US 12,246,885 B2
Container preform with threaded tamper evidence finish
Jay Clarke Hanan, Glendora, CA (US)
Assigned to Niagara Bottling, LLC, Diamond Bar, CA (US)
Filed by NIAGARA BOTTLING, LLC, Diamond Bar, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/930,011.
Application 17/930,011 is a continuation of application No. 16/525,890, filed on Jul. 30, 2019, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/712,115, filed on Jul. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0069550 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B65D 41/34 (2006.01); B29B 11/08 (2006.01); B29C 49/06 (2006.01); B65D 1/02 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 41/34 (2013.01) [B29B 11/08 (2013.01); B29C 49/06 (2013.01); B65D 1/0246 (2013.01); B29C 2949/0777 (2022.05); B29L 2031/7158 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A preform suitable for being blow-molded to form a container, the preform comprising:
a finish portion including an opening to an interior of the preform and including a tamper evidence ledge;
a neck portion adjacent to the tamper evidence ledge;
a tapered portion configured to transition from a diameter of the neck portion to a diameter of a cylindrical portion comprising an elongate member that culminates in an end cap;
one or more threads disposed on the finish portion and configured to threadably receive a cap, wherein the one or more threads share an adjacent intervening valley configured to allow passage of a thread disposed in the cap; and
a handling valley disposed between the tamper evidence ledge and the one or more threads, the handing valley extending circumferentially around the finish portion and having a diameter less than a diameter of the intervening valley and substantially similar to a diameter of the neck portion on the opposite side of the tamper evidence ledge from the opening.