Dispensing lid
AssigneeZak Designs, Inc.
InventorAndrew Gillespie
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Abstract
A lid includes an integration unit formed of a continuous material in common amongst components, which include a spout and a fastener. Another lid includes a selectively extendable and retractable carrying mechanism including a handle having two parallel arms, a bridge, and two posts. A further lid includes an integration unit formed of a continuous material in common amongst components, which include a spout and a gasket with a concave profile. A still further lid includes a well recessed into and defining part of an outside surface of a lid body and a tube projecting outward from a bottom of the well. An integration unit is formed of a continuous material in common amongst components, which include a spout and a socket, the tube seating inside the integration unit socket. The features of the described lids may be combined.
Claims19
A dispensing lid for use with a container, the dispensing lid comprising:
- a body;
- a cap in rotatable engagement with the body;
- an integration unit selectively engageable with and disengageable from the body, the integration unit being formed of a continuous material in common amongst integration unit components, which include:
- a spout having a spout conduit passing through the continuous material in common and allowing dispensing through the dispensing lid via the spout conduit;
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- a fastener formed of the continuous material in common and having a fastener button, a fastener lever, and a fastener spring, the fastener lever connecting the fastener button to the integration unit and the fastener spring applying a force to the fastener lever when pressing the fastener button;
- the cap closing the spout when retained in a closed position by the fastener;
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- the cap opening the spout when pressing the fastener button overcomes the applied force of the fastener spring and moves the fastener lever, releasing the cap from the closed position.
A dispensing lid for use with a container, the dispensing lid comprising:
- a body;
- a cap in rotatable engagement with the body;
- an integration unit selectively engageable with and disengageable from the body, the integration unit being formed of a continuous material in common amongst integration unit components, which include:
- a spout having a spout conduit passing through the continuous material in common and allowing dispensing through the dispensing lid via the spout conduit;
- a vent separate from the spout and including a vent duct passing through the continuous material in common and allowing air exchange through the dispensing lid via the vent duct;
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- a fastener formed of the continuous material in common and having a fastener button, a fastener lever, and a fastener spring, the fastener lever connecting the fastener button to the integration unit and the fastener spring applying a force to the fastener lever when pressing the fastener button;
- the cap closing the spout and the vent when retained in a closed position by the fastener;
- the cap opening the spout and the vent when pressing the fastener button overcomes the applied force of the fastener spring and moves the fastener lever, releasing the cap from the closed position;
- respective portions of the continuous material that form the spout, the vent, and the fastener lacking material interfaces within the continuous material between the spout, the vent, the fastener, the fastener button, the fastener lever, and the fastener spring;
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- the continuous material being resilient, the resilience of the continuous material that forms the fastener lever providing the fastener spring integrally, and the resilience of the continuous material that forms the vent providing a cap spring integrally, the cap spring applying a force to the cap when the cap is retained in the closed position and the cap spring rotating the cap when the cap is released from the closed position, opening the spout and the vent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.