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US 12,534,246 B2Granted
Refill system and spout and methods of using the same
AssigneeSilgan Dispensing Systems Corporation
InventorsDaniel Choi, Brandon Ramsuer, Jacob Vanbecelaere, Peter Beegle, Stefan Koster
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Abstract
A refill closure system to be used with bulk refill containers and targeted refill bottles in which the closure system includes a pour cap and a funnel, the funnel being sealed to the pour cap in a closed or non-use state and detached from the pour cap in a use state wherein the funnel may be inserted in a targeted refill bottle to facilitate filling of the targeted refill bottle from a bulk refill container.
Claims20
A refill system, comprising:
- a refill container;
- a product in the container;
- a closure system attached to the refill container, comprising:
- a pour cap, comprising:
- a closure skirt;
- a funnel skirt defining an interior space;
- and
- a funnel plug positioned in the interior space;
- a funnel, comprising:
- a funnel wall;
- a funnel attachment system;
- and
- a chamfered edge at a small end of the funnel;
- wherein the chamfered edge of the funnel engages an exterior surface of the funnel plug in a closed position.
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A closure system, comprising:
- a pour cap, comprising:
- a closure skirt;
- a funnel skirt extending downwardly within the closure skirt and having a wall with an interior surface;
- and
- one or more pour openings in the funnel skirt;
- a funnel, comprising:
- a funnel wall having an exterior surface configured and arranged to mate with said interior surface of said funnel skirt wall when received in assembled relation;
- and
- a funnel attachment system;
- wherein the funnel attachment system attaches the funnel to the pour cap in a closed position.
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A method of refilling a container, comprising:
- providing a target container comprising a container opening;
- providing a refill product, the refill product comprising:
- a refill container comprising a refill container opening;
- a product stored in the refill container;
- a pour cap attached to the refill container opening, the pour cap comprising a closure skirt, a funnel skirt extending downwardly within the closure skirt and having a wall with an interior surface, and one or more pour openings in the funnel skirt;
- and
- a funnel attached to the pour cap, the funnel comprising a funnel wall having an exterior surface configured and arranged to mate with said interior surface of said funnel skirt wall when received in assembled relation, and a funnel attachment system, wherein the funnel attachment system attaches the funnel to the pour cap in a closed position;
- removing the funnel from the pour cap;
- inserting the funnel in the target container opening;
- pouring the product from the refill container through the pour cap and into the funnel;
- removing the funnel from the target container opening;
- and
- reattaching the funnel to the pour cap.
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A refill system, comprising:
- a refill container;
- a product in the container;
- a closure system attached to the refill container, comprising:
- a pour cap, comprising:
- a closure skirt;
- a funnel skirt defining an interior space;
- and
- a funnel plug positioned in the interior space;
- a funnel, comprising:
- a funnel wall;
- a funnel attachment system to attach the funnel to the pour cap to seal one or more openings in the pour cap.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.