US 12,065,280 B2
Closure and finish for small carbonated beverage packaging with enhanced shelf life properties
Piaras de Cleir, Marietta, GA (US); Frank Gehindy, Wiesbaden (DE); Lothar Brauer, Budenheim (DE); and Simon Shi, Marietta, GA (US)
Assigned to THE COCA-COLA COMPANY, Atlanta, GA (US); and BERICAP HOLDING GMBH, Budenheim (DE)
Filed by THE COCA-COLA COMPANY, Atlanta, GA (US); and BERICAP HOLDING GMBH, Budenheim (DE)
Filed on Oct. 11, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/067,715.
Application 17/067,715 is a division of application No. 15/500,271, granted, now 10,800,569, previously published as PCT/US2015/043262, filed on Jul. 31, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/032,423, filed on Aug. 1, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0047068 A1, Feb. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. B65D 1/02 (2006.01); B65D 41/04 (2006.01); B65D 51/16 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 1/0223 (2013.01) [B65D 1/023 (2013.01); B65D 1/0246 (2013.01); B65D 41/04 (2013.01); B65D 41/0414 (2013.01); B65D 51/1622 (2013.01); B65D 1/02 (2013.01); B65D 41/0428 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A carbonated beverage bottle comprising a neck finish, wherein the neck finish comprises:
an outer thread diameter of about 22 mm;
a thread comprising from 2 to 20 vent slots, each vent slot comprising a leading edge, a trailing edge, and an inner vent edge, wherein the inner vent edge is characterized by having a radius equal to half of an inner thread diameter of the neck finish at every point;
a first angle defining the leading edge of each vent slot relative to a radial axis of the vent slot, wherein the radial axis bisects the inner vent edge;
a second angle defining the trailing edge of each vent slot relative to the radial axis of the vent slot;
wherein the first angle is less than or about 40°, the second angle is less than or about 35°, and wherein the first angle is greater than the second angle,
wherein the neck finish has a weight of less than about 1.8 g,
wherein a thread width of the neck finish is from about 2.64 mm to about 3.02 mm, and
wherein a D dimension of the neck finish is from about 7.92 mm to about 8.71 mm.