Having Registerable Indicia To Facilitate Closure Removal Patents (Class 215/206)
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Patent number: 12234070Abstract: A container device and lock and method for locking the container device are disclosed. The container device may be a clam shell container which is secured with a twist on closure. This clam shell container allows for storage of items which are larger than the neck size of a twist-on closure. The container device may have wings on the side of the closure to secure a tight fit with a gasket to make the device water and smell resistant. This device can be used to secure items from unauthorized users. Medications are a common item which can be secured within this device.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2016Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: RxGuardian Inc.Inventors: Joseph Simpson, Nathan Langley
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Patent number: 12187508Abstract: The present invention pertains to a child resistant cap configured to seal a container while keeping the contents secure therein. The child resistant cap disclosed herein is intended to allow access to those instructed on the manner of removal to allow the dispensing of a container's contents while providing suitable resistance to the efforts of children to gain access. The manner of removal requires multiple steps intended to resist the efforts of children in accordance with current poison prevention packaging regulations.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2022Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Jetty Marketing, LLCInventors: Michael James McDonald, Robert William Ferguson, Ron Abraham Gershoni, Nathan Charles Ferguson, Katherine Alexander McWilliams, Ryan Artale
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Patent number: 11993958Abstract: The invention relates to a bottle lock for a bottle, comprising a housing part designed to enclose an upper portion of the bottle neck of the bottle to be secured, including the bottle cap of the bottle to be secured, a plurality of claws arranged in the housing part, which are designed and intended to engage non-releasably with the upper portion of the bottle neck when the bottle lock is in a secured state and to allow the bottle lock to be released and removed away from the upper portion of the bottle neck in the released state of the bottle lock, and to a locking mechanism intended to assume an unlocked state in which the bottle lock can be transferred from the secured state to the released state, and a locked state in which the bottle lock cannot be transferred from the secured state to the released state.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: rapitag GmbHInventors: Sebastian Müller, Alexander Schneider
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Patent number: 11958663Abstract: The present invention relates to a container assembly including a container body for accommodating contents and a cap device detachably installed on the container body, and the cap device includes a first coupling part detachably coupled to the container body and a pass-through device through which the contents accommodated in the container body pass. The cap device includes a holder on which the first coupling part is formed and a cap body including the pass-through device, the holder includes a cylindrical inner wall and a bottom part extending from a bottom of the cylindrical inner wall along an outer circumference thereof, and the first coupling part is formed on an inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical inner wall and screw-coupled to the neck part.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: COLEDY, INC.Inventor: Kyungdo Park
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Patent number: 11701297Abstract: A lockable container for securing items or objects, the container including a first element, which may include a cylindrical member and a retainer for capturing two or more rotatable rings on the cylindrical member, and a second element, which is mateable with the first element, cooperating with the rings to close an open end of the cylindrical member of the first element.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2020Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Inventors: Milton Cohen, Keir Hart, Daniel Estoque
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Patent number: 11691428Abstract: When a known lid member was merely applied to a bottle that contains ink, there was room for improvement in terms of the operation of the lid member and the way how to bring attention to the handling thereof. A bottle set is provided that includes: a bottle that includes an ink container that contains ink, and an outflow port through which the ink in the ink container flows out to the outside; and a lid member that is configured to attach to and detach from the bottle, and is configured to cover the outflow port in a state of being attached to the bottle. The lid member includes a colored portion that has optical transparency and is colored with a color corresponding to a type of the ink contained in the ink container in at least a portion of the lid member.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2019Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Takumi Nagashima, Hitoshi Igarashi, Ryoichi Tanaka, Tadahiro Mizutani, Tomoyuki Nakano
