Closure Guided In Rotary Movement (e.g., Screw) Patents (Class 220/259.3)
  • Patent number: 11780649
    Abstract: A plug body includes (a) a spout part, (b) a plug including a fitting part and removably fitted to an inner side of the spout part, and (c) a sealing member in a ring shape attached to a lower side of the fitting part of the plug. When the plug is inserted, the sealing member is in contact with a portion on a lower side of the spout part to form a sealing structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: TIGER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Hayashi, Saho Tanei
  • Patent number: 11685579
    Abstract: The container with a lid and threaded closure mechanism includes a receptacle having a mouth surrounded by a thread, a lid, a sealing ring and a closure mechanism formed by a disc with a hollow interior and a perimetral tubular skirt provided with an engagement configuration complementary to the thread of the receptacle. The closure mechanism surrounds the lid and holds it against the mouth of the receptacle by means of a threaded attachment between the engagement configuration of the closure mechanism and the thread of the receptacle, assuring proper hermetic closure of the lid with the receptacle in cooperation with the sealing ring. The lid and the closure mechanism have mutually engaging elements with a complementary non-circular geometry and size, with both elements being tightly fitted preventing relative rotation of the closure mechanism with respect to the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Inventor: Bettina Bottger
  • Patent number: 10808890
    Abstract: Liquefied gas tank that is easy to machine and quick to operate and bag for sealing cable ducts incorporating said tank. The tank is provided with breaking means for inflating sealed compartments composed of a main pipe (1) closed on one side, an outlet pipe (4) inserted on the other side of the main tube through a first end (6) and closed on the distal end thereof, wherein the outlet pipe is provided with a narrowing (5) that defines a breaking point and an internal orifice (8) that extends from the first end of the outlet pipe to the narrowing (5) towards the distal end, and wherein the size of the narrowing (5), the size of the orifice (8) and the length of the outlet pipe (4) are determined such that a force applied on a lever of between 19N and 80N will break the outlet pipe (4) at the breaking point (5), releasing the gas through the orifice (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Konekt Teleco, S.L.
    Inventor: Ignacio Garcia Perez
  • Patent number: 10518940
    Abstract: Disclosed is a metal container including a neck, wherein a screw thread and a ring collar are provided. The screw thread: —includes a top radius between 0.85 and 1.2 mm and a bottom radius between 0.5 and 0.7 mm; —the lower flank of the ring collar, which diverges from the top flank in the direction of the longitudinal axis, defines an angle of between 20° and 30° relative to a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis; —the outer rim of the bottom flank of the ring collar has a radius between 0.7 and 0.9 mm, and—the inner rim of the lower flank of the ring collar is provided at a distance of between 13 and 15 mm relative to the free rim of the neck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: ARDAGH MP WEST FRANCE
    Inventor: Luc Jean-Pierre Vanon
  • Publication number: 20150144630
    Abstract: A pack having an opening region provided in the top of the pack which forms a pouring opening after it is cut through by an applied pouring element, the pouring element including a base body, a cutting element arranged movably therein, and a screw cap, the screw cap being used for first opening of the pack by actuating the cutting element and for reclosure, and the opening region having a weakened line. The weakened line has a round first section and a second section. The first time the composite pack is opened by moving the cutting element, the weakened line is cut in the first section and tears in the second section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Martin Backes, Hansjörg Huber
  • Publication number: 20150083723
    Abstract: A sealing member or closure for a container is provided having a protected security component and a removal tab. The sealing member is provided in the form of a one-piece or a two-piece construction and has a tab and an optical security component configured to be protected such that the optical clarity of the security component is maintained after induction sealing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventor: Robert William Thorstensen-Woll
  • Patent number: 8985369
    Abstract: Caps and container systems suited to dispensing products like cosmetics. Some of the caps include two portions that can be coupled together and that include a dispensing system that has at least two open positions and at least one closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Mary Kay Inc.
