# US 12,759,861 B2 · Liquid dispensing system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,759,861 B2 - Document ID: US12759861B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/122,051 - Filed: 2023-03-15 - Published: 2023-09-21 - Granted: 2026-10-13 - Earliest claimed: 2022-03-16 - Assignees: Hydration Components LLC - Applicants: Hydration Components LLC - Inventors: Thomas Christopher Griffith - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12759861B2 ## CPC - B67D 3/0058: {Details} - B67D 1/0887: {Sanitary protection means for dispensing nozzles or taps, e.g. outlet closures} - B67D 3/04: Liquid-dispensing taps or cocks adapted to seal and open tapping holes of casks, e.g. for beer {(closures with filling and discharging devices for containers B65D47/00)} - B67D 2210/00094: Ergonomics - B67D: DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (cleaning pipes or tubes or systems of pipes or tubes B08B9/02; emptying or filling of bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels, or similar containers, not otherwise provided for B67C; water supply E03; pipe systems F17D; domestic hot-water supply systems F24D; measuring volume, volume flow, mass flow or liquid level, metering by volume G01F; coin-freed or like apparatus G07F) ## Abstract A spigot cover includes a mounting portion configured to mount to a spigot of a liquid container and includes an actuating portion adjustably coupled to the mounting portion. The actuating portion includes a protrusion configured to engage with a plunger of the spigot. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A spigot cover, comprising: a mounting portion configured to mount to a spigot of a liquid container; and an actuating portion adjustably coupled to the mounting portion, wherein the actuating portion comprises: a protrusion configured to engage with a plunger of the spigot; a base portion; and a hood extending outward from the base portion, wherein the hood is configured to block access to the spigot. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The spigot cover of claim 1, wherein the actuating portion is rotatably coupled to the mounting portion via a hinged connection. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The spigot cover of claim 1, wherein the hood defines a cavity and an opening fluidly coupled to the cavity, and the hood is configured to enable liquid flow from the spigot, through the cavity, and out of the opening. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The spigot cover of claim 3, wherein the protrusion is disposed at least partially within the cavity. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The spigot cover of claim 4, wherein the actuating portion comprises reinforcing ribs extending from the hood and through the cavity. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The spigot cover of claim 5, wherein the protrusion extends from the reinforcing ribs, through the cavity, and toward the plunger in an installed configuration of the spigot cover with the liquid container. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The spigot cover of claim 1, wherein the mounting portion comprises a base and a mounting flange extending from the base to define a mounting recess configured to receive a lip of the spigot, and the base and the mounting flange are configured to capture the lip of the spigot within the mounting recess to mount the spigot cover to the spigot. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The spigot cover of claim 7, wherein the mounting flange and the mounting recess each comprises a semi-circular geometry. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The spigot cover of claim 1, wherein the mounting portion comprises a retention cavity formed therein, the mounting portion is configured to capture and retain a bracket of an actuation cable assembly within the retention cavity, and the mounting portion comprises an aperture formed therethrough and aligned with the retention cavity. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The spigot cover of claim 1, wherein the mounting portion and the actuating portion are coupled to one another via a hinge pin, the mounting portion comprises a first portion configured to couple to the spigot and a second portion configured to abut the liquid container in an installed configuration of the spigot cover with the liquid container, the first portion is disposed on a first side of the hinge pin, and the second portion is disposed on a second side of the hinge pin opposite the first side. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The spigot cover of claim 1, wherein the mounting portion is a first injection-molded piece, and the actuating portion is a second injection-molded piece. ### Claim 12 A liquid dispensing system, comprising: a spigot cover configured to mount to a spigot of a liquid container, wherein the spigot cover is configured to actuate the spigot and shield the spigot from contact with an individual utilizing the liquid dispensing system; and an actuation cable assembly configured to be secured to the spigot cover, wherein the actuation cable assembly comprises a sheath and an internal tether disposed within the sheath, wherein the sheath is configured to engage with a first portion of the spigot cover, the internal tether extends from the sheath, through the first portion, and is configured to couple to a second portion of the spigot cover, and the actuation cable assembly is configured to transfer a force to the spigot cover to actuate the spigot. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The liquid dispensing system of claim 12, wherein the spigot cover comprises the first portion and the second portion adjustably coupled to one another, the first portion is configured to mount to the spigot, and the second portion is configured to transfer the force to a plunger of the spigot to actuate the spigot. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The liquid dispensing system of claim 13, comprising an actuation pedal, wherein the internal tether comprises a first end and a second end, the first end is coupled to the second portion of spigot cover in an assembled configuration of the liquid dispensing system, the second end is coupled to the actuation pedal in the assembled configuration, and the actuation pedal is configured to receive and transfer the force to the actuation cable. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The liquid dispensing system of claim 14, wherein the actuation pedal is a foot pedal. ### Claim 16 A liquid dispensing system, comprising: a spigot cover configured to mount to a spigot of a liquid container, wherein the spigot cover comprises: a mounting portion configured to mount to the spigot of the liquid container, wherein the mounting portion comprises a first portion configured to couple to the spigot and a second portion configured to abut the liquid container in an installed configuration of the spigot cover with the liquid container; and an actuating portion adjustably coupled to the mounting portion, wherein the actuating portion is configured to shield the spigot from contact with an individual utilizing the liquid dispensing system; an actuation cable assembly configured to couple to the spigot cover and configured to transfer a force to the actuating portion of the spigot cover to actuate the spigot; and an actuation pedal configured to couple to the actuation cable assembly and configured to receive the force and transfer the force to the actuation cable assembly. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The liquid dispensing system of claim 16, wherein the actuating portion is rotatably coupled to the mounting portion via a hinged connection. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The liquid dispensing system of claim 16, wherein the actuating portion comprises: a protrusion configured to engage with a plunger of the spigot; a base portion; and a hood extending outward from the base portion, wherein the hood defines a cavity and an opening fluidly coupled to the cavity, and wherein the protrusion is disposed at least partially within the cavity. ### Claim 19 A spigot cover, comprising: a mounting portion configured to mount to a spigot of a liquid container, wherein the mounting portion comprises a base and a mounting flange extending from the base to define a mounting recess configured to receive a lip of the spigot, and the base and the mounting flange are configured to capture the lip of the spigot within the mounting recess to mount the spigot cover to the spigot; and an actuating portion adjustably coupled to the mounting portion, wherein the actuating portion comprises a protrusion configured to engage with a plunger of the spigot. ### Claim 20 A spigot cover, comprising: a mounting portion configured to mount to a spigot of a liquid container, wherein the mounting portion comprises a retention cavity formed therein, and the mounting portion is configured to capture and retain a bracket of an actuation cable assembly within the retention cavity; and an actuating portion adjustably coupled to the mounting portion, wherein the actuating portion comprises a protrusion configured to engage with a plunger of the spigot.