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Patent number: 11648582Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an application system with a cartridge having at least one container with a respective outlet, and a closure element that can sealingly close the outlet of the at least one container when the cartridge is in the delivery state. When in the storage state, the cartridge sealingly closes the closure element. When the cartridge is in the state of use, the closure element can be removed therefrom and an accessory can be connected to the outlet of the at least one container. According to the invention, the cartridge or the closure element comprises, in the delivery state, a connecting element which cannot be removed without being damaged, and the cartridge or the closure element, in the storage state, is connected via a connecting element that cannot be removed without being damaged, to a closure element or the cartridge.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2018Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: 3LMED GMBHInventors: Alexander Bublewitz, Jens-Peter Reber
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Patent number: 11453535Abstract: A closure for a container, and more specifically a closure that is selectively openable and/or lockable providing, for example, one or more child resistant opening features is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2021Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Berry Global, Inc.Inventors: Samuel G. Telschow, Scott L. Fisher, Kelsey Coffey
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Patent number: 11401085Abstract: A closure for a container, and more specifically a closure that is selectively openable and/or lockable providing, for example, one or more child resistant opening features is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Berry Global, Inc.Inventors: Jordan Robert French, Seth A. Tempel, John A. Vassallo, Steven Daniel Gift
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Patent number: 11358765Abstract: Disclose is a double button cream bottle, which comprises a bottle body and a bottle cap for closing the bottle body, wherein an inner ring of the bottle cap is provided with an abutment ring, an upper limit of the abutment ring is provided with a button ring, and the button ring comprises two buttons disposed opposite each other and an elastic ring connecting the two buttons; an upper portion of the bottle body is convexly and radially provided with a flange, a recess is formed at a lower end of the flange, and when the bottle body is inserted into the bottle cap, the elastic ring is snapped in the recess and limits the flange between an inner end of the bottle cap and the elastic ring; an upper end of the bottle body is covered with a cover plate, the cover plate is provided with an elastic piece upwardly tilted, and when it is closed, the elastic piece is limited between the inner end of the bottle cap and the cover plate; a side wall of the bottle cap is provided with button grooves corresponding to the bType: GrantFiled: November 4, 2019Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: APR BEAUTY GROUP INC.Inventor: Jun Shen
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Patent number: 11326923Abstract: A tamper-resistant lid assembly for dispensing a premeasured amount of liquid from a beverage container and a method of providing a tamper-resistant lid assembly for use in dispensing a premeasured amount of liquid. The assembly includes a cup and a ring that are secured to one another using a snap-fit connection, as well as a lockable connection enabled by a selectively twistable rotation of the cup and the ring once the snap-fit connection is established.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2019Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Verdant VenturesInventor: Benjamin Woolery
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Patent number: 11045751Abstract: In one example, a core cover includes an inner wall that defines a fluid passageway configured to communicate with an interior of a filter core when the core cover is engaged with the filter core. As well, the core cover includes an outer wall spaced apart from the inner wall, and a complementary structure located on the outer wall and configured to engage a corresponding complementary structure of a filter core. Finally, the core cover includes one or more indicia that indicate a flow rate, or range of flow rates, associated with the core cover.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2019Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Brita LPInventors: Nikhil P. Dani, Russell Bell
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Patent number: 11014107Abstract: A connection system between a trigger dispensing head and a bottle of a dispensing device is provided. The neck of the bottle and the skirt of the trigger dispensing head are engageable with each other exclusively in a relevant predefined angular position, wherein the axial snap-engagement between the skirt and the neck is allowed.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: Guala Dispensing S.P.A.Inventor: Riccardo Alluigi
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Patent number: 11008777Abstract: A locking cap having a push button reset and method for operating the locking cap having a push button reset are disclosed. The locking cap with a push button reset system is a deterrent to keep medications in the correct hands.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2019Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: GATEKEEPER INNOVATION, INC.Inventor: Joseph C. Simpson
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Patent number: 10842713Abstract: A lockable container for securing items or objects, the container including a first element, which may include a cylindrical member and a retainer for capturing two or more rotatable rings on the cylindrical member, and a second element, which is mateable with the first element, cooperating with the rings to close an open end of the cylindrical member of the first element.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2019Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Secure Medication Systems, LLCInventors: Milton Cohen, Keir Hart, Daniel Estoque