    Inventors: Jenny DeMarco, John Lamie
  • Publication number: 20150060450
    Abstract: Containers comprising a closure system comprising a fixed element and a movable closure element are disclosed. The containers may be constructed to be resealable and improve sanitary conditions of the dispensing portion and allow for easier opening with the ability to be reclosed, over a conventional container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventor: Evan Ira Phillips
  • Publication number: 20150034643
    Abstract: Systems and method may provide for a computing device that encodes multiple regions of a video frame at different quality levels. In particular, a first region of one or more frames containing a speaker's face may be located and encoded at a first quality level. A second region containing a background, on the other hand, may be located and encoded at a second quality level. Optionally, a third region containing additional faces may be located and encoded at a third quality level and a fourth region may be located and encoded at a fourth quality level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: ALFELDER KUNSTSTOFFWERKE HERM. MEYER GMBH
    Inventor: Heinz-Rudolf Wiening
  • Publication number: 20150028043
    Abstract: A closure is for a container, for example a beverage container. In some examples the closure comprises an outer portion connectable to an opening of the container, an axially actuatable inner portion having a sealing member for restricting fluid flow through the closure with the inner portion in a first position and allowing fluid flow through the closure with the inner portion in a second position axially displaced relative to the outer portion, and an annular membrane connecting the outer and inner portions and configured to provide a returning force to resiliently bias the inner portion towards the first position. A beverage container comprises a closure. A method is for operating a closure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: SMARTSEAL AS
    Inventors: Kjetil Naesje, Kyrre Fredriksen, Rune Knutsen
  • Patent number: 8839971
    Abstract: This device comprises an elastomer stopper (501) and a cap (502) suitable for covering both the neck (12) of a container and the stopper in position in this neck. The cap comprises a ring (503) provided with means (503G) for locking it to the neck and an operating member (504). The operating member (504) is fitted with at least one deformable part (506C) for transmitting a thrust load (f2) parallel to a central axis (X503) of the ring (503), between two portions (505, 506) of this member (504) or between an external material (301) and this member (504). The load transmitting part (506C) is deformable between a first configuration in which its length (L506) parallel to the central axis (X503) is a first value and a second configuration in which this parallel length is a second value that is less than the first value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: West Pharmaceutical Services Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Antoine Aneas
  • Publication number: 20140263324
    Abstract: Drink containers include a liquid container and a cap assembly removably coupled to the liquid container. Cap assemblies include a base, a drink spout extending from the base, a closure configured to be removably coupled relative to the drink spout in a closed position to selectively restrict dispensing of drink liquid through the drink spout and to selective permit dispensing of drink liquid through the drink spout when removed from the drink spout. Cap assemblies further may include a handle extending from the base and configured to selectively retain the closure in a stowed position when the closure is selectively removed from the drink spout. In some embodiments, the handle defines a closed perimeter and the closure is received within the closed perimeter when positioned in the stowed position. Some embodiments further include a tether that couples the closure to the cap assembly or to the liquid container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: CamelBak Products, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew W. Latham, Derek Gavin Sullivan
  • Patent number: 8777040
    Abstract: A beverage container or flask that includes a lower body portion and a selectively openable upper body portion. The upper body portion is configured to include a fastener that allows a user to selectively lock the panel in place by pivoting the upper body portion relative to the remainder of the flask. When the openable upper body portion is locked in place on the remainder of the flask, the upper body portion provides a leak proof seal such that a liquid may be contained in the flask without escaping. When the openable upper body portion is opened, access to an interior volume or compartment of the flask is provided, which facilitates simplified and more effective cleaning of the flask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Pacific Market International, LLC
    Inventor: Andrew C. F. Wahl
  • Patent number: 8763829
