US 12,458,567 B2
Adapter for connecting a dispenser to a container
Ian James Matthews, Basel (CH); Thomas Thueer, Basel (CH); and Neil Bentley Cammish, Manchester (GB)
Assigned to HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC., Little Falls, NJ (US)
Filed by HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC., Little Falls, NJ (US)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/065,973.
Claims priority of application No. 21214632 (EP), filed on Dec. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0181420 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. A61J 1/20 (2006.01)
CPC A61J 1/2048 (2015.05) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adapter for connecting a dispenser to a container having a neck with an interior passage, comprising
a body portion with a container end and a dispenser end opposite to the container end, wherein
the body portion has a longitudinal axis centrally extending between the dispenser end and the container end, and an essentially cylindrical outer surface,
the body portion comprises sealing lamellas outwardly extending from the outer surface,
the sealing lamellas of the body portion are spaced from each other along the longitudinal axis,
each of the sealing lamellas of the body portion has a root end adjoining the outer surface of the body portion,
the root ends of at least two neighboring sealing lamellas have different thicknesses, and
the sealing lamella closest to the container end of the body portion has the thickest root end.