Decorative Top for Bottle with Existing Lid
AssigneeIn Zone Brands, Inc.
InventorsLeon James Scott, III, Jonas McCracken
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Abstract
A bottle is assembled with an existing cap on its threaded neck to seal the contents in the bottle. A decorative top fits onto the existing cap and bottle for holding a decorative body, such as a figurine or the like, on a stem of the top. To open the bottle and use the decorative top, a removable rim comes off the top allowing it to be removed from the existing cap. The cap then twists off the bottle's neck and can be discarded. To reseal the bottle and allow drinking of its contents, the top with the removable rim detached threads onto the bottle's neck. A spout or valve of the top's stem can then be opened so contents of the bottle can be drunk from the stem.
Claims40
A top for a bottle, the bottle having a neck and having a lid threaded on the neck, the top comprising:
- a cap defining a passage for dispensing liquid from the bottle;
- a rim depending from the cap, the rim having an internal thread adapted to thread onto the neck of the bottle in place of the lid;
- and
- a strip removably affixed to the rim, the strip holding the cap on the lid and being removable from the rim to release the cap from the lid.
A container, comprising:
- a bottle having a neck;
- a lid threading onto the neck;
- a cap having a rim depending therefrom, the rim having an internal thread adapted to thread onto the neck of the bottle in place of the lid;
- and
- a strip removably affixed to the rim, the strip holding the cap on the lid and being removable from the rim to release the cap from the lid.
A container, comprising:
- a bottle having a first neck and having a lid threaded on the first neck;
- and
- a cap comprising:
- means for dispensing liquid from the bottle when the lid is absent,
- means for holding the cap onto the lid while the lid is threaded on the first neck, and
- means for threading the cap onto the first neck in place of the lid.
A top, comprising:
- a cap defining a passage for dispensing liquid;
- a first rim depending from the cap, the first rim having a first internal dimension and a first internal thread, the first internal thread adapted to thread onto a neck of a first bottle;
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- a second rim depending from the first rim, the second rim having a second internal dimension and a second internal thread, the second internal dimension being greater than the first internal dimension, the second internal thread adapted to thread onto a neck of a second bottle.
A container, comprising:
- a first bottle having a first neck;
- a lid threaded on the first neck;
- a cap defining a passage for dispensing liquid from the bottle;
- and
- a rim depending from the cap, the rim having:
- a first portion having a first internal dimension and a first internal thread, and
- a second portion depending from the first portion, the second rim having a second internal dimension and a second internal thread, the second internal dimension being greater than the first internal dimension;
- wherein one of the first and second internal threads is adapted to thread onto the first neck of the first bottle in place of the lid, and
- wherein the other of the first and second internal threads is adapted to thread onto a second neck of a second bottle.
A beverage system, comprising:
- a first bottle having a first neck with a first width;
- a second bottle having a second neck with a second width, the second width being different from the first width;
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- a cap comprising:
- means for dispensing liquid from the first and second bottles,
- means for threading the cap onto the first neck of the first bottle, and
- means for threading the cap onto the second neck of the second bottle.
A beverage container assembly method, comprising:
- threading a lid on a neck of a bottle;
- installing a cap on the lid;
- passing a catch on a removable strip of the cap past the lid when installing the cap on the lid;
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- holding the cap on the lid and the bottle by engaging the catch of the removable strip on a portion of the bottle or the lid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.