    Abstract: A segmented collapsible container for containing a liquid and collapsing when no liquid is present. The container is segmented into a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion. The three segmented portions form a uniform annular sidewall, with each separate portion of the sidewall having a different thickness or material than the other portions. The middle second portion includes a relatively thinner break point in the sidewall to facilitate collapsing. It is this variation in rigidity and integrity of the sidewalls that allows the segmented collapsible container to collapse. The segmented collapsible container includes an airtight seal formed in the first portion that restricts fluids, such as but not limited to, air from entering or leaving the segmented collapsible container. The segmented collapsible container may more easily return to its original shape after collapsing. This facilitates cleaning and reusability of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Inventor: Craig Allen Madaus
  • Patent number: 8746485
    Abstract: A fuel tank closure assembly includes an inner cap and an outer cover. The inner cap has a cylindrical side wall and multiple protrusions extending outward from the cylindrical side wall. The protrusions have a height less than a height of the cylindrical side wall. The outer cover has a cylindrical side wall with an inner diameter larger than an outer diameter of the inner cap. The cylindrical side wall has multiple openings and multiple hollows. The openings and the hollows in the outer cover each receive one of the protrusions to secure the cover to the cap and rotatably lock the cover and the cap together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Briggs & Stratton Corporation
    Inventor: Carl Tiefenthaler
  • Patent number: 8727150
    Abstract: A device attaches a figurine with a cylindrical base part onto a beverage bottle. A combination of such a device and a figurine as well as a beverage bottle made of plastic forms a sales unit with such a device and such a figurine. In order to enable the figurine to be joined separably to the beverage bottle to form a sales unit in a simple, aesthetical and sales-promoting manner, the device includes a body having means for separable attachment of the figurine and having a recess for holding a screw cap and a neck part provided with an outside thread of the beverage bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: PCO Group GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Lemke, Bernhard Wettlaufer, Götz Thomas
  • Publication number: 20140103043
    Abstract: A closure inner shell includes an annular skirt extending axially from a base wall and having an external thread segment. The base wall may have a central passage and the skirt may have circumferentially spaced petals. A closure outer shell may include a vented plug seal extending axially through the central passage of the inner shell, and an annular outer skirt to engage the petals of the inner shell and having an internal thread segment for threaded engagement with the external thread segment of the inner shell. A container may include a container neck bead for engagement with the petals, an inner annular sealing surface for engagement with the plug seal, and an inner annular relief to cooperate with the vented plug seal to establish a vent path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventor: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
  • Publication number: 20140097184
    Abstract: A cap and gasket for a compressed gas cylinder arranged to operate with a gas cylinder having a neck with a top surface around a gas outlet and a side surface extending downwardly from the top surface. The cap may define an inner space to house the gasket and may be attached to the gas cylinder neck. The cap may restrain gasket movement, and define a volume in which the gasket can deform, when making a seal as a piercing element enters the inner space to contact the gas outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: Coravin, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Hollars, Carey Costle
  • Publication number: 20140076896
    Abstract: A stopping device for a container, comprising a circular stopper for closing the neck of the container, and a cap comprising a synthetic material that covers the neck and the stopper positioned in the neck, the cap comprising a cover and a ring for surrounding the stopper and the neck, the ring having a minimum inner diameter larger than the maximum diameter of the stopper, the ring and the cover being produced as a single component and connected by breakable bridges distributed over a circumference of the ring with an inner diameter that is larger than or equal to the maximum diameter of the stopper, and first locking tabs formed on the inside of the ring facing windows that are radially open towards the outside, and second locking tabs facing a closed part, each second tab formed between two first tabs, facing a strip of material separating windows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Biocorp Recherche et Developpement
    Inventor: Antoine Aneas
  • Publication number: 20140027457
    Abstract: A container may have a breakaway tab forming an opening to dispense the contents. The container may be used for BB shot. The breakaway tab can have two opposing flat surfaces that extend upward away from the spout, and at least one cutout. The at least one cut out may be aligned with the flat opposing surfaces. The at least one cutout may facilitate easy removal of the tab to foam a clean opening that is configured for proper dispensing of the contents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Spherical Precision, Inc.
