CORPORATION
To: CITIBANK, N.A., LONDON BRANCH, AS FIXED ASSET SECURITY AGENT
Reel/Frame 071236/0502 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 28, 2025
From: TRIVIUM ALUMINUM PACKAGING USA CORPORATION
To: CITIBANK, N.A., LONDON BRANCH, AS FIXED ASSET SECURITY AGENT
Reel/Frame 071236/0589 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2023
From: SOMERFIELD, MICHAEL; CHUPAK, THOMAS; SANDERS, MARK
To: TRIVIUM PACKAGING
Reel/Frame 062793/0090 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63231450 · Aug 10, 2021
Related Publication 20230046937A1 · Feb 16, 2023
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