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US 11,230,415 B2Granted
Container with cap structure
AssigneeSource Vagabond Systems Ltd.
InventorsYoram Gill, Avner Balachsan
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Abstract
A cap structure may include a base and a cap, where the base may include a periphery configured to be mounted over a rim of an opening of a container. The base may include a hollow neck, extending from the base for facilitating flow of liquid from the container through and out of the neck. The neck may include a flange extending annularly around the neck, so as to define an annular step. The cap may include a plurality of inwardly protruding projections, configured to snap over the step when the cap is mounted over the neck.
Claims18
A cap structure comprising:
- a base, comprising:
- a periphery, configured to be mounted over a rim of an opening of a container;
- a hollow neck, extending from the base for facilitating flow of liquid from the container through and out of the neck;
- and
- a flange, extending annularly around the neck, so as to define an annular step, and
- a cap, comprising a plurality of inwardly protruding projections configured to snap over the step when the cap is mounted over the neck,
- wherein the cap comprises a rotatable sleeve configured to engulf the plurality of inwardly protruding projections, the rotatable sleeve being further configured to rotate between a first default position to a second rotated position,
- wherein, in the first default position, the sleeve prevents the plurality of inwardly protruding projections from retracting so as to hold the cap onto the neck,
- wherein, in the second rotated position, the sleeve is configured to allow each of the plurality of inwardly protruding projections to retract so as to allow removal of the cap from the neck, and
- wherein the sleeve is coupled to a spring which holds the sleeve in the first default position.
7 more elements
A container assembly comprising:
- a container configured to hold liquid;
- a base, comprising:
- a periphery configured to be mounted over a rim of an opening of the container;
- a hollow neck, extending from the base for facilitating flow of the liquid therethrough;
- and
- a flange extending annularly around the neck, so as to define an annular step, and
- a cap comprising a plurality of inwardly protruding projections, configured to snap over the step when the cap is mounted over the neck,
- wherein the cap comprises a rotatable sleeve configured to engulf the plurality of inwardly protruding projections, the rotatable sleeve being further configured to rotate between a first default position to a second rotated position,
- wherein in the first default position the sleeve prevents the plurality of inwardly protruding projections from retracting so as to hold the cap onto the neck,
- wherein, in the second rotated position, the sleeve is configured to allow each of the plurality of inwardly protruding projections to retract so as to allow removal of the cap from the neck, and
- wherein the sleeve is coupled to a spring which holds the sleeve in the first default position.
8 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.