Fliptop closure for a container Patent Grant McGeough April 7, 2 [Bapco Closures Research Ltd.]

Fliptop closure for a container

McGeough April 7, 2

Patent Grant D589796

U.S. patent number D589,796 [Application Number D/294,580] was granted by the patent office on 2009-04-07 for fliptop closure for a container. This patent grant is currently assigned to Bapco Closures Research Ltd.. Invention is credited to Peter Michael McGeough.

United States Patent	D589,796
McGeough	April 7, 2009

Fliptop closure for a container

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a fliptop closure for a container, as shown and described.

Inventors:	McGeough; Peter Michael (Horsell, GB)
Assignee:	Bapco Closures Research Ltd. (Surrey, GB)
Appl. No.:	D/294,580
Filed:	January 18, 2008

Foreign Application Priority Data


Jul 20, 2007 [EM]			000761572

Current U.S. Class:	D9/449
Current International Class:	0907
Field of Search:	;D9/716,715,454,453,452,450,449,447,446,443,438,436,435,434 ;D7/643,638,505,396.2,392,392.1,305 ;426/120 ;229/404,401 ;222/556,480 ;220/810,713,375,254.1-254.9 ;215/236,235 ;206/807

References Cited [Referenced By]

U.S. Patent Documents


D314337	February 1991	Norton
D517916	March 2006	Satt
D530603	October 2006	Lohrman et al.
D538160	March 2007	Liebe et al.
D549098	August 2007	Lohrman et al.
2008/0078775	April 2008	Steiger et al.

Foreign Patent Documents


WO 99/61337	Dec 1999	WO
WO08024775	Feb 2008	WO

Primary Examiner: Hattan; Susan Bennett
Attorney, Agent or Firm: K&L Gates LLP

Description

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a fliptop closure for a container in an open position, showing the internal surface of the spout and the outer surface of the overcap;

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the side opposite to FIG. 1, showing the outer surface of the spout with a removable membrane and the internal surface of the overcap;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view thereof, taken in the direction of line 3--3 on FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 4 is a vertical section through the center of the closure shown in FIG. 1 in a closed position.

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