US PATENT SUBCLASS 53 / 488-- .~.~.~.~ By conforming closure to container

US PATENT SUBCLASS 53 / 488
.~.~.~.~ By conforming closure to container

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53 /	HD	PACKAGE MAKING

396	DF	METHODS {22}
476	DF	.~ Closing package or filled receptacle {3}
484	DF	.~.~ Closing a preformed, freestanding, rigid or semi-rigid container (e.g., box, carton, bottle) {2}
485	DF	.~.~.~ By applying a separate preformed closure (e.g., lid, cap) {5}
488		.~.~.~.~ By conforming closure to container

DEFINITION

Classification: 53/488

By conforming closure to container:

(under subclass 485) Methods for distorting portions of a closure element so as to frictionally interengage or interlock the closure with the container.

(1) Note. Included here are methods of securing a closure by so deforming the closure as to conform to threads or projections on the receptacle.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

329+, for corresponding apparatus.

486, for similar methods which involve significant shaping or deforming of the receptacle.