Twist cap
AssigneeScholle Corporation
InventorsRobert Jones, Andrew Mark Crick
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Abstract
A cap for sealing a container having a threaded spout. The cap is arranged so that it can be snapped onto and off the spout and so that it can also be screwed on and off the spout.
Claims12
A cap for sealing a container having a spout, said cap including a top and a downwardly depending skirt, said skirt including a threaded portion arranged to engage with a correspondingly shaped threaded portion of the spout, said cap also including a plug means arranged in use to sealingly engage within the spout of the container and wherein the threaded portion of the cap can be moved over the threaded portion of the spout so that the cap can be snapped onto and off the spout, said cap further including an engaging surface against which pressure can be applied so as to snap said cap off said spout, said engaging surface extending substantially perpendicularly from said skirt and being located between the top and the threaded portion.
A cap according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the threaded portion of the cap is located on an inner face of the depending skirt.
A cap according to any one of the preceding claims further including a gripping portion which extends about the periphery of the cap so as to enable the cap to be easily gripped by hand when screwing the cap onto and off the spout.
A bag having a threaded spout and a cap in accordance with any one of the preceding claims.
A cap substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
A bag substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.