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20120080442 | DISPENSING CLOSURE WITH PLIABLE SEALING SURFACE - Aspects describe a dispensing closure that comprises a pliable sealing surface that is selectively formed with a dispensing opening or a cleanout. At least a portion of the pliable sealing surface can be formed at a base of a skirt, wherein the skirt engages the dispensing closure with the container. Material of the pliable sealing surface can be bonded with material of a body portion and a flap portion of the dispensing closure during a multi-shot injection molding process. The pliable sealing surface can be formed from a thermoplastic elastomer and the body portion and flap portion can be formed from a polymer material. | 04-05-2012 |
20120085791 | FULL OPEN DISK DISPENSING CLOSURE - A dispensing closure comprising a body portion and a flap portion is provided. The body portion comprises an end wall, a skirt that depends from end wall, and an opening about the same size as end wall. Flap portion comprises a lid comprising at least one dispensing opening and a disk comprising one or more dispensing orifices. The disk is in rotatable contact with the lid. A lock portion comprising a surface area formed on the flap portion. Lock portion also comprises a first substantially vertical piece formed on a first side of surface area, a second substantially vertical piece formed on a second side of surface area, and a substantially horizontal piece formed at a bottom of the first substantially vertical piece and the second substantially vertical piece. Surface area, first substantially vertical piece, second substantially vertical piece, and the substantially horizontal piece form a latched opening. | 04-12-2012 |
20120211493 | NON-LINER CONTAINER - Containers that are disposable and leak proof and methods of making and using the container are provided. The containers can be hermetically sealed without the utilization of linear sealing and capping. The container comprises a body portion and a lid portion operatively connected to the container portion with, for example, a living hinge. The container also comprises a gasket comprising built in compression and a positive lock, wherein the gasket and the positive lock operate in conjunction to produce an audible sound when the lid portion is engaged with the body portion. The gasket can be formed integral to the lid portion or the body portion, wherein the built in compression facilitates compression of the gasket to flip the positive lock into a secure position when the lid portion is engaged with the body portion. | 08-23-2012 |
20140217098 | CLOSURE WITH TAMPER EVIDENT PUSH-PULL TETHER - A closure comprising a main portion and a flip-top portion are provided. The main portion comprises a tab and at least one rib. The flip-top portion is operatively connected to the main portion and is movable with respect to the main portion. The tab can be configured to break at least partially away from the at least one rib as a result of downward force applied to the tab. The at least one rib can be configured to spiral partially away from the tab and the main portion when the tab is pulled in an upward direction away from the main portion. The tab and the at least one rib comprise a tamper evident seal. | 08-07-2014 |
20140217132 | FULL OPEN DISK DISPENSING CLOSURE - A dispensing closure comprising a body portion and a flap portion is provided. The body portion comprises an end wall, a skirt that depends from end wall, and an opening about the same size as end wall. Flap portion comprises a lid comprising at least one dispensing opening and a disk comprising one or more dispensing orifices. The disk is in rotatable contact with the lid. A lock portion comprising a surface area formed on the flap portion. Lock portion also comprises a first substantially vertical piece formed on a first side of surface area, a second substantially vertical piece formed on a second side of surface area, and a substantially horizontal piece formed at a bottom of the first substantially vertical piece and the second substantially vertical piece. Surface area, first substantially vertical piece, second substantially vertical piece, and the substantially horizontal piece form a latched opening. | 08-07-2014 |
20150344196 | CLOSURE WITH TAMPER EVIDENT SECONDARY PIECE - Embodiments in accordance with the present invention relate to a dispensing closure that comprises a tamper evident secondary lock. Provided is a dispensing closure that encompasses a lid portion and a body portion configured to operatively engage a container. The tamper evident secondary lock is configured to be coupled with the body portion of the dispensing closure and to prevent access to the container and its contents until a tamper evident portion of the secondary lock has been removed. In this manner an end-user can readily determine if the container has been opened prior to the end-user's first use and thus be alerted to possible tampering with the contents of the container. Also provided are embodiments directed to a container assembly and a method for forming the closure. | 12-03-2015 |
20150367998 | TWO STAGE FLIP CAP CLOSURE - The disclosed aspects relate to a closure that includes a skirt that operatively engages a container. The closure also includes a top operatively attached to the skirt at a hinge, wherein the top is configured for a partial open configuration or a full open configuration. Also provided is a container assembly that includes a container and a closure operatively attached to the container. The closure is configured to be in one of a first position, a second position, or a third position. | 12-24-2015 |
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20100140304 | One-piece dispensing closure - A one-piece dispensing closure is disclosed. The one-piece dispensing closure includes a base, a lid having a first flap and means to irreversibly attach to the base, a first living hinge connecting the base to the lid, and a second living hinge connecting the first flap to the lid. The simplistic design of the dispensing closure allows for easy production of dispensing closures of different shapes and sizes. | 06-10-2010 |
20100224643 | Dispensing closure - A dual action living hinge is disclosed. The dual action living hinge includes two hinge members flexibly interconnected by a connecting element. The hinge members are adapted to be folded about a geometric axis of the connecting element. The connecting element further contains a recession at each axial end along the geometric axis and a reinforced area in a center section along the geometric axis. | 09-09-2010 |