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Patent number: 10800581Abstract: A cap (1) for containers, which comprises a cylindrical body formed by the articulated joint between two superimposed parts, a lower part (2) having gripping means for retention thereof on the neck (20) of the container, and an upper part (3) having an upper base (5) joined to a perimeter wall (7), wherein said perimeter wall (7) comprises a visor (9) for enabling the opening of the cap (1), wherein said visor (9) comprises a flap (10) disposed transversely thereto and in correspondence to a complementary cut-out (4) provided on the upper edge of the lower part (2), wherein said flap (10) comprises, on an inner surface, a cord (11) disposed transversely to the axial axis of the cap (1) for executing the grip of the upper part (3) to the neck (20) of the container.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2017Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignees: BETAPACK, S.A.U., ALMA SAInventor: Javier Berroa Garcia
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Patent number: 10336515Abstract: A short rotation safety lock for containers has a fixed internal structure (1) linked to locking cap (3) and includes a clamping frame (12) that acts over an annular cordon or protrusion (61,62) of the container (6) of application. This internal structure (1) gives rotating assembly (4) to an external structure (2) which rotation movement, limited by a rotation limiter device (5), determines the movement of some mobile blocking members (24) between an active position behind said grip fingers (13) and a passive position in said intermediate spaces (14). In some variations a safety system of the kind of a seal that links the upper wall (23) of the external structure (2) with the internal structure (1) is incorporated. The detachable sector (70) acts as a safety seal and, even after the detachment, the link member (76) maintains it as cover of the upper part of the lock. The bottle (200) has an annular entrance (204) compatible with the grip position of the safety lock.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2015Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Inventor: Eduardo Juan Rosson
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Patent number: 10336518Abstract: An apparatus includes a cap assembly and a container assembly. The cap assembly may be unscrewed from the container assembly by simultaneously pressing a predetermined combination of buttons available on the top of the cap assembly. If the predetermined combination of buttons is not precisely and exclusively selected, the cap assembly resists being unscrewed from the container assembly and a beverage inside remains inaccessible. A user of the apparatus who knows the correct combination of buttons will thereby be able to readily access the beverage in the container assembly, but one without that knowledge will not. Tampering is avoided.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2017Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Inventor: Keith T. Barnett
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Patent number: 10273060Abstract: The packaging system according to the invention comprises a container (1), which includes a neck (2) defining an axis (X-X), and a stopper (10) for closing the neck, which includes a skirt (12) adapted to be fastened removably around the neck.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2012Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: SOCIETE LORRAINE DE CAPSULES METALLIQUES-MANUFACTURE DE BOUCHAGE (SOLOCAP-MAB)Inventors: Grégory Antier, Andrew Stone
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Patent number: 10266317Abstract: A cap for a fluid container includes a cap body including a base surface at a first end and an opening at a second end. The cap body is engageable with the fluid container. The base surface includes a first engagement structure. The cap includes a first aperture in the base surface. The cap further includes a key code body including a second engagement structure engageable with the first engagement structure. The key code body includes a key code ring. A removable closure member includes a plurality of engagement surfaces and a sealing surface disposed opposite the plurality of engagement surfaces. The removable closure member includes a sealing mechanism including a sealing member on the sealing surface. The sealing member is engageable with a portion of the base surface that defines the first aperture.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2017Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Entegris, Inc.Inventor: Gregory Bores
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Patent number: 10232995Abstract: A cap for a fluid container includes a cap body including a base surface at a first end and an opening at a second end. The cap body is engageable with the fluid container. The base surface includes a first engagement structure. The cap includes a first aperture in the base surface. The cap further includes a key code body including a second engagement structure engageable with the first engagement structure. The key code body includes a key code ring. A removable closure member includes a plurality of engagement surfaces and a sealing surface disposed opposite the plurality of engagement surfaces. The removable closure member includes a sealing mechanism including a sealing member on the sealing surface. The sealing member is engageable with a portion of the base surface that defines the first aperture.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2017Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: Entegris, Inc.Inventor: Gregory Bores
