Abstract: A toy drinking cup which simulates the appearance of a drinking container used by astronauts for consuming pre-mix carbonated beverages in outer space. The cup includes a cup body, a cap assembly, a drinking spout extending from the cap assembly, a dip tube, a vent and a lever for opening and closing the vent. When the lever is depressed, the beverage in the cup may be sucked up through the dip tube and drinking spout by the consumer.

Abstract: An attachment is disclosed for use on paint cans and the like. An annular rim guard having an outer wall connected to sloping an annular ring fits on an open can. The annular ring covers a lid receiving groove in a can rim. Integral securing members with C-shaped openings removably secure the rim guard to bail bearings of the can. Sealing flanges are integrally fixed to the bottom of the annular ring portion to provide a sealing contact surface. A paintbrush holder receptacle with a brush receiving opening and a drain opening is fixed to the rim guard for maintaining a paintbrush in a substantially upright position. The drain opening at the bottom of the brush holder is positioned over the can opening to allow excess paint from a brush in the holder to drain into the can interior. A permanent grid feature is located across the drain opening to prohibit small width brushes from entering the can interior. A pouring spout is located in an outer wall of the brush holder.

Abstract: A removable closure for the top of a can having, at its top, a lid and a raised bead surrounding the lid, the lid being arranged to have a dispensing opening created therein, the closure including: a plate having an opening, a pouring spout aligned with the opening and projecting from one side of the plate, and elements for clamping the plate to the raised bead of such can; and a sealing unit carried by the plate at the side opposite the one side, the sealing unit including a first sealing element positioned to sealingly engage the entire periphery of the can lid, and a second sealing element enclosed by the first sealing element and positioned to sealingly engage the lid around the dispensing opening, when the plate is clamped to the raised bead of the can.

Abstract: Plastic dispensing closures adapted for use on bottles containing products such as syrup and the like and which have an integral handle include a snap-on base adapted to be securely attached to the neck of the bottle and shaped to form a pouring spout, and a pivotal lidi based into engagement with the base, the lid having a thumb-engagable extension positioned adjacent to the handle to facilitate opening and closing of the lid. The closures include a non-releasable tear-away inner seal connected to a pull ring, and are attached to the bottle such that they cannot be removed without being permanently deformed, thereby affording a tamper-evident closure. The closures are capable of accommodating a rather large dimensional bottle tolerance, thereby enabling them to be employed on plastic as well as glass bottles. The closures may be formed as either one-piece or two-piece structures.

Abstract: A pouring fitment defines an inwardly facing recess that receives an outwardly extending annular holding portion of a mating container and an annular sealing bead on the fitment engages the holding portion. A lip of the fitment that defines a pouring surface is received and deformed by a cradle defined by a closure. Extending downwardly from the closure is a support member that presses the fitment against the container.

Abstract: This invention discloses a syringe closure used with a nozzle and flexible bag in which fluid is initially flowed. This closure apparatus includes a retainer ring of generally tubular and tapered construction. This retainer ring has an outwardly disposed groove formed at its lower and smaller diameter end in which a bead end of the flexible bag is mounted. An outer safety ring also of generally tubular configuration is mounted on this retainer ring and insures retention of the bead end of the bag in the groove. A nozzle retainer member having an inner aperture in which the nozzle is removably mounted has an outwardly generally circular projecting lip sized and adapted to snap in and seat in an inwardly disposed recess formed in the retainer ring.

Abstract: A pouring fitment and closure assembly comprising a central tubular body having at its interior most extremity an enlarged circular disk-like plate with a sharpened edge, the central tubular portion then opening up into a rib-formed plurality of ports to an interior plenum terminated at the outside end by an annular inwarldy protruding sharpened projection interior to the plenum forming a first sharp dripless and sealing edge. The central tubular body flairs outward in a skirt to join a flat annular radial sealing ring at its top which in turn terminates in a larger circular edge to form an acute angle, the second dripless edge.

Abstract: A drinking and pouring aid for beverage- and other liquid-containing containers or cans provided with a pull or press-in tab in the can cover or lid for creating a can opening. The cover or lid surface is provided with a cover, of plastic synthetic material, which sealingly engages all around the can opening. This cover has a nipple-like mouthpiece in the region of the can opening.

