Neck and cap for a food package

Abstract

A neck for a food package is disclosed. The neck comprising a main body having an upper part configured to be closed with a cap, a lower part configured to be attached to the food package and a neck wall extending between the upper part and the lower part along a main axis of the neck, the neck wall having a wall thickness along a direction transverse to the main axis, and a tether band holding portion configured to hold the cap to the neck via a tether band, wherein an outside surface of the neck wall is provided with cap parking protrusions, the cap parking protrusions having an extension in the direction transverse to the main axis which is less than 50% of the wall thickness.

1 . A neck for a food package, the neck comprising
 a main body having an upper part configured to be closed with a cap, a lower part configured to be attached to the food package, and a neck wall extending between the upper part and the lower part along a main axis of the neck, the neck wall having a wall thickness along a direction transverse to the main axis, and a tether band holding portion configured to hold the cap to the neck via a tether band, wherein   an outside surface of the neck wall is provided with cap parking protrusions, the cap parking protrusions having an extension in the direction transverse to the main axis which is less than 50% of the wall thickness.   
     
     
         2 . The neck according to  claim 1 , wherein the cap parking protrusions are arranged with a center to center distance, along the main axis, of 0.4-0.8 mm. 
     
     
         3 . The neck according to  claim 1 , wherein the extension of the cap parking protrusions is 0.05-0.6 mm, 0.05-0.4 mm or 0.05-0.20 mm. 
     
     
         4 . The neck according to  claim 1 , wherein the outside surface of the neck wall is provided with at least three cap parking protrusions. 
     
     
         5 . The neck according to  claim 1 , wherein the cap parking protrusions extend around the circumference of the neck wall. 
     
     
         6 . The neck according to  claim 1 , wherein the cap parking protrusions have a thickness of 0.20-0.50 mm in a direction being parallel to the main axis. 
     
     
         7 . The neck according to  claim 1 , wherein the outside surface of the neck wall is provided with external threads for engaging the cap, wherein the cap parking protrusions are arranged between the external threads. 
     
     
         8 . The neck according to  claim 7 , wherein the external threads have an external thread extension in the direction transverse to the main axis, wherein the extension of the cap parking protrusions is less than 50% of the external thread extension. 
     
     
         9 . The neck according to  claim 1 , wherein the tether band holding portion has a form of a flange extending around the main body, wherein the cap parking protrusions are arranged between the flange and the upper part of the main body, as seen along the main axis. 
     
     
         10 . The neck according to  claim 9 , wherein the flange has a flange extension in the direction transverse to the main axis, wherein the extension is less than 25% of the flange extension. 
     
     
         11 . A neck and cap arrangement for closing a food package, the neck and cap arrangement comprising
 a neck according to  claim 1 , and   a cap configured to be arranged on the neck, the cap comprising a top configured to close the upper part of the neck, a cap wall extending from the top, and a tether band configured to connect the cap to the tether band holding portion of the neck such that the cap is secured to the neck when the cap is in an open position, wherein   the tether band is configured to pull a lower edge of the cap wall into contact with the cap parking protrusions of the neck wall when the cap is in the open position.   
     
     
         12 . The neck and cap arrangement according to  claim 11 , wherein the tether band comprises a first tethered band portion and a second tethered band portion which extend from the lower edge of the cap wall, on opposite sides of the lower edge and towards the tether band holding portion. 
     
     
         13 . The neck and cap arrangement according to  claim 11 , wherein the tether band comprises a ring-shaped section that is connected to the tether band holding portion. 
     
     
         14 . cap configured to close a neck according to  claim 1 , the cap comprising
 a top configured to close an upper part of the neck,   a cap wall extending from the top and having a cap end edge located opposite the top,   a tether band having a top edge attached to the cap end edge and being configured to connect the cap to a tether band holding portion of the neck for securing the cap the neck when the attachment of the tether band to the cap end edge is broken, the tether band having a bottom edge located opposite the top edge,   a first cut located between the cap end edge and the top edge of the tether band, the first cut separating the cap end edge from the tether band along at least 270° of a circumference of the tether band, and   a second cut located between at least a portion of the first cut and the bottom edge of the tether band, the second cut cutting though the tether band along 90°-270° of a circumference of the tether band.   
     
     
         15 . A food package for holding a food product, the food package comprising
 a neck and cap arrangement according to  claim 11 , and   a carton-based body for holding the food product and to which the neck and cap arrangement is attached for closing the food package.