US 12,291,379 B2
Container, closure, and methods for manufacture
Balint Hiltser, Lent (NL); Guus Lueb, Bennekom (NL); Charlotte Catherine Erik Devries, Ede (NL); Kim Bertens-Vlems, Berkel-Enschot (NL); Thomas Cox, Norwich (GB); and Jamie Fox, Norwich (GB)
Assigned to H.J. Heinz Company Brands LLC, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed by H.J. Heinz Company Brands LLC, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/391,984.
Application 18/391,984 is a continuation of application No. 17/417,041, granted, now 11,891,218, previously published as PCT/US2020/039387, filed on Jun. 24, 2020.
Application 17/417,041 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2020/035840, filed on Jun. 3, 2020.
Application PCT/US2020/035840 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2019/067485, filed on Dec. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/033,354, filed on Jun. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/903,245, filed on Sep. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0124198 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. B65D 47/08 (2006.01); B65D 47/20 (2006.01); B65D 51/16 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 47/0838 (2013.01) [B65D 47/2081 (2013.01); B65D 51/1644 (2013.01); B65D 2401/15 (2020.05)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dispensing bottle comprising:
a container body with a thixotropic fluid therein, the container body having a neck with threads thereon, the bottle threads being discontinuous such that the bottle threads have at least one space therein such that between a first thread portion and a second thread portion a first space is disposed, the container body not including an inner liner;
a closure cap having a base and a control device,
the base having a skirt with an inner surface thereof having base threads disposed thereon and base ratchet projections extending from the inner surface thereof, the base threads configured to engage the threads on the neck and at least a portion of one of the ratchet projections configured to engage the first space between the first thread portion and the second thread portion to prevent or hinder manual removal of the closure cap from the container body, the base having a retaining ring, and a central portion having an opening therein aligned with an internal shaft terminating at a non-planar end surface opposite the central portion, the opening permitting the fluid to egress through the opening when the opening is unobstructed,
the control device being reclosably movable between a closed first position to an open second position, the control device not including a silicone rubber valve;
a disk attached to an interior of the base, the disk having a pinhole and partial annular slots disposed around the pinhole; and
a mixing chamber defined by the disk, the central portion, the skirt, and the internal shaft, wherein multiple fluid channels are formed by the non-planar end surface of the internal shaft and the disk:
wherein the closure cap is capable of maintaining the thixotropic fluid in stable equilibrium without leakage with the bottle in an inverted position such that the closure cap is at a bottom thereof with the control device in the closed first position; and
wherein application of pressure to the container body with the control device in the open second position enables controlled dispensing of the thixotropic fluid, with fluid being dispensed through the partial annular slots, through the mixing chamber, and through the fluid channels before exiting the dispensing bottle via the opening in the base, and wherein release of pressure on the container body enables prompt cessation of dispensing by permitting air to flow back into the container body, and spring back and reversal of flow of thixotropic fluid in the interior channel, without movement of the disk relative to the base.