    Inventor: Spherical Precision, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8627970
    Abstract: A closure is shown for closing an opening of a vessel. The closure includes a stopper, a shield, and a pusher. The stopper seats at least partially within the vessel opening. The shield includes a recess configured to receive the stopper and at least partially defined by the inner surface of a skirt. The skirt is positioned outside the generally cylindrical neck of the vessel when the stopper is seated in the vessel opening. The pusher extends into the recess of the shield. The pusher is configured to push the stopper out of the opening when the shield is withdrawn axially, as when removing the closure from the opening. A method of assembling a closure is also shown, in which the pusher is positioned to push the stopper out of the opening when the shield is withdrawn axially from the vessel opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Capitol Medical Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Johnathan Macy, Michael Bucholtz
  • Publication number: 20130341443
    Abstract: A modular supplement beverage container for storing and mixing a powder supplement and a liquid includes a lid that is removably connected to an upper chamber, and a filter that is removably disposed between the upper chamber and a lower chamber. The filter including a plurality of cutters for breaking clumps of supplements into a fine powder, and the lid including a spout. Each of the lid, upper chamber, filter and lower chamber including threaded elements for securing the elements together in a removable and watertight manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventor: Zach Stephenson
  • Publication number: 20130306635
    Abstract: Disclosed is a refillable aperture pouch for food or beverage comprising a refill-base and a lid; the refill-base and lid releasably connect; the refill-base allows the pouch to be refilled and allows access to the contents of the pouch through use of a utensil; an aperture is in the lid; the aperture pouch is adapted for use by children; the aperture pouch may be cleaned in a dishwasher; the aperture pouch may be hung on a rack by a cap, which cap connects to and seals the aperture; the aperture pouch may be refilled through use of a funnel; the funnel comprises an air-release channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: BOOGINHEAD LLC
    Inventors: Sari CREVIN, Tana SINNOTT, Barry BEYERLEIN, David CZARNECKI, Cameron SMITH, Bryan CABATIC
  • Patent number: 8573431
    Abstract: A beverage container closure that is adapted for closing an open end of a beverage container. The lid is selectively couplable to the beverage container and includes a selectively openable stopper that when closed, creates a fluid-tight seal between the beverage container and the environment. The stopper may be selectively opened by a user pressing a button disposed on a side of the beverage container closure. The stopper is subsequently automatically closed when the user releases the button. Thus, the user may open and close the beverage container closure using a single hand without the need to remove the beverage container closure from the beverage container. The beverage container closure includes a venting mechanism configured to vent the beverage container before the stopper is opened when the user depresses the button, thereby allowing pressure in the beverage container to equalize before the stopper is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Pacific Market International, LLC
    Inventors: Seth Shepard, Joseph Daniel Tomascheski
  • Patent number: 8556106
    Abstract: A reusable oval cap for an oval container that is threaded for ease of removal and installation and provides a water tight seal when fully seated in the container. When the cap is removed, the full cross sectional area of the housing is open for inserting or removing the contents of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Bayco Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Bijan Bayat, Gordon L. Treichler
  • Publication number: 20130240525
    Abstract: A bottle, especially a pharmaceutical bottle, configured to facilitate the withdrawal of goods present in the bottle in the form of pieces, the bottle being closed by a lid that consists of at least two layers: a cover layer and an outer layer. The cover layer, which may be a multilayer structure, is firmly sealed to the peripheral, circular sealing edge of the pharmaceutical bottle along said sealing edge, and includes a separation line off-set from the center of the circle. The outer layer, which may also be a multilayer structure, is connected to the cover layer across the entire surface thereof in such a way that one layer can be peeled off. The separation line of the cover layer has a concave section in the portion thereof that is next to the sealing edge, so as to form a flap section when the outer layer is peeled off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: CONSTANTIA TEICH GMBH
    Inventors: Wilhelm Zuser, Robert Afflenzer, Günter Ziegelwanger
  • Patent number: 8522991
    Abstract: A tamper-evident closure (10) for a container (20) is provided. The closure (10) comprises a first portion (25) including inner (35) and outer (45) parts, and a second portion (30). The outer part (45) is movable relative to the inner part (35) from a first position in which the outer part (45) is immediately adjacent the second portion (30) to a second position in which there is an empty unobstructed gap (G) therebetween. The inner (35) and outer (45) parts are adapted to become irreversibly locked in the second position so that the outer part (45) cannot be moved back to the first position to close the gap (G). A combination of such a closure (110) with an in-bore filament (100) connectable to a container (120) is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Obrist Closures Switzerland GmbH
    Inventors: Steven Andrew Skelton, Christopher Ramsey, Charles Anthony McIvor, Steven Allen McCluskie
  • Publication number: 20130180988
    Abstract: A bottle top apparatus comprising a first top closure connected to a lower end of a twisting member, conforming to a profile of a second top closure integrated on a bottle opening, and slidably positioned over the second top closure, is provided. A first flow opening and a first vent opening of the first top closure are configured to geometrically align with a second flow opening and a second vent opening of the second top closure respectively to pour out the bottle contents. Rotation of a screw top lid around a rim section extending from an upper end of the twisting member for removing the screw top lid, turns the twisting member to rotate the first top closure over the second top closure and misalign the first flow opening and the first vent opening with the second flow opening and the second vent opening respectively to seal the bottle opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Inventor: Brent Bunderson Clark