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Patent number: 10117533Abstract: A straw cup includes a container and a lid releasably attached to the container for closing a container open top. A lid body has a dispensing port and a vent each extending therethrough. The body further has a downward depending inner collar which surrounds the dispensing port. A straw extends through the dispensing port and has a mounting member provided at a lower end thereof. The mounting member is received in the inner collar and includes a flexible seal member having a downward frusto-conical shape. The seal member normally contacts an inner surface of the inner collar. The seal member is movable radially downwardly and away from the inner surface allowing an inward flow of air through the vent and over the seal member upon the introduction of a pressure differential across the vent where the pressure outside of the container is greater than the pressure inside of the container.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2016Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: Helen of Troy LimitedInventors: Tiffany Chang Chen, Vicente Jorge Valderrama
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Patent number: 10011405Abstract: A child resistant cap includes: (a) a main closure base; (b) an outer ring unit that functions as a safety collar; (c) a dispensing mechanism on the base; (d) an overcap. The base attaches to a top dispensing container and the horizontally rotatable ring unit is attached to the base. Alternatively, the outer ring unit is fixedly attached to the container. The overcap has protrusions and the ring has at least one corresponding cut out. There is a ring cut out gap lock and lever that prevents at least one protrusion from passing through a cut out gap, unless it is moved to a release position after alignment of the ring unit and overcap and the lever is pushed upwardly to release the lock and lift the overcap.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2016Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Inventor: Stuart W. DeJonge
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Patent number: 9981790Abstract: A lid system for containers wherein the lid component features sensors for determining the amount of material stored in a particular container. The lid component of the system may be used as a lid at the top of the container or as a base at the bottom of the container. The lid features electronic modules that allow communication with smart devices.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2015Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Inventors: Isaac Ost, Maher Pedersoli
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Patent number: 9975670Abstract: A container includes container body (120) defining an interior (122) and an opening (124) leading to the interior. A lid (140) is movable with respect to the container body to move the container between a closed position in which the lid covers the opening and an opened position in which the opening is exposed. A housing (180) is affixed to an upper portion of the container body, adjacent to the opening. A release (160) is movably housed within the housing. The release is configured to move between a locked position in which the release retains the lid in the closed position, and an unlocked position, in which the release permits the lid to move into the opened position. The release moves from the locked position to the unlocked position by a first movement in a radially inward direction of the container, followed by a second movement in an axially upward direction of the container.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2014Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: CSP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Jean-Pierre Giraud, Herve Pichot, Franklin Lee Lucas, Jr.
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Patent number: 9957076Abstract: A lug-type resealable beverage container is described. The lug-type resealable beverage container has a metallic containment vessel, an annular sleeve, and a metallic cap. The metallic containment vessel has a containment area for receiving a liquid. The containment vessel has a closed end separated from an open end by a tubular sidewall. The annular sleeve is joined about the containment vessel adjacent the open end and has first and second lug members extending radially outwardly. The metallic cap has first and second lug members for cooperative engagement with the first and second lug members on the sleeve. Cooperative engagement between the first and second mating lugs and the first and second lug members encloses the liquid within the containment vessel.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2008Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: REXAM BEVERAGE CAN COMPANYInventors: Thomas T. Tung, William J. Walsh
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Patent number: 9868570Abstract: A reclosable stopper for revealing a first opening includes a base body for positioning on a container mouth (12), from which base body a pouring element extends upwardly, and a protection and closing cap integrally and hingedly connected to the base body. The base body also includes a guarantee ring connected by frangible bridges to a collar. The cap is firmly positioned on the base body for closure. A tamper-proof feature is provided between the base body having the pouring element, and the cap, for revealing a first opening, which includes a double frangible connection system which can be actuated towards the inside of the cap.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2015Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Inventors: Silvia Ferrari, Guglielmo Ferrari
