Bottle screw caps and methods for making and using same
AssigneeCSP Technologies, Inc.
InventorsJean-Pierre Giraud, Kasey Myers, William Abrams
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Abstract
A screw cap (14, 502) configured to be removably attachable to a bottle (12) includes a base (40) and an annular skirt (42, 508) extending downwardly therefrom. One or more threads (32) extend radially inwardly from an interior surface of the skirt (42, 508). A retention feature (509) extends radially inwardly from the interior surface of the skirt (42, 508). The retention feature (509) is configured to produce at least one of an audible response or a tactile response when the cap (14, 502) is rotated with respect to a bottle (12).
Claims16
A screw cap configured to be removably attachable to a bottle, the screw cap comprising:
- a planar base,
- a seal member disposed on an interior surface of the base;
- and
- an annular skirt extending downwardly from an outer periphery of the base, the skirt having a first end proximate the base and an opposing second free end, the skirt having a first portion proximate the first end and a second portion proximate the second free end, the first portion and the second portion in combination extending an entire height of an interior surface of the skirt, an entire interior surface of the second portion being spaced radially outwardly from an entire interior surface of the first portion such that the interior surface of the second portion extends in a different plane from the interior surface of the first portion, one or more threads extending radially inwardly from the interior surface of the first portion of the skirt, a retention feature including a projection extending radially inwardly from the skirt, the projection being fixed with respect to the skirt, the retention feature being configured to produce at least one of an audible response or a tactile response when the cap is rotated with respect to a bottle, the skirt including a passageway extending therethrough, the passageway extending along two or more axes, at least two of the two or more axes extending perpendicular to each other, the skirt further including a tamper evident feature therein or thereon, the tamper evident feature including a body configured to be separable from the skirt, the body being positioned at a distance away from the second free end of the skirt toward the first end of the skirt, the tamper evident feature including at least two extensions extending from and connecting opposing lateral sides of the body to a remainder of the skirt, the body being rectangular, each of the at least two extensions having a longitudinal axis extending parallel to a bottom surface of the skirt,
- wherein a gap exists between top and bottom sides of the body and the skirt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.