Container having a use indicator

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9815593
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15091974

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A package includes a container, a flowable product dispensably disposed within the container, a closure carried by the container, and an indicator within the container and adapted, upon contact with air, irreversibly to change a characteristic of the indicator that is visible from outside of the container to indicate to a user that the package has been used, wherein the closure includes a closure member carrying the indicator and having a wedge opening, and a wedge member carried in the wedge opening.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • OWENS-BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER INC.

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bryant, Jessica R Toledo, US 19 67
Darvish, Diana Saint-Petersburg, RU 4 6
Smith, Roger P Perrysburg, US 50 341
Solunin, Anatoly Saint-Petersburg, RU 9 129
Taratin, Nikolay Saint-Petersburg, RU 4 6
Whitton, Michael J Melbourne, AU 4 6

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