  • Publication number: 20130175273
    Abstract: A screw-on closure, and a dispensing fitment for a container neck have co-operating orientation means defining a predetermined relative rotating orientation of the closure with respect to the fitment when it is screwed onto a container neck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: OBRIST CLOSURES SWITZERLAND GMBH
    Inventor: Jamie Fox
  • Patent number: 8459478
    Abstract: The self-opening closure includes a pouring spout (10), which can be assembled leak-proof on a combipack or a container spout sealed with foil material, twist cap (9) and a self-opening sleeve (1) arranged inside the pouring spout, which can be made to rotate by the twist cap. The self-opening sleeve forms on its upper edge an indentation (4), which becomes smaller towards the bottom edge (6) and tapers off into the same. There are guiding means present on the outer side of the self-opening sleeve and on the inner side of the pouring spout so that the self-opening sleeve is guided downwards by rotation on the pouring spout. The indentation (4) lies partially inside the pouring spout and partially below the same after unscrewing of the cover cap and forms an air inlet channel, which results in a steady outpour of the liquid content of a combipack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: SIG Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Roger Alther, Rolf Weiss, Egon Lang, Thomas Hocker
  • Patent number: 8454567
    Abstract: Multi-conduit connector apparatuses for use in negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) apparatuses to wound dressing, and methods for installing multi-conduit connector apparatuses in NPWT apparatuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Alexander Long, Aidan Marcus Tout, Larry Tab Randolph, Christopher Brian Locke
  • Publication number: 20130092699
    Abstract: The beverage can sealer and holder functions as a unit. The beverage can sealer is the screw cap for the holder of the beverage can and has a circular ridge which, when screwed onto the beverage can holder, compresses a peripheral circular zone on the top surface of a beverage can to seal it airtight. A resealable drink spout is incorporated into the beverage can sealer. The drink spout is opened when it is pulled up and closed when pressed down. This art allows people to enjoy canned beverage while engaging in activities and maintains the pressure within the opened can when the unfinished beverage is stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Inventor: Richard Qi Li
  • Patent number: 8408409
    Abstract: A bottle closure includes the unitarily-molded combination of: an internally-threaded sidewall; a tamper indicator ring; and a hinge connecting the ring to the sidewall. The hinge permits the ring to be shifted from an initial position to an installation position. The installation position is essentially coaxially aligned with the sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Plastek Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Alex S. Szekely
  • Publication number: 20130068767
    Abstract: A closure for a container having a circular opening defining an axis, the closure being securable to the container so as to close said opening, the closure having an o-ring sealing member mounted thereon so as to provide a seal with a sealing surface of the container, when the closure is secured to the container, the sealing surface extending around an upper surface or an internal surface of the container. The closure may comprise a bore feature which, in use, extends through the opening into the interior of the container and the o-ring seal may be provided on the bore feature. Various forms of closure are described, e.g. for closing a bottle neck and a wide-mouth closure. The closure may comprise an inner component and an outer component, e.g. a cap-on-collar closure, and the container preferably has no thread features on the exterior thereof so it is comfortable to drink from.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: Anthony H. J. Fraser, John N.M.I. Hein
  • Patent number: 8393487
    Abstract: A three position, selectively openable twist lid for a drinking vessel has separate drinking and venting apertures. The lid has two parts—a base member and a cap member. The base and cap members can be relatively rotated from a first, closed position to a second, open position and to a third, disengaged position in which the cap and base members may be separated for cleaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Pacific Market International, LLC
    Inventors: Michelle J. Pillers, Barry Beyerlein, Robert Freed
  • Patent number: 8365941
    Abstract: A hydration bottle is described, including a body having a top neck and a bottom neck disposed at either end of the body, the top neck, the bottom neck, and the body being formed from a continuous mold of material, the top neck and the bottom neck having threads configured to engage thread channels, a top closure having a thread channel disposed about an inner surface of the top closure and configured to engage the threads disposed about the top neck, the top closure also having a nozzle shaft and a nozzle well configured to receive a nozzle, and a bottom closure having another thread channel configured to engage another thread about the bottom neck, the bottom closure having a groove configured to receive a gasket, the groove and the gasket being configured to provide a seal between the bottom closure and the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Inventor: David James Mayer
  • Publication number: 20120318788
    Abstract: Improvements in a nestable sports bottle are disclosed to allow a person to keep track and consume eight ounces of water eight times a day. Accounting for the eight bottles is made with an adjustable indicator ring that is located on the bottle to identify how many times the bottle has been filled and consumed. The bottle is separable in two portions to improve the ability to clean the interior of the bottle and where the separable sections can nest inside, and be secure to one another for reduced storage space. The bottle has a closure to open and close the bottle with one hand using their mouth. The bottle has a tether loop to retain the housing(s) and prevents accidental dropping, loss or to carry the bottle with one finger. The cap can be removed to fill the bottle through the opening created by the removed cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventor: MICHAEL AUSTIN