Abstract: An assembly of a nondetachable closure and a metal neck of a container in which the neck closure is contoured with sealingly interfitting parts and the closure also provides a protective guard for the thin, distortable neck.

Abstract: A pouring adaptor to be secured to the discharge end of a container or the like comprising a generally cylindrical skirt portion having a bead at its lower terminal edge for detachably securing it to the container finish and a radially inwardly directed top portion which snugly seats on the axial end face of the container. The top portion has a frusto-conical outer face which is outwardly divergent from its inner peripheral edge and a reversely tapered flexible flange which is downwardly divergent from the juncture of the frusto-conical outerface and flange.

Abstract: A closure device for cans having a beaded edge and a cover with a wall part to be torn-off for formation of a pouring opening, the closure device being provided at two opposite ends of a base body with flanges directed toward each other, which grip under the beaded edge of the can. One of the flanges is elastically deflectable, the other flange is formed rigid, such that the closure device can be pressed onto the can from above like a snap-on-cap. A sealing ring is guided at the base body at the side disposed opposite to the pouring opening such that this sealing ring grips around the exit opening in a compressed state upon placing of the closure device onto the can, the sealing ring being disposed tightly at the cover of the can. Selected FIG. 4.

Abstract: A paint can collar comprising a generally circular body having a lower lip portion for engagement with the rim of a paint can, an intermediate portion resting upon the top of the paint can, and an upper lip portion outwardly and upwardly projecting from the intermediate portion so that any spilled paint will return into the paint can. The lower lip portion also includes a plurality of tabs to maintain the paint can collar in engagement with the inner rim of the paint can. The body is designed to have a variable diameter to fit various size paint cans. The upper lip portion may also include a pair of bisymmetrical indentations so that the handle of the paint can may be moved into a functional position for carrying the paint can without removing the paint can collar.

Abstract: This relates to a neck structure on a domed container end for receiving a thermoplastic material closure. It particularly relates to containers having very thin walls on the order of 6-9 mils and wherein the container is formed of a metal having a grain which generally defines a fold line. In order to avoid undue deformation of the lower part of the usual ring which receives the closure body, the domed end immediately adjacent an encircling ring is provided with an upstanding bead which is shock absorbent and functions resiliently to reinforce the lower part of the ring and to restore it to its original configuration after the body of the closure has been pressed through the ring.

Abstract: An improved pouring cap having a peripheral bellows above a horizontal annular portion, said bellows joining outside and inside skirt portions. This cap facilitates fitting upon bottle necks having substantial differences in neck thicknesses, and is particularly applicable to pouring caps having an easily removable sealing membrane therein, which membrane is removed prior to pouring contents from a bottle.

Abstract: A lid is disclosed for a conventional liquid container of the type having an annular U-shaped sealing channel at the open end thereof. The lid includes an upwardly-cambered disc-shaped base having a tapered annular skirt depending downwardly from the base near its periphery. A plurality of wedge-shaped tangs depend downwardly from the skirt in a radial pattern each tang being separated by a square interstice to allow independent movement of the tangs. A sealing groove is formed around the skirt between the tangs and the base for securely engaging the inside of the channel and thereby preventing liquid from entering the channel. A conically-shaped pouring spout preferably projects upwardly from the base at an inclined attitude to provide access for ambient air to the inside of the container during pouring thereby promoting a controllable rate of flow. The spout is provided with a specially configured end having a flared lip to minimize dripping after pouring is completed.

Abstract: A splash-proof container and container cover in which the container has an opening for pouring liquid from the container, an air opening in the cover for bleeding air into and out of the container, a spout at the edge of the container and container cover adjacent the liquid opening for receiving and directing liquid poured through the liquid opening and baffle means on the bottom surface of the cover and extending under and across the liquid and air openings for preventing liquid from being splashed from the covered container.

Abstract: A removable closure for a pressure container having an opening with a peripheral bead into which there is inserted a threaded neck member, the neck member being formed of a resilient plastic material adapted to expand and contract and having an interlocking engagement with the bead. The neck is provided with a radially extending handle portion by means of which the container is adapted to be carried and which also serves to prevent rotation of the neck member upon the application and threading of a cap to the neck member, the cap having a plug portion which enters into the opening in the neck member and being tapered wedges into the neck member and spreads the portion of the neck member which is in radial alignment with the bead portion, thus tightly forcing such portion against the bead to provide a high pressure seal.

