# US 12,115,127 B2 · Cap and capped vial > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,115,127 B2 - Document ID: US12115127B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/622,777 - Filed: 2020-07-02 - Published: 2022-08-04 - Granted: 2024-10-15 - Earliest claimed: 2019-07-02 - Assignees: Taisei Kako Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Taisei Kako Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yukihiro Yano; Satoshi Miyatake; Yukihiro Ogawa; Shigenori Uchi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12115127B2 ## CPC - A61J 1/1412: {Containers with closing means, e.g. caps} - A61J 1/1431: {Permanent type, e.g. welded or glued} - B65D 51/002: {Closures to be pierced by an extracting-device for the contents and fixed on the container by separate retaining means} - B65D 51/20: Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing {(B65D51/185 takes precedence; co-operating with an auxiliary container for additional articles or materials B65D51/28)} - A61J 1/1406: {Septums, pierceable membranes} - B65D 2251/0015: of the 41-type - B65D 2251/0075: of the 39-type - B65D 2251/009: of the 51-type - A61J: CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES ## Abstract Provided is a cap including: a cap body; a protective cover; and an attaching device for attaching the protective cover and a top plate of the cap body to each other. The top plate includes: a through hole; and a top plate annular portion. The protective cover includes a cover body having a lower surface arranged away from the top plate. The attaching device includes a cover attaching portion formed into an annular shape around the through hole and projecting from the lower surface of the cover body toward the top side of the top plate annular portion or from the top side of the top plate annular portion toward the lower surface of the cover body to attach the protective cover and the top plate to each other. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A cap for being mounted to a vial that has a mouth located on a top side and having an opening closed by a stopper, the cap comprising: a cap body comprising a tubular body capable of being externally fitted to the mouth of the vial, and a top plate that is arranged on the top side of the tubular body and that has a through hole through which a top side surface of the stopper is exposed in a state where the tubular body is externally fitted to the mouth of the vial; a protective cover detachably attached to the top side of the top plate; and an attaching device for attaching the protective cover and the top plate to each other, wherein the top plate comprises a top plate annular portion arranged around the through hole, the protective cover comprises a cover body having a lower surface arranged away from the top plate in a state where the protective cover is attached to the top plate, the attaching device comprising: a cover attaching portion formed into an annular shape around the through hole and projecting from the lower surface of the cover body toward the top side of the top plate annular portion or from the top side of the top plate annular portion toward the lower surface of the cover body to attach the protective cover and the top plate to each other; and a plurality of cover projecting portions each arranged radially outside the cover attaching portion and extending radially outward from the cover attaching portion, and arranged at equal intervals from each other in a circumferential direction of the cover attaching portion. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The cap according to claim 1, wherein the top plate comprises a top plate projecting portion projecting downward from a lower surface of the top plate annular portion, and the top plate projecting portion is formed into an annular shape that surrounds the through hole of the top plate. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The cap according to claim 2, wherein an inner circumferential surface of the tubular body of the cap body comprises a plurality of vertical ribs projecting in a radially inward direction from the inner circumferential surface and extending downward, and the plurality of vertical ribs are configured to bring their leading end edges into contact with an outer circumferential portion of the stopper. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The cap according to claim 1, wherein an inner circumferential surface of the tubular body of the cap body comprises a plurality of vertical ribs projecting in a radially inward direction from the inner circumferential surface and extending downward, and the plurality of vertical ribs are configured to bring their leading end edges into contact with an outer circumferential portion of the stopper. ### Claim 5 A capped vial comprising: a vial that has a mouth located on a top side and having an opening closed by a stopper; and a cap for being mounted to the vial, wherein the cap comprises: a cap body comprising a tubular body capable of being externally fitted to the mouth of the vial, and a top plate that is arranged on the top side of the tubular body and that has a through hole through which a top side surface of the stopper is exposed in a state where the tubular body is externally fitted to the mouth of the vial; a protective cover detachably attached to the top side of the top plate; and an attaching device for attaching the protective cover and the top plate to each other, the top plate comprises a top plate annular portion arranged around the through hole, the protective cover comprises a cover body having a lower surface arranged away from the top plate in a state where the protective cover is attached to the top plate, the attaching device comprising: a cover attaching portion formed into an annular shape around the through hole and projecting from the lower surface of the cover body toward the top side of the top plate annular portion or from the top side of the top plate annular portion toward the lower surface of the cover body to attach the protective cover and the top plate to each other; and a plurality of cover projecting portions each arranged radially outside the cover attaching portion and extending radially outward from the cover attaching portion and arranged at equal intervals from each other in a circumferential direction of the cover attaching portion.