  • Publication number: 20120285962
    Abstract: Provided is a resealable easy-open end including a panel functioning as an end for hermetically sealing a can and having an opening formed at one side thereof and on which a score (S) is engraved; a tab having a first button hole formed in a button coupling part formed at a center thereof, rotatably coupled to a first button protruding from the panel through the first button hole, and rotatably installed between a first position at which a front end pressing part is disposed on the opening and a second position at which a rear end finger portion is disposed on the opening; and a closing plate rotatably installed between the first position and the second position, and to configured to be supported by the tab at the second position to close the opening when the tab breaks the score to open the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventor: Jin Hyok Seo
  • Publication number: 20120282010
    Abstract: A re-sealable cap couples to a fluid dispensing container having an opening. The re-sealable cap has an inner cap and outer cap. A fluid path is defined through the inner cap and outer cap when the outer cap is in an open position; the fluid path is closed when the outer cap in the closed position. The inner cap and outer cap can cooperate to provide at least two points of closure of the fluid path. A plurality of different removable applicators can be provided, which can couple to the outer cap. A fluid dispenser can be formed by combining the container and re-sealable cap. And a fluid dispenser kit can include the container, re-sealable cap, and at least one applicator. The fluid can be, as examples, sunscreen, soap, cosmetics, medicine, food, and so on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: LUFT INDUSTRIE, INC.
    Inventor: Oliver Albers
  • Patent number: 8292103
    Abstract: The container closure (1) includes a flange (2) having an inlet opening (2p) and an outlet tube (2a) having a thread (2b) arranged after the inlet opening (2p) in the outflow direction and includes a rotary closure (3) with an outlet opening (3p) and with a thread (3i), wherein the two threads (2b, 3i) engage into one another and are aligned such that the rotary closure (3) is rotatable with respect to the flange (2) about an axis of rotation (D) and is displaceably mounted in the direction of the rotary axis (D), wherein the flange (2) includes a sealing lip (2i) projecting towards the axis of rotation (D) which forms the inlet opening (2p) extending concentric to the axis of rotation (D), wherein the rotary closure (3) has a spigot (3a) arranged concentric to the axis of rotation (D) which is arranged in the outflow direction after the inlet opening (2p) and wherein the spigot (3a) and the sealing lip (2i) are designed mutually matched so that the spigot (3a) which can be displaced in the direction of the a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: capArtis AG
    Inventor: Mario Weist
  • Publication number: 20120261416
    Abstract: A container cap includes: a first cap body formed with at least one first perforation and sealedly connectable to an opening of a container; a second cap body rotatably mounted on the first cap body and formed with at least one second perforation; and a sealing member positioned between the first and second cap bodies and formed with third perforations. The number of the third perforations is equal to the number of the first perforations. The third perforations are aligned with the first perforations of the first cap body respectively. The first and second cap bodies can be relatively rotated to unseal or seal the container for a user to select a desired mode for drinking a beverage contained in the container. For example, a user can directly drink a hot beverage with his/her mouth or insert a straw into the container to drink a cold beverage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventor: CHENG-CHI LIN
  • Publication number: 20120261379
    Abstract: A cap for a liquor bottle can have an upper wall, a cylindrical outer wall and an internally threaded inner wall configured to be secured to an externally threaded neck of a liquor bottle. The cap can include a spout pivotally coupled to the upper wall comprising first and second parallel internal passageways extending longitudinally through the spout and configured to pivot between an open position and a closed position. An annular light ring can be positioned between the outer and inner walls and can include light sources configured to emit light downwardly toward an annular shoulder of the liquor bottle. The light sources can emit light in various different manners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventors: Chris Lenahan, Danny Mills, Lyle Andrew Ramsdell
  • Publication number: 20120222980
    Abstract: Tamper-evident package comprises a container, a primary cap, and a secondary cap. The container comprises a sidewall defining a chamber and a rim defining a mouth to the chamber. The primary cap is removably-attachable to the rim of the container to selectively close the mouth of the container. The secondary cap is positioned over the primary cap to prevent removal of the primary cap when positioned thereover. The secondary cap includes a single-use lock, such as a cable tie, to secure the secondary cap in position over the primary cap. The package thus provides evidence that someone has tampered with or attempted to tamper with the container if the single-use lock is removed or damaged. Method of using the tamper-evident package is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventors: Ralph H. Lambalot, Arlene F. Limanek
  • Publication number: 20120187066
    Abstract: A bottle includes at least one internal compartment delimited with a bottle casing. The bottle body has at least one filling and/or outlet hole, arranged parallel to the bottle's longitudinal axis, fitted with at least one removable cap. The internal part of the bottle is fitted with at least one heating device connected to a thermal source and/or one partition dividing the internal space of the bottle to at least two mutually separated compartments connected to the filling and/or outlet hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: HOT BABY S.R.O.