Abstract: An attachment for paint cans and the like is disclosed. The attachment includes a trough shaped pouring spout which is fitted to the rim of a can by a channel section member which snaps over the rim. The spout has a curved knife edge at its outer end and slopes upwardly away from the can so that, at the end of a pouring operation, the edge will cleanly cut off the flow of paint and residual paint will flow back into the can. The curved knife edge allows the attachment to also be used for scraping paint from a roller.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a stopper having a sleeve with pouring lip for bottles and like receptacles with necks. Inside the sleeve is provided a transverse disc supported on spaced apart arms join to a perforated annular partition supporting the sleeve. When the liquid is poured out, it is guided between the periphery of the disc and the sleeve, at the same time that air is inducted through the upper openings of the perforated zone. The invention finds particular application in the stoppering industry.

Abstract: The invention is a system of a plurality of extensions for a nozzle on dispensing cans or cartridges of various materials, as for example a cartridge of caulking compound. The normal nozzle on a container of material is usually very short and is useless in confined areas where the point of application is beyond the reach of the existing nozzle. The present invention provides a series of interlocking extensions which can be added to the short nozzle on the cartridge to reach the point of application at a range of distance.

Abstract: A flow controlling pouring spout has a hollow body portion provided with structure to facilitate attachment to the lip about a pouring opening of a container. A spout portion extending normally generally horizontally communicates with the interior of the container through the hollow body portion and has a baffle separating a lower pouring passage and an upper displacement air passage which extends from adjacent to the discharge opening of the spout to the inner end of the spout and has a displacement air opening from the inner end of the air passage to the inner end of the pouring passage. A hinged closure plug is mounted on the discharge end of the pouring spout. Swivel structure connects the pouring spout with the base portion to permit turning the spout from pouring orientation to non-pouring orientation. Stabilizing and flow controlling slidably cooperating flanges are provided on the swivelly related base portion and spout.

Abstract: A body member is detachably engageable with the brim of a liquid carrying container and includes an annular ledge which sealingly resides over the gutter of the brim. The ledge has an upstanding outer peripheral rim which redirects fluid into the container. A screen filters fluid passing from the container to a pouring spout extending radially from the ledge. A hingedly affixed closure member sealingly engages the body member for airtight storage of the liquid.

Abstract: Powdered mix, a liquid and binder are poured through an open top of a plastic vessel normally having a vertically disposed longitudinal axis. The ingredients are stirred with a utensil inserted through the open top. A pouring attachment, sealingly secured to the open top, includes a spout with a lower edge at a predetermined angle above the horizontal when the vessel axis is vertical. Residual ingredients in the vessel are stored by sealing the open top with a closed plastic cap. Indicia for quantities of the batter extend vertically along the vessel. The pouring attachment includes an apertured face inclined at approximately 45.degree. above the horizontal to enable a user to see the contents as they are poured through the spout into the cooking utensil and to enable additional ingredients to be poured into the vessel. The pouring attachment and cap include a flanged sealing ring that snaps into a flange at the top of the vessel.

Abstract: The invention comprises a body (11) of slightly elastic material having an inner wall (13) and an outer wall (14) spaced by a generally radial interconnecting web (15) from which the walls project in the same axial direction. A sealing ridge (20) projects from the inner wall toward the outer wall, spaced axially from the web and extending peripherally for predetermined distances in both directions from a predetermined angular location around the annulus. A pouring lip (50) and a service lip (40) comprise outward and inward extensions of the web respectively, and are centered at opposite ends of a diameter passing through the predetermined location: both lips are of limited angular extent.

Abstract: A foam spout is disclosed for use with an aerosol container having a valve for controlling flow of a product such as a foamable material from the container upon activation of the valve. The spout includes a support having a bottom region engagable with the container and an upwardly extending support wall with a slot. A button member has a conduit including a first conduit portion which is cooperable with the container valve of the container. The button member has a second conduit portion extending through the slot in the support wall of the support. A flexible wall is integral with the support and the button member enabling pivotal movement of the button member relative to the support whereby depression of the button member actuates the valve to cause flow of product through the conduit. The spout is especially suitable for use with aerosol containers having an upwardly extending valve stem which may be frictionally received in the first conduit portion of the button member.

