초록 ▼

A pull-top closure for a container and a method of using the container incorporating the closure. The container is of the type commonly used for motor oil. It includes a main body having a top wall, a spout projecting upwardly from the top wall adjacent to one side of the body and terminating in a m

A pull-top closure for a container and a method of using the container incorporating the closure. The container is of the type commonly used for motor oil. It includes a main body having a top wall, a spout projecting upwardly from the top wall adjacent to one side of the body and terminating in a mouth. The top wall slopes from the spout to an upper corner on the opposite side of the body from the spout. The closure includes a seal releasably sealed to the mouth of the spout, a stem connected to the seal on the opposite side thereof from the upper corner and doubled back over the seal so as to extend toward the upper corner, and a ring connected to the stem so that the ring can be extended over the top wall between the spout and the upper corner. With the seal on the mouth of the spout, the container can be grasped around the upper corner between the thumb and middle finger of one hand so that the forefinger can extend over the top wall and be inserted into the ring thereby to hook the ring, and then the container inverted. The spout can then be inserted into the filler opening of an engine or other receptacle and the seal pulled off with the forefinger hooking the ring. This entire procedure can be accomplished with one hand of the user.

대표청구항 ▼

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A liquid container and pull-top closure combination wherein the closure can be removed from the container using only a finger of the hand that holds the container,the container including a main body having a side wall with opposed front and rear panels and opposed side pa

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A liquid container and pull-top closure combination wherein the closure can be removed from the container using only a finger of the hand that holds the container,the container including a main body having a side wall with opposed front and rear panels and opposed side panels and surrounding a longitudinal axis for the container,the container also having top and bottom walls connected to the side wall thereby defining a chamber for container liquid,the container further having a spout projecting upwardly from the top wall in offset relation to said axis and terminating in a mouth, the plane of the front panel being substantially tangential to the spout, said spout having a length measured from the mouth to the top wall,the top wall thereby extending from the spout to the rear panel and forming therewith an upper shoulder on the opposite side of the spout from the front panel, said top wall having a length measured from the spout to the upper shoulder,the closure including a seal having front and rear edges, a stem having front and rear ends, and a ring having front and rear edges,the seal being releasably sealed to the mouth of the spout with its front edge disposed toward the front panel and its rear edge disposed toward the rear panel,the front end of the stem being connected to the front edge of the seal,the front edge of the ring being connected to the rear end of the stem,the length of the stem and the ring together from the front end of the stem to the rear edge of the ring being such that with the seal in fully sealed relation to the spout and the stem and ring fully stretched out, the stem can be extended rearwardly over the seal and out over the top wall and the ring can be positioned over the top wall between the spout and the upper shoulder with the front edge of the ring in rearwardly spaced relation to the spout and the rear edge of the ring in forwardly spaced relation to the upper shoulder.