US 12,214,935 B2
Cap for closing a container, a combination of a cap and a neck
Alessandro Falzoni, imola (IT); and Vittorio Bassi, Faenza (IT)
Assigned to SACMI COOPERATIVA MECCANICI IMOLA SOCIETA'COOPERATIVA, Imola (IT)
Appl. No. 17/597,551
Filed by SACMI COOPERATIVA MECCANICI IMOLA SOCIETA' COOPERATIVA, Imola (IT)
PCT Filed Jul. 16, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/056683
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 11, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/014287, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 28, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102019000012534 (IT), filed on Jul. 22, 2019; and application No. PCT/IB2020/050748 (WO), filed on Jan. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0258925 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 41/34 (2006.01); B65D 1/02 (2006.01); B65D 55/16 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 41/3428 (2013.01) [B65D 1/0246 (2013.01); B65D 55/16 (2013.01); B65D 2401/30 (2020.05)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cap for a container, comprising a side wall extending about an axis and a transversal wall arranged at an end of the side wall, a separation line being provided on the side wall for defining:
a retaining ring intended to remain anchored to a neck of the container, and
a closure element which can removably engage the neck, so as to open or close the container;
wherein the separation line extends about the axis and is circumferentially interrupted so as to leave a joining portion between the retaining ring and the closure element, the cap further having an incision line which extends transversally to the axis between the separation line and a free edge of the retaining ring, so that two connecting bands are defined between the separation line and the incision line, the connecting bands joining the retaining ring to the joining portion, the connecting bands having a radial thickness measured in a radial direction, the connecting bands further having a height measured parallel to the axis, and wherein the ratio between the height and the radial thickness of the connecting bands is greater than, or equal to, 1.4, said ratio being less than, or equal to, 6.5.