	US 11,993,424 B2
	Retainable closure
Daniel A. Bloom, Bowling Green, OH (US); Kenneth S. Bloom, Bloomdale, OH (US); and Andrew Kreinbrink, Toledo, OH (US)
Assigned to Berry Global, Inc., Evansville, IN (US)
Filed by Berry Global, Inc., Evansville, IN (US)
Filed on Oct. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/971,908.
Application 17/971,908 is a continuation of application No. 17/038,377, filed on Sep. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,505,372.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/907,816, filed on Sep. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0041911 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B65D 41/34 (2006.01); B65D 55/16 (2006.01)

CPC B65D 41/3409 (2013.01) [B65D 55/16 (2013.01)]

17 Claims

1. A closure for a container, comprising:

a cover and a skirt depending from the cover;

a tamper band, wherein the skirt is disposed between the cover and the tamper band;

a first separation area extending around at least about half the circumference of the skirt;

a second separation area formed in the tamper band and extending below the first separation area to at least partially define a tab;

wherein the second separation area extends substantially to a bottom edge of the tamper band, wherein the bottom edge of the tamper band extends around the tamper band and cooperates with a tab bottom portion to form a substantially complete perimeter around the tamper band; and

at least one hinge disposed adjacent the first separation area and the second separation area;

wherein the closure is configured to rotate about a hinge axis that extends through the at least one hinge between a closed position in which the cover blocks access to the container and an open position in which the cover allows discharge of contents from the container;

wherein the tab is configured to engage the container when the closure is in the open position to retain the closure in the open position;

wherein the at least one hinge allows movement of the closure between the closed position and the open position and also retain the skirt to the tamper band.