Abstract: The specification discloses a removable paint can accessory for mounting on the rim of a paint can. An annular ring is dimensioned to cover the rim channel of a conventional paint can. A pouring spout integral with the ring extends radially therefrom. The spout includes a substantially planar surface capable of supporting a paintbrush. A leveraging means depending from the pouring spout permits force to be applied along the ring to remove the accessory from the can.

Abstract: A unitary piercing and pouring device for metal or paper containers of motor oil and like liquids embodies a skirted cover of somewhat resilient plastics material. The skirt portion of the cover has indentations carrying lugs on their interior sides for snapping engagement over the top bead of a container so that such bead is locked between the lugs and cover top wall. A piercing blade has teeth embedded into the pouring nozzle or spout and the blade includes elements which secure a sealing gasket against the cover top wall.

Abstract: Spout for a container, e.g. a gasoline can, is formed as a one-piece plastics moulding with a flared skirt on the base formed with a circumferential groove that snap-couples tightly onto a bead on a raised metal neck on the can. A screw-threaded locking collar engages on a screw thread on the spout and can be tightened down to hold the skirt tightly engaged on the bead.

Abstract: A throw-away one-time can or container for liquid additives for motor vehicle fuel tanks and the like has a puncturable membrane and a one-piece snap-in closure and pull-up spout. In the before-use unopened condition of the can, the integral spout extends downwardly from the closure into the can for almost the full depth of the can. When the contents of the can are to be poured into the fuel tank, the snapped-in closure is dislodged from the nozzle in the can top by pulling up on a pull-up ring. Further pull on the ring pulls the spout up to its fully extended pouring position. The exterior wall of the spout is tapered slightly, being of larger diameter at its lower end so as to provide a leak-tight closing of the nozzle in the can top.

Abstract: An attachment for paint cans, the attachment comprising an annular collar adapted for snap-fit engagement with the rim of a paint can, the collar having an annular floor portion and a wall portion upstanding therefrom, a brush rest portion extending from the collar in a first direction and a spout portion extending from the collar in a second direction, and a cover member engageable with interior portions of the collar and operable to close the opening therein.

Abstract: The bottom portion of a cupshaped vessel adapted to fit snugly over the rim of a conventional beverage can is provided with a selectively slotted opening preferably bounded by a sealing rib, the opening being contoured to approximate the usual pull-tab opening in the beverage can to provide a drinking attachment therefor. A second sealing rib may be provided to reseal the opening of the beverage can for storage and transport upon the rotation of the drinking attachment from a first or drinking position to a second or sealing position. The vessel may be provided with a lid portion to serve as a product container the contents of which may be emptied and the vessel thereafter used as a drinking attachment.

Abstract: A decanter vessel formed of a rigid receptacle and a pouring spout unit matingly engaged about the neck of the receptacle in a sealing fashion. The pouring spout has formed therein an internal annular cavity shaped to accommodate the neck portion of the receptacle. The receptacle and pouring spout are joined by a flexible adhesive material which surrounds the neck portion of the receptacle forming both an adhesive and a mechanical bond between the receptacle and the pouring spout, sealing their junction to prevent leakage of liquid therebetween. During assembly of the decanter, the flexible adhesive material is in a liquid state to facilitate joining of the receptacle and pouring spout and assure that the material evenly and completely surrounds the neck portion and fills the annular cavity. The flexible adhesive material solidifies after assembly of the decanter vessel.

Abstract: A paint container extension is fixed to the top of a paint container for supporting a paint roller distributor or a wiping and saturating device to properly distribute paint on a roller surface. The paint container extension has a center line extending at an angle from the top of said paint container and has the plane of the top of the extension normal to the center line of the extension. The paint distributor is formed having substantially parallel sides with hooks at the top for hanging on the top of the paint container extension. The distributor is hooked over the extension where the center of the distributor is closest to the lowest point around the top of the extension. At this point, the distributor extends into the paint container at approximately the same angle as the extension. The distributor extends into the paint container to a point short of the center line of the paint container.

Abstract: The bottom portion of a cupshaped vessel adapted to fit snugly over the rim of a conventional beverge can is provided with a selectively slotted opening preferably bounded by a sealing rib, the opening being contoured to approximate the usual pull-tab opening in the beverage can to provide a drinking attachment therefor. A second sealing rib may be provided to reseal the opening of the beverage can for storage and transport upon the rotation of the drinking attachment from a first or drinking position to a second or sealing position. The vessel may be provided with a lid portion to serve as a product container the contents of which may be emptied and the vessel thereafter used as a drinking attachment.

