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US 11,691,786 B2Granted
Closure cap for bottle
AssigneeHenkel AG & Co. KGaA
InventorsDaniel Peter Sterling, Keith Jon Colacioppo, Rainer Geberzahn, Nicholas Robert Bull
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Abstract
A cap includes an upper cap portion to enclose an opening of a bottle and hold a dosage of fluid, a lower cap portion to extend into the bottle and increase the dosage capacity of the cap, and a skirt configured to engage the exterior surface of the bottle to secure the cap to the bottle. The upper cap portion includes a top and a first sidewall having one or more sections that protrude radially away from other portions of first sidewall.
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A bottle, comprising:
- a container comprising a neck having a rim defining an opening into the container;
- and
- a cap removably coupled to the neck, the cap comprising:
- an upper cap portion comprising a top and a first sidewall extending around a perimeter of the top from the top to a lower end,
- a lower cap portion comprising a second sidewall coupled to the first sidewall and having a distal end, wherein the upper cap portion and the lower cap portion define a chamber extending along a longitudinal axis of the cap, and
- a skirt extending in a radial direction with respect to the longitudinal axis of the cap and configured to be received on the rim of the neck of the container,
- wherein the first sidewall comprises a first transverse dimension at the lower end of the first sidewall, and the second sidewall comprises a second transverse dimension less than the first transverse dimension,
- wherein the lower end of the first sidewall is aligned with the rim of the container when the cap is disposed on the container.
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A cap for a bottle, comprising:
- an upper cap portion comprising:
- a circular-shaped top, and
- a first sidewall extending around a perimeter of the top;
- and
- a skirt having a flange extending in a radial direction with respect to a longitudinal axis of the cap from the first sidewall at an intersection disposed at a lower end of the first sidewall,
- wherein the first sidewall comprises 4 to 11 polygonal segments disposed circumferentially along an exterior of the first sidewall to define a polygonal-shaped lateral cross-section.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.