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Patent number: 9772214Abstract: A liquid level detector may comprise an arm attached to a float, a rotator fixed to the arm, a magnet fixed to the rotator, a supporter rotatably supporting the rotator. The supporter may comprise a body housing a magnetic sensor and opposing the magnet with a clearance, a supporting portion disposed along a rotation direction of the arm on an outer circumference side of the magnet and projecting from the body toward the rotator, and a flange portion projecting from the supporting portion along an outer circumference direction at a position spaced from the body in a rotational axial direction of the arm. The rotator may comprise an engaging portion slidably disposed relative to the flange portion along the rotation direction of the arm and engaging the flange portion so as to regulate a motion of the arm in the rotational axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2016Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masaki Ikeya, Takahiro Nakamura
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Patent number: 9718590Abstract: A child resistant cap includes: (a) a main closure base; (b) an outer ring unit that functions as a safety collar; (c) a dispensing mechanism on the base; (d) an overcap. The base attaches to a top dispensing container and the horizontally rotatable ring unit is attached to the base. Alternatively, the outer ring unit is fixedly attached to the container. The overcap has protrusions and the ring has corresponding cut outs. There is a ring cut out gap lock that prevents at least one protrusion from passing through a cut out gap, unless it is moved to a release position after alignment of the ring unit and overcap.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Inventor: Stuart W. Dejonge
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Patent number: 9718510Abstract: An apparatus is provided to reduce the aerodynamic drag of bicycle frame mounted water bottle and cage systems. Furthermore, the apparatus also improves the safety of bicycle water bottle and cage systems. In an exemplary embodiment, a cage and bottle are provided. The cage is formed with a plurality of hemispheres which can spread apart in order to receive bottles of various diameters. The bottle is longer and thinner than bottles in use today and is formed with dimples on the entirety of its surface. The cap provided with the bottle has minimal threading and is formed with breaks in the threading to allow for the top to be ejected when dropped.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Inventor: Saul D. Jacobson
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Patent number: 9555942Abstract: One component or embodiment of a locking medical container is the quality of the material used. The sterile non-chemically reactive polypropylene container is suitable for most medical applications. The lock and all its components are made strong to secure the medications from all but the prescribed user. This is done by using a structural method that joins the parts in such a manner as to produce a solid locking unit. The snap in capability of some of the parts used remove manufacture difficulties that are found in other locking devices. This unit when completed is sealed, sterile and very strong. The user simply rotates the tumbler and removes the cavity obstruction to gain access to the contents of the container.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2013Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Inventor: Brent Bradley Ackerman
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Patent number: 9533818Abstract: A clamping device for a sprayer can is provided, including a shell body. The shell body includes a grip portion and a clamping portion for clamping one end of a sprayer can. The sprayer can is provided with a dispenser valve. The clamping portion includes a circumferential wall, and the circumferential wall defines a space for receiving the dispenser valve and a receiving opening communicating with the space. The circumferential wall is further formed with a window which communicates with the space, and the dispenser valve can spray through the window. The circumferential wall includes first flexible portions and at least one second flexible portion. At least one said second flexible portion is connected between every two adjacent first flexible portions. The second flexible portion is greater than the first flexible portion in flexibility.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2014Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: APEX MFG. CO., LTD.Inventor: Rong-Yu Wang
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Patent number: 8985358Abstract: A closure having a child resistant mode and a non-child resistant mode includes a circumferential side wall and a divider wall for forming a first section cavity and a second section cavity. The divider is disposed between the first section and the second section for closing an opening of the container when the closure is installed on the container in the non-child resistant mode and the child resistant mode. In certain embodiments, a first liner is disposed in the first section such that the first liner is visible when the closure is installed on the container in the child resistant mode and a second liner is disposed in the second section such that the second liner is visible when the closure is installed on the container in the non-child resistant mode.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2013Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Tri State Distribution, Inc.Inventors: David A. Miceli, Joseph A. Miceli
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Patent number: 8944263Abstract: This invention pertains to a prescription drug lock box consisting of a container and a detachable combination locking cover assembly used to secure the contents held within. The container has an integrally formed key post positioned above its open end. The tumblers of the cover assembly engage the key post and lock to it thus securing contents held within. When the indicia of the tumblers and correct unlocking code are in alignment with a marker, the cover assembly may be installed or removed.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2014Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Inventor: Steven Douglas Small