    Inventor: Arnost Redl
  • Patent number: 8215511
    Abstract: A container lid with a latch handle is taught that incorporates a drinking lip, having a flared brim, configured to interface with a liquid container. A lip sealing ring is disposed on the drinking lip creating a watertight fit between the lip and the container. A lid body, having lid male threads, is configured to interface with container lid female threads, and the lid body includes a bottom cover which forms a dead air space for insulation purposes within the lid. The lid body incorporates a vertical arched handle with a snap-in hinged spring loaded latch for quick release attachment of the container lid and container securely to an object. A lid sealing ring is disposed on the lid body forming a watertight fit between the lid body and the container drinking lip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Inventor: Shin-Shuoh Lin
  • Publication number: 20120138605
    Abstract: Presented is a waterproof storage container for above and below grade storage applications comprising a molded cavity with a large opening on one end, a threaded and gasketed inner lid, an outer id protecting the inner lid from moisture, backfill, and mechanical damage, enabling the burial or long term storage of firearms and other emergency supplies, a means to manufacture the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventor: DAVID ALAN GRUNDY
  • Patent number: 8136687
    Abstract: A cover of a container is provided. The cover displays the number of times a user has ever opened the container which contains medication to thereby inform the user of the user's history of medication use with a view to protecting the user from unnecessary repeat medication and suggesting the user to take medication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Inventor: Hung Kuan Wu
  • Patent number: 8091719
    Abstract: An improved container cap has a structural design for preventing pills from spilling out of a container closed with the container cap. The container cap includes a movable cover that is extensible to enable indirect, two-step dispensing of pills, so that the pills come out of the container at a reduced speed and will not fall out accidentally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Inventor: Hung Kuan Wu
  • Patent number: 8056748
    Abstract: A safe device for a squeezable container includes a protective cover, a body, and a bottom cap. The protective cover includes an idle cap, an inner cap, and a mouthpiece. The idle cap is rotatably mounted around the inner cap. The body includes a compartment for receiving a squeezable container. A plurality of non-return blocks are formed on an outer periphery defining an upper opening of the body and meshable with non-return blocks on the mouthpiece to prevent the mouthpiece from disengaging from the container. The bottom cap is engaged in and seals a lower opening of the body. A rotational force applied to the idle cap can only be transmitted to the inner cap when a force greater than a predetermined magnitude is applied to move the idle cap downward to tightly engage with the outer periphery of the inner cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Inventor: Fang-Pin Chen
  • Patent number: 8020719
    Abstract: The invention relates to a closure for a container for holding a fluid, more particularly an adhesion promoter composition, provided, having a base element which can be fastened in the region of a pour opening of the container and which has an opening through which the fluid can be withdrawn from the container, having a first closure element which in a closed position thereof effects fluid-tight sealing of the opening of the base element and which in an open position thereof releases the opening of the base element, and having a second closure element, which can be fastened to the base element in such a way as to be repeatedly releasable and which, in a container storage mode, secures the first closure element in its storage position and, for a container dispensing mode, releases the first closure element to bring it from its closed position into the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Sika Technology AG
    Inventors: Dana Maiwald, David Tobler, Andreas Widmer, Fritz Dill