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US 2006/0186076 A1Published application
Bottle cap
OwnerAmnon Shiloniinventor
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Abstract
A bottle cap, and a method for making it, the bottle cap including a cap member having internal screw threads adapted for sealing engagement with a neck of a beverage bottle; and a bi-directional tubing coupler integrally formed with the cap member, the tubing coupler including a first coupling element for coupling a first tube inside the bottle and including a second coupling element coupling a second tube outside the bottle, to permit drinking of a beverage from inside the bottle through the tubes and the tubing coupler.
Claims18
A bottle cap comprising:
- a cap member having internal screw threads adapted for sealing engagement with a neck of a beverage bottle;
- and
- a bi-directional tubing coupler integrally formed with the cap member,
- the tubing coupler including a first coupling element for coupling a first tube inside the bottle and including a second coupling element coupling a second tube outside the bottle, to permit drinking of a beverage from inside the bottle through the tubes and the tubing coupler.
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A method for forming a bottle cap, the method comprising:
- forming a cap member with internal screw threads adapted for sealing engagement with a neck of a beverage bottle;
- and
- integrally forming a bidirectional tubing coupler with the cap member, the tubing coupler including a first coupling element for coupling a first tube inside the bottle and a second coupling element for coupling a second tube outside the bottle, to permit drinking of a beverage from inside the bottle through the tubes and the tubing coupler.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.