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US 2011/0031734 A1Published application
Container cap locking mechanism
AssigneeIntegrity Products, Inc.
InventorsJeffrey Bailey, Dale Sass
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Abstract
A container cap locking mechanism includes a barb and adjacent stop both projecting downward from a cap edge to mesh with a V-shaped block projecting outward from a container sidewall.
Claims10
A container cap locking mechanism, said locking mechanism comprising:
- a threaded cap having a closed top end and an open bottom end,
- an annular flange extending downwardly from said bottom end of said cap,
- a barb extending downwardly from said annular flange,
- a stop extending downwardly from said annular flange proximate said first barb,
- a threaded container body having an open top end and a closed bottom end, and
- a block extending outwardly from said top end of said container body, said block having a front edge and a back edge and forming a notch for receiving said barb,
- wherein as the bottom end of the cap is threaded onto the top end of the container, the barb is received into the notch and the back edge of the block abuts against the stop.
4 more elements
A method for identifying a sealed cap position, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a threaded container cap and a cooperatively threaded container body, said container body having an open upper end, said cap having a closed upper end an open bottom end and further having a forward rotative direction of travel when rotated to tighten upon said container body, and having a rearward rotative direction of travel when rotated to loosen and disengage from said container body, said cap including a pointed barb projecting downward from said bottom end and a stop positioned proximate to and rearward of said barb and projecting downward from said bottom end, said container body including a block projecting outward from said body, said block including a notch in an upper surface thereof, said notch sized to accept and retain said barb,
- rotatively engaging said cap with said body by turning said cap in a forward direction to engage cooperative threads on said cap and body with one another, and
- turning said cap in a forward direction until said barb is positioned within said notch and said stop is positioned against a rearward side of said block, thereby halting rotation of said cap relative to said body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.