Abstract: A spout is disclosed for use to pour paint from a paint can without the paint dripping down an outer side of the can; the spout being integrally formed upon a paint can lid that fits in the circular groove on the top of a paint can, the spout being curved and containing a flexible hose or tubing that extends curvedly the full length of the spout so to serve as an air return vent, the tubing being fixedly held at its opposite ends so that the portion thereof along a center of the spout is thus free to lash about and whip the paint as it pours past the same.

Abstract: This is a coin slot adapted to be applied to a flip-top type of can after its pull-out tab has been removed leaving a tear drop shaped opening in the top of the can. The coin slot is formed with a cap member dimensioned to cover the opening and extend diametrically across the top of the can and provided with a wedge-shaped extension partially insertable into the opening in the can top provided with a fulcrum groove engaging the can top adjacent the rim of the can such that a lever action is afforded to the cap member upon depressing the latter onto the can top while fracturing part of the can top bordering the opening therein and effecting a locking action between such fractured parts and grooved sides in the wedge-shaped extension.

Abstract: A rim guard and extension device for disposal on and engagement with the rim of an open container comprising a tubular member provided at its lower end with an annular flange consisting of a vertical internal member for insertion into the container, a horizontal bridge member, a vertical external member for engagement with the bead on the outside of the container; and an upstanding flange extending from the outer edge of the annular flange which forms a catch basin therewith.

Abstract: A pour spout and paint brush wiper attachable on paint containers. The pour spout has a circular planar member with a square aperture, two edges of which are integral with a pouring spout to facilitate the pouring of paint from the paint container. The circular edge of the planar member has an inverted channel-shaped flange capable of being conformingly snapped over the securing bead of a paint container, while the upper surface of the planar member has a raised rim circumscribing the square aperture and terminating in an integral connection with the spout to prevent the spilling of paint beyond the edge of the pour spout.

Abstract: A can guard comprising a peripheral lip, a pouring spout, and handle clearance cutouts.

Abstract: A detachable pouring funnel for use with a container and in particular, a dome-top container having an upwardly extending spout is disclosed. The funnel comprises a collar portion provided with an inwardly directed annular flange, which flange engages an annular groove formed in the container spout whereby the funnel may be detachably received on the spout. The body of the funnel is of a generally frusto-conical configuration and is formed integrally with the collar portion, the axis of the body portion extending laterally of the axis of the collar portion.

Abstract: A cover for an open paint can having a rim about its top, the cover comprising a peripheral lower portion adapted snugly to engage the rim of the top of the paint can. The cover is provided approximately centrally thereof with a brush opening having at least one straight edge defined by a wall raised relative the adjacent area of the cover. The cover is provided wih an arcuate raised pouring lip at one area along its periphery and with an arcuately bounded opening located adjacent the lip. The top surface of the cover may be inclined or dished so that paint thereon will drain to the lowest point from which it will fall back into the paint can. The cover may be fixed to a paint can and another member of different design may be affixed to the bottom of the paint can, the member simultaneously serving as a closure for a can therebelow to permit stacking.

Abstract: A closure device for a container comprising a closure member adapted to close the opening of a container and through which is provided an opening, smaller than the container opening, which allows the outflow of material from within the container, a lid member adapted to close the opening in the closure member, and a spout extending from a peripheral portion of the closure member which is adapted to controllably conduct away from the container material flowing through the opening in the closure member and out of the container.In another embodiment of the invention a container with a top having a preformed access opening is provided with a spouted closure device. The closure device comprises a closure member through which is provided a similar preformed access opening, a lip which provides fluid-tight contact with the top of the container, and a spout extending from a peripheral portion of the closure member.

Abstract: The mixing of materials pre-packaged in precise amounts in separate vials. Use is made of an adaptor of resilient material in which a pair of vials are releasably engaged in sealing relation, in end-to-end relation, with a communicating passage therebetween. The assembled adaptor and vials can be shaken to effect the desired intermixing of the materials present in the vials without loss of material or contamination. Thereafter the mixture can be located in one vial and the adaptor separated from the vials for re-use.