Container cap assembly
AssigneeSociete des Produits Nestle S.A.
InventorsAndre Noth, Alexandre Kollep, Damien Neurohr, Etienne Claude Jaquier
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Abstract
A cap assembly is used in a container. A food product to be dispensed from the container is in an inner volume of the container, and the inner volume of the container is closed by a lid. An identifier is arranged on the cap assembly and/or on a surface of the container. The cap assembly includes two parts relatively moveable with respect to each other in a relative movement. The relative movement and/or a solidary movement of these two parts allows displacement of the identifier according to a certain path and allows opening and/or closing a communication between the cap assembly and the inner volume of the container.
Claims16
A cap assembly used in a container, the container comprising a food product in an inner volume of the container, the container configured to dispense the food product from the inner volume of the container, the inner volume of the container is closed by a lid:
- wherein identification means are arranged on at least one of the cap assembly or a surface of the container,
- wherein the cap assembly comprises two parts configured to move in a solidary movement when the two parts move in one direction and to move independently to each other in a relative movement when the two parts move in a reverse direction, such that the relative movement and/or the solidary movement of the two parts allow displacement of the identification means according to a certain path and allow opening and/or closing a communication between the cap assembly and the inner volume of the container.
A cap assembly used in a container, the container comprising a food product in an inner volume of the container, the container configured to dispense the food product from the inner volume of the container, the inner volume of the container is closed by a lid:
- wherein identification means are arranged on at least one of the cap assembly or a surface of the container,
- wherein the cap assembly comprises two parts relatively moveable with respect to each other in a relative movement, such that the relative movement of the two parts and/or a solidary movement of the two parts allow displacement of the identification means according to a certain path and allow opening and/or closing a communication between the cap assembly and the inner volume of the container,
- the cap assembly further comprising an element designed to engage with an external retention element to thereby allow the relative movement of the two parts of the cap assembly with respect to each other.
A container system comprising:
- a container comprising a food product inside an inner volume of the container;
- a lid closing the inner volume of the container;
- a cap assembly configured for the food product to be dispensed from the container through the cap assembly;
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- identification means arranged on at least one of the cap assembly or a surface of the container,
- wherein the cap assembly comprises two parts configured to move in a solidary movement when the two parts move in one direction and to move independently to each other in a relative movement while the two parts move in a reverse direction, such that the relative movement and/or the solidary movement of the two parts allow displacement of the identification means according to a certain path and allow opening and/or closing a communication between the cap assembly and the inner volume of the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.