US 12,459,708 B2Granted

Container cap and compounds

AssigneeLyvecap LLC

InventorYinka Davies

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Abstract

A cap for accommodating a compound includes a body with an opening. The opening penetrates from an upper to a lower end portion of the body by a first length. A membrane seals a lower end portion of the opening. A lid is removably coupled and moveable relative to the body. The lid includes a protrusion extending downwardly from an interior surface of the lid by a second length greater than the first length. The opening accommodates a lower end portion of the protrusion. A spacer removably couples with the lid and interposes between the lid and the body. The spacer configurable between a first state in which the spacer is engaged with the lid, which prevents the protrusion from penetrating the membrane, and a second state in which the spacer is disengaged with the lid, which allows the protrusion of the lid to penetrate the membrane of the body.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A method of dispensing a dosage of a compound accommodated in a cap, wherein the cap comprises:

a body comprising an opening, and
a lid comprising a hollow protrusion, a gasket, and a spacer removably coupled to an upper end portion of the lid, the spacer interposing between the upper end portion of the lid and the body, and the gasket disposed on an outer surface of the protrusion, and wherein the method comprises:
A) sealing a lower end portion of the opening of the body with a first membrane;
B) filling either of the opening or the hollow of the protrusion with the dosage of the compound;
C) coupling the lid and the body of the cap together by accommodating the hollow protrusion of the lid within the opening of the body, thereby engaging the gasket between an inner surface of the body and the outer surface of the protrusion and sealing the compound in the cap;
D) removing the spacer from the upper end portion of the lid;
and
E) depressing the lid further towards to the body and forcing the protrusion to pierce the seal formed by the first membrane, thereby dispensing the dosage of the compound.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/171,177Filed 17 Feb 2023 · division
Priority: 23 Sep 2019
Published: US 2023/0312186 A15 Oct 2023
Granted: 4 Nov 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

B65D 41/3428
With flexible tabs, or elements rotated from a non-engaging to an engaging position, formed on the tamper element or in the closure skirt: the…
B65D 51/2835
Said element being a film or a foil: ruptured by a sharp element, e.g. a cutter or a piercer
B65D 41/62
Caps, e.g. crown caps or crown seals, i.e. members having parts arranged for engagement with the external periphery of a neck or wall defining a…:…
B65D 47/121
Having removable closures: stoppers

Family

Application29/706,749Parent of this continuation · filed 23 Sep 2019
Application16/712,504Parent of this continuation · filed 12 Dec 2019
US D923,476 S1Parent of this continuation · filed 29 Jun 2021
Application17/700,291Parent of this division · filed 21 Mar 2022
US 11,279,528 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 22 Mar 2022
US 2023/0312186 A1Pre-grant publication · published 5 Oct 2023
US 11,584,570 B2Parent of this division
Application17/700,291Parent of this continuation
US 2021/0221571 A1Published application
US 2022/0204221 A1Published application
US 12,459,708 B2This patent

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