A multifunctional valve features an injection function, a vacuuming function, a devacuuming function with fast and slow mode, and a pressure regulating function. The valve can be implemented on any sealingly closed container having a removable lid or a bag having a resealable zipper or any other similar sealable feature. The valve also features a tethered plug with a latch system to secure it in place to additionally provide sealing. The valve is incorporated into a container with a removable lid for microwave pressure cooking. The same valve is incorporated into a plug to close an opening on a barrel.

A closure includes a hinged sealing element including a top wall and a first skirt. The first skirt has a sealing formation allowing engagement of a mating sealing formation of a bottle. A second skirt has an attachment formation engageable with a mating attachment formation of the bottle. A plurality of frangible members is attached to each of the skirts. A pair of hinge members is attached between the first and second skirts. A biasing member is attached to the first skirt between the hinge members and extending downwardly from the first skirt to interact with a neck portion of the bottle such that the sealing formation of the first skirt and the mating sealing formation of the bottle are biased toward each other.

A sports water bottle with mister is a portable water bottle with a dual function top affixed to it that is capable of both a large flow of water for drinking and also spraying of water for cooling. The dual function top comprises a fixed nozzle that functions as a water flow opening and a spray nozzle with a pump actuator to actuate a pump mechanism to force the water in the water bottle out through the spray nozzle in the dual function top.

A closure (100) for a container comprises a base (102) and a cap (104) comprising a top member (104A) and a body member (104B); and a connecting member (110) extending between and connecting said base (102) and said cap (104), said cap (104) being mobile between a first, closed position and a second, opened position, said body member (104B) further comprising a recess (114) in said body member (104B) where said connecting member (110) is fastened along a first hinge (112) to said recess (114) at a side (115B) thereof proximate to said top member (104A), such that when said cap (104) is disposed in said first, closed position the connecting member (110) lies within said recess (114) substantially flush with an exterior surface of said body member (104B); said connecting member (110) being capable of rotating through at least 90 about said first hinge (112) in which the connecting member (110) comprises a plurality of intermediate hinge (116) providing rotation of said connecting member (110) over a deflection of at least 270.

A beverage container assembly has a container with an opening and a lid that closes the opening. The lid has a mouthpiece that extends laterally outwardly of the container to allow a person's head to remain upright or erect (i.e., minimizing or no head tilt movement) while drinking so as to not impede the user's straight-ahead vision, such as while driving. The mouthpiece is configured so that the container becomes disposed at one side of the nose so that the container is tiltable further as the nose does not interfere with the tilting action.

A child-resistant closure for a container. The closure has a first groove and a second groove formed into a base. A cap covers an opening in the base. The cap can rotate between a closed position, a primed position and an open position. The cap has a nub that engages the first groove on the base, when in its closed position, engages the second groove on the base when in its primed position, and is free of any groove when in its open position. A mechanical activator is coupled to the base with a teeter connection. The mechanical activator displaces the cap from the closed position to the primed position when a first section of the mechanical activator is depressed. The mechanical activator displaces the cap from the primed position to the open position when a second section of the mechanical activator is depressed.

Disclosed herein are tethered cap and spout combinations. The tethered cap and spout combinations prevent loss of the cap after opening. In an implementation, the tethered cap and spout combinations may provide mechanisms for puncturing or opening a seal that may be present at a throat or neck of the container which provides both an anti-tampering and freshness function. In an implementation, the tethered cap and spout combinations may provide anti-tampering mechanisms. In an implementation, the tethered cap and spout combinations may provide mechanisms to hold an opened and tethered cap away from the container opening during use.

Doser for a container containing a substance. The doser includes a dosing member configured to be located at least partially inside a dispensing end of a container. The dosing member includes at least a bottom wall, a retaining wall and a retaining space of predetermined volume configured to retain a dispensable amount of said substance. When the doser is arranged on a container and the container dispenses the dispensable amount of the substance, the dosing member substantially prevents the substance contained in the container from either passing into the retaining space or being dispensed with the dispensable amount.

A container has a body, two handles, a handle combination structure, and two lids. The body has a body space formed in the body. The handles are connected with the body, and each handle has two connecting portions and two bent grooves. The connecting portions are formed between the handle and the body and are bendable. The bent grooves are defined in the handle and are adjacent respectively to the connecting portions of the handle. The handle combination structure is formed on the handles to selectively combine the two handles with each other. The lids are connected with the body and are respectively located in spaces which are respectively formed between the body and the handles. Each lid has a connecting portion formed between the body and the lid and being bendable.

A sample vessel (1, 11) for transferring and analyzing a sample with analyzer instrument, which sample vessel comprises an elongated vessel body (2, 12) for containing the sample and a hinged cap (3, 13) connected in top end area of the vessel body, and the cross-section of the vessel body (2, 12) on a transversal plane in relation to the lengthwise center axis of the vessel body the inner surface of the vessel body is rotationally asymmetrical in relation to the lengthwise center axis, wherein the sample vessel (1, 11) comprises a surface (5, 15) extending upwards from the vessel body, which surface partially surrounds the edge of the cap (3, 13), when the cap is in closed position.