20100230446 | Sift-resistant dispensing closure - A sift-resistant dispensing closure is disclosed. The sift-resistant dispensing closure includes a base, a lid and a hinge connecting the lid to the base. The base contains a circular end wall, a cylindrical skirt extending downward from the periphery of the end wall, and a sift deck elevated from the upside of the circular end wall. The sift deck contains a deck surface surrounded by a first snap bead and a first sealing surface, and pouring holes formed on the deck surface. The lid contains a second snap bead and a second sealing surface that are formed on the underside of the lid and engage with the first snap bead and first sealing surface, respectively, to form a seal around the sift deck when the lid is in a closed position. | 09-16-2010 |
20150069061 | SIFT-RESISTANT DISPENSING CLOSURE - A sift-resistant dispensing closure is disclosed. The sift-resistant dispensing closure includes a base, a lid, and a hinge connecting the lid to the base. The base contains a circular end wall, a cylindrical skirt extending downward from the periphery of the end wall, and a sift deck elevated from the upside of the circular end wall. The sift deck contains a deck surface surrounded by a first snap bead and a first sealing surface, and pouring holes formed on the deck surface. The lid contains a second snap bead and a second sealing surface that are formed on the underside of the lid and engage with the first snap bead and first sealing surface, respectively, to form a seal around the sift deck when the lid is in a closed position. | 03-12-2015 |
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20100036407 | SINGLE-USE LANCET SENSOR ASSEMBLY AND METER - A single-use lancet cartridge for inserting into a multi-use lancet driver assembly includes an elongated lancet housing with an open end, a lancet within the lancet housing and movable between a retracted and resting orientation to a piercing orientation through the open end, and a re-use prevention component incorporated within the lancet cartridge and oriented to cooperatively engage with a driver piston of the multi-use lancet driver assembly only one time thereby preventing the lancet from being moved into a piercing orientation a second time. The single-use lancet cartridge is used that contains the multi-use lancet driver assembly. | 02-11-2010 |
20100191149 | Lancet sensor assembly and meter - A method of obtaining a test sample from a specimen using a lancet system includes engaging a lancet driver against a drive wing of a lancet system, the lancet system having a major portion of a lancet member slidably engaged within a lancet carrier and a sensor strip with a sample chamber attached to the lancet carrier, the lancet system having a lance connected to a first end of a lancet body of the lancet member wherein the lance is movable from a retracted position within the lancet carrier to an extended position outside the lancet carrier, the drive wing extending outwardly and transversely from the lancet body, the major portion of the lancet member having a sinuous portion with a distal end restricted from movement by the lancet carrier, the sinuous portion being non-compressible when initially disposed within the lancet carrier wherein the drive wing prevents the sinuous portion from being compressed, moving the drive wing with the lancet driver a predetermined distance causing the lancet tip to move from the retracted position to the extended position, and disengaging the lancet driver from the drive wing, the lance being automatically moved from the extended position to the retracted position. | 07-29-2010 |
20100241030 | Modified lancet carrier for single-use lancet sensor assembly - A lancet carrier for an integrated lancet sensor assembly incorporating a lance cover includes an elongated body with a bottom, an open top, a body open end and a body closed end, a lancet-receiving recess with a recess bottom surface, the recess extending between the open end and the closed end, and a trough-forming member forming a trough with a trough open end in communication with the body open end, the trough-forming member longitudinally extending a predefined distance along the bottom from the body open end, the trough replacing a portion of the recess bottom surface at the body open end. | 09-23-2010 |
20130253373 | Single-use lancet sensor assembly and meter - A single-use lancet cartridge for inserting into a multi-use lancet driver assembly of a meter housing includes an elongated lancet housing with an open end, a lancet within the lancet housing and movable between a retracted and resting orientation to a piercing orientation through the open end, and a re-use prevention component that is a rotated drive wing incorporated within the lancet cartridge and oriented to cooperatively engage with a driver piston of the multi-use lancet driver assembly only one time thereby preventing the lancet from being moved into a piercing orientation a second time. | 09-26-2013 |
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20090248379 | Computationally designed inhibitors of amyloidosis - Embodiments of the present invention include methods and systems for designing inhibitors of amyloidosis in humans, domesticated animals, and wild animals as well as inhibitors of amyloidosis designed by the methods and systems. Methods and systems for designing inhibitors of amyloidosis are largely computational, in nature, and are directed to designing various types of polymers, small-molecule organic compounds, organometallic compounds, or non-chemical physical processes that can target the extended-α-strand and α-sheet regions of amyloidogenic protein and polypeptide intermediates in order to prevent aggregation of those intermediates into protofibrils and fibrils that, in turn, recruit additional native-conformation proteins and polypeptides into amyloidogenic intermediates and that additionally aggregate to form higher-order structures, such as plaques observed in the brains of patients suffering from the various spongiform encephalopathies. | 10-01-2009 |
20120283409 | COMPUTATIONALLY DESIGNED INHIBITORS OF AMYLOIDOSIS - Embodiments of the present invention include methods and systems for designing inhibitors of amyloidosis in humans, domesticated animals, and wild animals as well as inhibitors of amyloidosis designed by the methods and systems. Methods and systems for designing inhibitors of amyloidosis are largely computational, in nature, and are directed to designing various types of polymers, small-molecule organic compounds, organometallic compounds, or non-chemical physical processes that can target the extended-α-strand and α-sheet regions of amyloidogenic protein and polypeptide intermediates in order to prevent aggregation of those intermediates into protofibrils and fibrils that, in turn, recruit additional native-conformation proteins and polypeptides into amyloidogenic intermediates and that additionally aggregate to form higher-order structures, such as plaques observed in the brains of patients suffering from the various spongiform encephalopathies. | 11-08-2012 |