Closure systems, debris caps, holder devices, and related technologies
AssigneeTiteLids, Inc.
InventorsChad Sauve, Kevin Richardson
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Abstract
A cap assembly can include a cap holder device with a plug member and a cap holder. The cap holder device is positionable in an end of a conduit positioned along a roadway. The cap holder is carried by the plug member and includes a magnetic element and a connector. The connector is connectable to the magnetic element to the plug member such that the magnetic element is movable relative to the plug member so as to position the magnetic element for releasably holding a cap that covers the end of the conduit when the plug member is positioned in the conduit. The cap assembly can be a debris cap insertable in a conduit, an end of a pipe, or other opening.
Claims40
A debris cap assembly comprising:
- a cap holder device configured to be positioned in an end of a conduit positioned along a roadway, the cap holder device including
- a plug member, and
- a cap holder carried by the plug member, the cap holder including a magnetic element and a connector, wherein the connector is configured to connect the magnetic element to the plug member such that the magnetic element is movable relative to the plug member so as to position the magnetic element for releasably holding a cap that covers the end of the conduit when the plug member is positioned in the conduit, wherein the connector includes a joint that allows rotation of the magnetic element relative to the plug member.
A closure assembly installable in a conduit, comprising:
- a closure holder device configured to be positioned within an end portion of a conduit and including a plug assembly and a closure holder connected to the plug assembly, wherein the closure holder includes a retention element that is movable away from or toward the plug assembly to position a closure, which is magnetically coupled to the retention element, at the end portion of the conduit, wherein the closure holder device includes a pivot device that allows rotation of the retention element relative to the plug member.
A debris cap assembly, comprising:
- a cap holder device including
- a plug assembly having a delivery configuration and an expanded configuration, and
- a cap holder movably coupled to the plug assembly to position a cap held by the cap holder at different positions while the plug assembly is in the expanded configuration, the cap holder including a magnetic element and a hinge that allows rotation of the magnetic element relative to the plug assembly.
A method for covering an opening along a roadway or sidewalk, the method comprising:
- inserting a plug assembly of a debris closure assembly into the opening;
- and
- positioning a magnetic element of the debris closure assembly relative to the plug assembly such that the magnetic element is positioned to magnetically hold a closure covering the opening,
- wherein the debris closure assembly includes a hinge that allows rotation of the magnetic element relative to the plug assembly.
A debris cap assembly comprising:
- a cap holder device installable in an end of a conduit and including
- means for plugging the conduit in which the cap holder device is positioned, and
- a cap holder connected to the means for plugging the conduit and including
- means for releasably holding a cap, and
- means for connecting the means for releasably holding the cap to the means for plugging the conduit such that the cap is movable relative to the means for plugging so as to position the cap holder for releasably holding the cap at an end of the conduit when the cap holder device is positioned in the conduit, wherein the means for connecting includes a ball and socket joint.
A closure system, comprising:
- a cap holder device having a locked state for securing the cap holder device to a conduit and an unlocked state for releasing the cap holder device from the conduit, the cap holder device including
- a plug member, and
- a cap holder carried by the plug member for releasably holding a cap that covers an opening of a conduit when the cap holder device is positioned in the conduit, wherein the cap holder includes a magnetic element and a pivotable joint assembly that allows rotation of the magnetic element relative to the plug member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.