Claims
- 1. A container assembly comprising:
- a container for containing fluid, the container including a neck having a mouth therein for passage therethrough of liquid in the container;
- a container closure comprising a closure cap portion adapted for releasable connection to the neck of the container and a seal portion engageable with the container and shaped and configured for providing a fluid-tight seal between the container closure and the container, the closure cap portion comprising a generally annular-shaped skirt and at least three lugs extending generally radially inwardly from an inside surface of the skirt;
- the container further including at least three bayonet provisions on an outer surface of the neck for matably receiving said at least three lugs of the closure cap portion, said bayonet provisions and said lugs being shaped and configured to releasably lock the skirt of the closure cap portion to the neck of the container;
- the skirt of the closure cap portion circumscribing and being spaced radially from the seal portion, the seal portion having an annular outer surface sized and configured for sealingly engaging an inner annular surface of the neck of the container all around the seal portion's annular outer surface when the closure cap portion is locked to the neck of the bottle, the seal portion being sized and configured so as not to extend radially substantially beyond the inner annular surface of the neck of the bottle when the closure cap portion is locked to the neck of the bottle, the seal portion and closure cap portion being of a molded one piece construction, the seal portion being of a first material and the closure cap portion being of a second material different from the first material, the first material cooperating with the second material in a molded configuration to maintain fixed securement of the seal portion to the closure cap portion.
- 2. A container assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein the second material has a greater hardness than that of the first material.
- 3. A container assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein said at least three lugs are circumferentially spaced substantially equally along the inside surface of the skirt, and said at least three bayonet provisions are circumferentially spaced substantially equally along the outer surface of the neck of the container.
- 4. A container assembly as set forth in claim 3 wherein the closure cap portion includes four lugs and wherein the container includes four bayonet provisions.
- 5. A container assembly as set forth in claim 3 wherein the bayonet provisions and said lugs are configured for a snap-fit engagement of the lugs in the bayonet provisions.
- 6. A container assembly as set forth in claim 5 wherein each bayonet provision includes first and second arcuate rib portions which are generally vertically spaced to define a lug-receiving channel therebetween.
- 7. A container assembly as set forth in claim 6 wherein each of at least two of the bayonet provisions further includes first and second vertical rib portions extending between the first and second arcuate rib portions and being circumferentially spaced to define a lug holding recess of the lug-receiving channel, said arcuate and vertical rib portions being configured to engage the lugs of the closure cap portion when the lugs are received in the lug holding recesses to thereby resist circumferential and vertical movement of the closure cap portion relative to the neck of the container.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/868,460; filed on Jun. 3, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,928,594, which is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/659,020, filed Jun. 4, 1996 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,806,724.
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