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Patent number: 8939301Abstract: This invention pertains to a combination locking storage container consisting of a tray and a detachable combination locking cover assembly used to secure the contents held within. The tray has an integrally formed key post at its uppermost position. The tumblers of the cover assembly engage the key post and lock to it. When the indicia of the tumblers and correct unlocking code are in alignment with a marker, the cover assembly may be installed or removed.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2014Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Inventor: Steven Douglas Small
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Publication number: 20150014269Abstract: A child-resistant closure for a container having an externally threaded neck finish includes an assembly of an inner cap and an outer shell. The inner cap includes internal threads for engaging the externally threaded neck finish of the container. The inner cap and outer shell include mutually engageable stops to allow closing rotation of the closure relative to the container and prohibit opening rotation of the closure relative to the container. The inner cap and outer shell also include mating components that, when aligned and engaged, will allow opening rotation of the closure relative to the container when a compressive force is applied to a flexible area on the outer shell.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Applicant: THE PACKAGING DESIGN GROUPInventor: Kenneth GILLMAN
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Patent number: 8931652Abstract: A lockable cap is a security feature for a medical prescription bottle. The lockable cap may have a dial locking mechanism that is attached to the cap and the dial locking mechanism and the cap can be attached or removed from the bottle only when the user has the correct combination on the dial lock. When the combination is incorrect, the cap cannot be removed from the bottle.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2010Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Cap N Lock LLCInventor: Joseph C. Simpson
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Publication number: 20140360969Abstract: One component or embodiment of a locking medical container is the quality of the material used. The sterile non-chemically reactive polypropylene container is suitable for most medical applications. The lock and all its components are made strong to secure the medications from all but the prescribed user. This is done by using a structural method that joins the parts in such a manner as to produce a solid locking unit. The snap in capability of some of the parts used remove manufacture difficulties that are found in other locking devices. This unit when completed is sealed, sterile and very strong. The user simply rotates the tumbler and removes the cavity obstruction to gain access to the contents of the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2013Publication date: December 11, 2014Inventor: Brent Bradley Ackerman
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Publication number: 20140332491Abstract: A bottle assembly is disclosed having a container component and a lid assembly. The lid assembly includes an outer lid and an inner lid that are aligned with each other and with a rim section of the bottle assembly in order to be removed. The bottle assembly advantageously provides that no complex threading, ratcheting mechanism or push tabs are required to provide locking functionality while still providing beneficial child-resistant safety features.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2014Publication date: November 13, 2014Inventor: Benjamin Shell-Schnitzer
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Patent number: 8875915Abstract: Disclosed is a bottle having a programmable combination locking cap. The locking cap has an upper cap, which locks onto a canister. The locking cap has various layers of rings so that the rings can be aligned in a combination code in order to remove the locked cap from the canister.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2012Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Secure Medication Systems, LLCInventor: Sean Serell
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Publication number: 20140175041Abstract: A lockable cap, is a security feature for a medical prescription bottle. There is a three dial locking mechanism that is attached to the cap and the dial locking mechanism and the cap can be attached or removed from the bottle only when the user has the correct combination on the dial lock.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2014Publication date: June 26, 2014Inventor: Joseph C. SIMPSON
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Patent number: 8689988Abstract: An indexing cap assembly indexes visual cues or indicia during an open and close cycle so as to help users more easily track container entry as for example with regard to medications so as to ensure proper dosage. The indexing cap assembly basically incorporates six components, including a cover construction, an indexing plate or wheel, a compression coil or spring, a push plate construction, a gear tray or swing plate construction, and an assembly ring. The cover construction and assembly ring are joined together to essentially form or close the cap assembly with the other parts coaxially aligned and operable therebetween. The indexing wheel is rotatively received within the cover construction such that axial displacements of the push plate advance the indexing wheel and indicia upon its upper surface are sequentially revealed by way of the window formed in the cover construction.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2013Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Inventors: Tao Xu, Xiaojun Zhang, Linzhi Fang
