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.
Claims18
A dispensing lid for use with a container, the dispensing lid comprising:
- a body;
- and
- a selectively extendable and retractable carrying mechanism including:
- a handle having:
- two parallel arms;
- a bridge connecting the two parallel arms near a first end of each arm;
- and
- two posts, each projecting from a respective one of the two parallel arms near a second end of its respective arm;
- two arm tracks formed into the body and through which the two parallel arms respectively slide when extending and retracting the handle;
- and
- two post channels inside the two arm tracks and through which the two posts respectively slide when extending and retracting the handle.
A dispensing lid for use with a container, the dispensing lid comprising:
- a body;
- a cap in rotatable engagement with the body;
- a spout selectively engageable with and disengageable from the body, the spout allowing dispensing through the dispensing lid;
- and
- a selectively extendable and retractable carrying mechanism including:
- a handle having:
- two parallel arms;
- a bridge connecting the two parallel arms near a first end of each arm;
- and
- two posts, each projecting from an outward facing surface of a respective one of the two parallel arms near a second end of its respective arm;
- two arm tracks formed into the body and through which the two parallel arms respectively slide when extending and retracting the handle;
- and
- two post channels inside the two arm tracks and through which the two posts respectively slide when extending and retracting the handle, the two post channels each being formed in an inward facing surface of a respective one of the two arm tracks, the inward facing surface of each arm track opposing the outward facing surface of one of the two parallel arms with the handle retracted;
- the cap closing the spout when retained in a closed position;
- the cap opening the spout when released from the closed position;
- and
- with the cap in the closed position and the handle retracted, each of two opposing side walls of the cap define part of a respective one of the two arm tracks and each of the two parallel arms is between a respective one of the two side walls of the cap and a respective one of the two post channels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.