US 12,397,975 B2Granted

Multi-component sample container cap

AssigneeThe Gill Corporation

InventorsSarvjit Gill, William J. Gillette, Keith Dirks, Casey Bollig

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Abstract

A sample container cap (or “cap”) is configured to be used with a sample container for collecting fluids. The cap has a body and a shutter connected to the body. The cap has a (1) first, open position in which at least one body opening and at least one shutter opening are not aligned and the cap is configured so that fluid cannot readily pass therethrough, (2) second, open position in which the at least one body opening and the at least one shutter opening are aligned and the cap is configured so that fluid can pass therethrough, and (3) third, closed and locked position, in which the at least one shutter opening and the at least one body opening are not aligned and fluid cannot readily pass through the cap, and the cap is configured to not be moved to an open position.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A cap for use on a container for collecting fluid samples, the cap comprising:

(a) a body having a top portion with an interior top surface, a top opening in the top portion, and a support extending from the interior top surface into a cavity of the body, wherein the support has at least one wall and at least one body opening;
and
(b) a shutter connected to the body and positioned at least partially in the cavity, wherein the shutter has at least one shutter opening,
wherein the cap has (i) a first, closed position in which the at least one shutter opening aligns with the at least one wall and fluid cannot pass through the cap, (ii) a second, open position in which the at least one shutter opening aligns with the at least one body opening and fluid can pass through the cap, and (iii) a third, closed and permanently locked position in which in which the at least one shutter opening aligns with the at least one wall and fluid cannot pass through the cap, and the cap is further configured to not be moved to an open position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/984,723Filed 10 Nov 2022 · continuation in part
Priority: 27 Jan 2021
Published: US 2023/0061233 A12 Mar 2023
Granted: 26 Aug 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification24 codes

A61B 10/0096
Instruments for taking body samples for diagnostic purposes ; Other methods or instruments for diagnosis, e.g. for vaccination diagnosis, sex…:…
B65D 51/18
Closures not otherwise provided for: arrangements of closures with protective outer cap-like covers or of two or more co-operating closures
B01L 3/50825
Test tubes per se: closing or opening means, corks, bungs
B65D 43/0231
Secured by rotation: only on the outside, or a part turned to the outside, of the mouth of the container

Family

Application17/160,366Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 27 Jan 2021
US 2023/0061233 A1Pre-grant publication · published 2 Mar 2023
US 11,761,946 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 2021/0231634 A1Published application
US 12,397,975 B2This patent

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