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US 12,637,258 B2Granted
Simplified squeeze bottle cap with gasket component having a top wall
AssigneeKitchen Concepts Unlimited LLC
InventorJoelle Mertzel
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Abstract
A cap for a squeeze bottle that is simply constructed, easily manufactured, simple to assemble and easily reassembled. The cap includes three components, a rounded lid with a slot, a nozzle with a near spherical base and an extended cone portion, and a gasket with a top, bottom and side walls to form a pocket. The user may insert and remove the nozzle from the pocket by pushing and pulling, respectively, on the stem.
Claims19
A cap for a squeeze bottle comprising:
- a lid component having a rounded shape, an open bottom, an inner portion for engaging an outer portion of a bottle, the inner portion of the lid having a first diameter, the lid component also having a lower flange located above the inner portion, an integral sidewall having multiple grooves extending away from the lower flange above the inner portion, an integral upper flange, an integral curved nozzle seat located above the grooves and the upper flange, and a curved nozzle slot;
- a nozzle component having a spherical base with a central opening and a conical stem with a central opening extending from the spherical base, a centerline of the central openings of the base and the conical stem defining a longitudinal axis of the nozzle component, the spherical base for being received by the nozzle seat of the lid component, and the conical stem for rotating within the curved nozzle slot;
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- a gasket component having a lower circular flange, a bottom wall, a side wall, and an integral top wall, the side wall and the top wall forming a pocket for removably receiving the spherical base of the nozzle component, the bottom wall having an opening for selective alignment with the central openings of the spherical base and the conical stem of the nozzle component, the selective alignment being a function of an angle of the nozzle component in the pocket and alignment with the curved nozzle slot of the lid component.
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A method for assembling a cap apparatus for a squeeze bottle comprising the steps of:
- providing a rounded lid component having an open bottom, an inner portion for engaging an outer portion of a squeeze bottle, the inner portion of the lid having a first diameter, an integral lower flange located above the inner portion, an integral a sidewall having multiple grooves extending away from the lower flange above the inner portion, an integral beveled surface located above the sidewall, an integral upper flange, an integral curved nozzle seat located above the grooves and the upper flange, and a curved nozzle slot;
- providing a nozzle component having a spherical base with a central opening and a conical stem with a central opening extending from the spherical base, a centerline of the central openings of the spherical base and the conical stem defining a longitudinal axis of the nozzle component;
- providing a gasket component having a lower circular flange, a bottom wall, a side wall, and an integral top wall, the side wall and the top wall forming a pocket for removably receiving the spherical base of the nozzle component, the bottom wall having an opening for selective alignment with the central openings of the spherical base and the conical stem of the nozzle component, the selective alignment being a function of an angle of the nozzle component in the pocket and alignment with the curved nozzle slot of the lid component;
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- locating the spherical base of the nozzle component in the pocket of the gasket component.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.