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US 12,338,042 B2Granted
Bottle cap device with pressurized release
OwnerMax Corthellinventor
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Abstract
A bottle cap is disclosed, which includes a top portion, comprising a hingeable lid, a middle portion, comprising a reservoir for retaining a material, and a bottom portion, which is surrounded by a threading that further comprises a means for attaching to a bottle. The top portion of the bottle cap further comprises a depressible button for exerting pressure in said reservoir, wherein said reservoir further contains a means for releasing said material into said bottle upon the exertion of pressure from said depressible button.
Claims19
A bottle cap, comprising:
- a top portion, comprising a hingeable lid and a depressible button configured to exert a pressure when depressed, wherein the hingeable lid is configured to hinge between an open position and a closed position, wherein in the open position the depressible button is exposed, and in the closed position the depressible button is not exposed;
- a middle portion, comprising a reservoir for retaining a material, wherein the reservoir is in fluid communication with the top portion to receive the pressure from the top portion exerted by the depressible button when depressed to increase a pressure of the reservoir;
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- a bottom portion, surrounding circumferentially means for attaching the bottle cap to a threading of a bottle;
- wherein the reservoir further comprises a means for releasing the material into the bottle, wherein the means for releasing comprises a pie-slice breakable membrane disposed at a bottom surface of the reservoir, wherein the depressible button is configured to pass a fluid from the top portion to the reservoir to increase a pressure of the reservoir such that the breakable membrane breaks to release the material into the bottle,
- wherein the reservoir is configured to extend into an interior portion of the bottle such that the pie-slice breakable membrane is disposed below the threading of the bottle and below a neck of the bottle with the bottle cap attached to the threading of the bottle via the means for attaching the bottle cap to the threading of the bottle,
- wherein with the bottle cap attached to the threading of the bottle, the depressible button is disposed within the threading of the bottle such that in a depressed position, the depressible button is entirely within the threading of the bottle.
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A bottle cap, comprising:
- a top portion defining a first chamber having a cylindrical shape configured to attach the bottle cap to an existing bottle, the top portion including a depressible button disposed within the first chamber and a hingeable lid configured to provide access to the depressible button within the first chamber;
- a middle portion defining a second chamber below the first chamber having a cylindrical shape and configured to extend into an interior of the existing bottle with the top portion attached to the existing bottle, the second chamber including a reservoir for retaining a material and a breakable membrane disposed at a lower end of the reservoir for releasing the material from the reservoir into the interior of the bottle, wherein the middle portion is configured to extend into the interior of the existing bottle such that the breakable membrane is positioned below a threaded section of the existing bottle;
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- a bottom portion radially outward from the top portion, wherein a threaded annulus is defined radially between the bottom portion and the top portion, wherein the threaded annulus is configured to receive a threaded neck of the existing bottle such that the bottom portion is configured to thread the bottle cap onto the existing bottle with the middle portion within the interior of the existing bottle,
- wherein in a non-depressed state, the depressible button is fully within the first chamber, and wherein in a depressed state, the depressible button is configured to be fully within the top portion and fully within the threaded neck of the existing bottle, wherein in both the non-depressed state and the depressed state, the depressible button remains within the first chamber and does not extend into the second chamber,
- wherein the first chamber is in fluid communication with the second chamber such that depressing the depressible button passes a fluid from the first chamber to the second chamber increasing a pressure within the reservoir and wherein the breakable membrane is configured to break due to the increased pressure within the reservoir, wherein the breakable membrane is configured to break along one or more scores defined in the breakable membrane.
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A bottle cap, comprising:
- a top portion configured to attach the bottle cap to an existing bottle, the top portion including a first chamber and a depressible button disposed within the first chamber;
- a middle portion operatively connected to the top portion and extending from the top portion, the middle portion including a second chamber separate from and below the first chamber, the second chamber configured to hold a material to be dispensed into the existing bottle, wherein the second chamber is configured to extend into an interior of the existing bottle with the top portion attached to the existing bottle, wherein the middle portions further comprises a breakable membrane disposed at a lower end of the second chamber for releasing the material from the second chamber into the interior of the bottle;
- wherein the first chamber is in fluid communication with the second chamber such that depressing the depressible button passes a fluid from the first chamber into the second chamber, increasing a pressure within the second chamber and wherein the breakable membrane is configured to break due to the increased pressure within the reservoir.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.