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Patent number: 8662330Abstract: A lockable cap, is a security feature for a medical prescription bottle. The lockable cap has a dial locking mechanism that is attached to the cap and the dial locking mechanism and the cap can be attached or removed from the bottle only when the user has the correct combination on the dial lock.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2009Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Cap-N-Lock, LLCInventor: Joseph C. Simpson
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Publication number: 20130341298Abstract: A bottle lock for securely sealing a container, the bottle lock including a housing, a combination ring assembly, a shaft, a bottom locking ring, and a stopper. The bottle lock can then be inserted into a container opening and the shaft rotated until the stopper exerts the desired pressure against the container opening. The combination rings are then rotated to lock the device. The remove the bottle lock, the combination rings are realigned, the housing removed and the shaft then rotated in the reverse direction, releasing the pressure on the container opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Inventor: Henry Fisher Jones, III
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Patent number: 8517193Abstract: A combination locking bottle holder is disclosed comprising a base, a locking bar, and a plurality of tumblers. When a bottle is locked inside the device, features limit access to and prevent removal of the bottle's closure. When the tumbler rings with external indicia are properly aligned to a marker and display a predetermined code, the mechanism permits extraction of the locking bar and allows the bottle to be removed.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2012Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Inventor: Steven Douglas Small
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Publication number: 20130062303Abstract: Disclosed is a bottle having a programmable combination locking cap. The locking cap has an upper cap, which locks onto a canister. The locking cap has various layers of rings so that the rings can be aligned in a combination code in order to remove the locked cap from the canister.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventor: Sean Serell
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Publication number: 20130043204Abstract: A lockable cap, is a security feature for a medical prescription bottle. There is a dial locking mechanism that is attached to the cap. The dial locking mechanism and the cap can be attached or removed from the bottle only when the user has the correct combination on the dial lock. When the combination is incorrect a mechanism, including a dog plate within a housing, is disengaged and the inner cap cannot be removed from the bottle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2012Publication date: February 21, 2013Applicant: Cap-N-Lock LLCInventor: Joseph C. Simpson
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Patent number: 8371464Abstract: A closure for a container has a plurality of indicia such as date and/or time, disposed on the lid's top surface, with a rotary collar which is adjustable to a fixed position to highlight (select) indicia regarding the contents of the container.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2010Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: Medela Holding AGInventors: Kevin J. Rachuk, Timothy D. Killinger, Mark A. Luzbetak, Jill M. Hunt, Ashley Ceniceros, Brian J. Warren
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Publication number: 20120325768Abstract: A cap includes a top wall, an outer peripheral edge, a first section, and a second section. A skirt depends from the outer peripheral edge. The skirt includes an attached end, a free end, a plurality of slots, and a plurality of apertures. Each aperture is spaced-apart from the free end of the skirt. The top wall has a first configuration and a second configuration. When the top wall is in the first configuration, the first section is generally planer and the second section is generally arcuate. When the top wall is in the first configuration, the skirt extends generally perpendicularly to the first section to generally engage at least a portion of a container. When the top wall is in the second configuration, the free end of the skirt extends radially outwardly from the attached end thereof to allow the cap to be removed from the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2012Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: DRUG PLASTICS & GLASS COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Frederick N. BIESECKER, Gregory SPRISHEN, William Gordon KNESTRICK
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Patent number: 8328031Abstract: Intended to prevent the contents of a bottle from being consumed by unauthorized people, both in the case of alcoholic beverages and other hazardous liquids, it consists of a cap itself (47), a sort of upside-down bowl, with a tubular axial prolongation and (46) to guide the joining of the base body onto the pouring neck (44). It attaches to the bottle, the said bowl (47) resting its mouth on a group of outer numbered wheels (50), which in turn rest below on a stopper-bearing (54) that is crossed by a hook (57) resting in turn on the inner sets of wheels (49), which can be moved against the hook (57) by a spring (61). These inner wheels (49) have notches for joining radial plugs (48), notches that are conveniently placed with respect to said plugs to allow the detaching of the cap itself and the consequent opening of the bottle.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2008Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Inventors: Francisco Javier González Sánchez, Jesus Sánchez Diaz