Container adapter lids
OwnerJohn Carver, David T. Helbley +1inventors
InventorsJohn Carver, David T. Helbley, Kelley Carver
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Abstract
A method, system, apparatus, and/or device for an adapter lid of a container. The method, system, apparatus, and/or device may include a planar wall extending along a horizontal plane, the planar wall being configured to attach to a gasket and extend along a rim of a container, where the planar wall includes an opening to provide a passage for the object to enter a cavity of the container. The method, system, apparatus, and/or device may include an opening wall configured to circumscribe the opening and extend from the horizontal plane to form a spout, where the adapter lid is configured to attach to the rim of the container in a normal orientation and attach to the rim of the container in a reverse orientation.
Claims13
A container system, comprising:
- a container comprising a body with a cavity to hold an object and a first opening to receive the object, wherein the container is a mason jar;
- a gasket configured to attach to a rim of the first opening of the container to form a first seal between the rim and an adapter lid;
- the adapter lid comprising:
- a planar wall extending along a horizontal plane, the planar wall being configured to attach to the gasket and extend along the rim of the first opening, wherein the planar wall comprises a second opening to provide a passage for the object to enter the cavity of the container;
- three lobes disposed about the planar wall and substantially coplanar with the planar wall, wherein:
- each lobe is configured to extend an outer dimension of the planar wall over a portion of a perimeter of the planar wall;
- each lobe is semi-elliptical shaped;
- each lobe is positioned substantially equidistant from the other two lobes;
- an opening wall configured to circumscribe the second opening and extend perpendicularly from the horizontal plane to form a spout, wherein the adapter lid is configured to:
- attach to the rim of the container in a normal orientation such that:
- the opening wall extends upwardly and away from the cavity;
- and
- the adapter lid is operable to receive an adapter at a top of the opening wall;
- and
- attach to the rim of the container in a reverse orientation such that:
- the opening wall extends downwardly and into the cavity;
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- the adapter lid is operable to receive the adapter at a bottom of the opening wall;
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- a container band shaped to attach the gasket and the adapter lid to the rim of the container, wherein the three lobes are configured to:
- deform elastically, thereby permitting insertion of the adapter lid into the container band;
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- return to an undeformed position to centrally locate the adapter lid within the container band.
An adapter lid, comprising:
- a planar wall extending along a horizontal plane, the planar wall being configured to attach to a gasket and extend along a rim of a container, wherein the planar wall comprises an opening to provide a passage for an object to enter a cavity of the container;
- a lobe disposed about the planar wall and substantially coplanar with the planar wall, the lobe configured to:
- extend an outer dimension of the planar wall over a portion of a perimeter of the planar wall;
- deform elastically, thereby permitting insertion of the adapter lid into a container band;
- and
- return to an undeformed position to centrally locate the adapter lid within the container band;
- an opening wall configured to circumscribe the opening and extend from the horizontal plane to form a spout, wherein the adapter lid is configured to:
- attach to the rim of the container in a normal orientation such that:
- the opening wall extends upwardly and away from the cavity;
- and
- the adapter lid is operable to receive an adapter at a top of the opening wall;
- and
- attach to the rim of the container in a reverse orientation such that:
- the opening wall extends downwardly and into the cavity;
- and
- the adapter lid is operable to receive that adapter at a bottom of the opening wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.