Patent classifications
B65D47/0828
Bottle sealing device
A bottle sealing device for reversibly sealing a bottle includes a tube that is hollow. The tube is configured to insert a neck of a bottle such that the tube is reversibly couplable to the bottle with a threaded section of the bottle protruding through an upper end of the tube. A cap is pivotally coupled to the upper end of the tube. The cap also is reversibly couplable to the upper end of the tube. The cap is substantially complementary to the threaded section of the bottle. The cap is configured to reversibly and sealably couple to a lip of the bottle as the cap is reversibly coupled to the tube.
Pour lip closure with drain back
A closure with a drain back for a container of liquids is disclosed. The closure includes a closure body having an upper deck. A skirt depends from the upper deck and is configured to secure to a neck of a container. An inner annular wall depends from the upper deck within the skirt. The inner wall has a downwardly sloped bottom wall with an edge forming an opening therethrough, forming a drain back for liquid into the container. A tubular spout extends from the bottom wall. The spout has a dispensing orifice. The spout and dispensing orifice configured for fluid communication with the container to dispense liquids therefrom. The closure may further include a sealing cap connected to the closure body via a living hinge.
Bottle Sealing Device
A bottle sealing device for reversibly sealing a bottle includes a tube that is hollow. The tube is configured to insert a neck of a bottle such that the tube is reversibly couplable to the bottle with a threaded section of the bottle protruding through an upper end of the tube. A cap is pivotally coupled to the upper end of the tube. The cap also is reversibly couplable to the upper end of the tube. The cap is substantially complementary to the threaded section of the bottle. The cap is configured to reversibly and sealably couple to a lip of the bottle as the cap is reversibly coupled to the tube.
Closures
A closure includes a base and a lid, the base and lid being joined by a double hinge arrangement so that the lid is movable between a closed position and an open position. The double hinge arrangement includes a first hinge and a second hinge. The lid may be held stably in the open position via tongues or the like, which are provided on or by the lid, base, and/or hinge arrangement.
FITMENT
A fitment having a member biasing it toward an open position and a mechanical stop that prevents the lid from opening past the open position.
Bowtie Hinges
A closure system (200; 300; 400; 500; 600) comprises the unitarily molded single piece combination of: a first portion (204; 304; 404; 504; 604); a living hinge (202; 302; 402; 502; 602); and a second portion (206; 306; 406; 506; 606) coupled by the living hinge to the first portion and shiftable between a first condition and second condition via rotation about the living hinge. The living hinge comprises a first end (80) at the first portion and a second end (82) at the second portion. Between the first end and the second end, the hinge comprises: a central portion; first and second lateral portions; a first face (88); and a second face (90), at least one of the first face and the second face bearing a plurality of ribs (220, 222; 320; 430, 432, 434; 530, 534; 620).
CLOSURE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR OPENING
Presented is a closure assembly and a method for opening. The closure assembly includes a body, the body defining an opening and a body locking portion, and a lid, the lid moveably affixed to the body and comprising a lid locking portion, the lid locking portion configured to engage the body locking portion to releasably lock the lid in the closed position. The closure assembly also includes a hinge, the hinge being affixed to the lid and the body, the hinge configured to move the lid from a closed position occluding the opening of the body to an open position permitting passage through the opening, the hinge further configured to urge the lid into the open position, and at least one spring member.
CLOSURES FOR LIQUID-DISPENSING CONTAINERS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SUCH CLOSURES
A closure can include a base having an opening. The base can be connected to a container such that a liquid in the container, for example a creamer, is pourable through the opening of the closure into a beverage cup. The closure can include an overcap having a plug, and the plug can seal the opening when the overcap is in a closed position relative to the base. A hinge can connect the overcap to the base and be biased to establish and maintain an angle of the overcap when the overcap moves out of the closed position. Liquid retained on the overcap during opening of the overcap can then fall directly into the beverage cup during pouring due to the angle of the overcap in the open position. Any retained liquid ingredient that falls from the overcap onto the base can be confined within a ring on the base.
TAMPER-EVIDENT CLOSURE WITH TAMPER-EVIDENT STRIP AND HOLDING CHAMBER FOR TAMPER-EVIDENT STRIP
A closure for a container includes a closure body and a lid hingedly connected to the closure body. A tamper-evident strip is connected to the closure body by at least one frangible connection. The tamper-evident strip is coupled to the lid upon first-time closing of the lid, such that the lid is coupled to the closure body via the tamper-evident strip. The lid includes a holding chamber, which receives the tamper-evident strip upon first-time closing. The holding chamber has an engagement member adapted to move beyond and engage the tamper-evident strip upon first-time closing of the lid. The engagement member holds the tamper-evident strip in the holding chamber when it is separated from the closure body.
Portable beverage container
A portable beverage container is provided. The portable beverage container may include a glass vessel having a neck; a metal outer shell configured to surround a first portion of the glass vessel; a cap configured to engage with the metal outer shell to surround a second portion of the glass vessel; and an amorphous thermoplastic spout having a neck configured to be inserted through an opening in the cap and into the neck of the glass vessel. The spout may be configured to securely engage with the cap. The cap may include a lid with an elastomeric sealing member having a knob configured to extend into a recess in the spout and a recess configured to wrap around and over a lip of the spout. The spout may be removable from the cap while the cap is engaged with the outer shell.