Reusable food container with re-sealable cap
AssigneeLuft Industrie, Inc.
InventorOliver Albers
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Abstract
Provided is a reusable food storage container, comprising a vessel that can store a food and/or beverage and a removable cap that closes the vessel. The cap can have a tube or other through-passage formed therein to enable a user to squeeze or draw out the contents of the vessel. The cap can include a mouthpiece and a plug to close the mouthpiece. The cap can be configured to make at least one of a seal, e.g., an airtight and/or water tight-seal, with the vessel, by being press fit into the top of the vessel. And the plug can be configured to close and seal the mouthpiece.
Claims20
A reusable food container, comprising:
- a vessel defining a food storage volume and having a top portion defining an opening;
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- a re-sealable cap configured to removably close the opening, the re-sealable cap comprising:
- a bottom portion structured to form a press-fit seal with the opening;
- a mouthpiece configured to access food in the food storage volume through a food passage formed through the cap;
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- a removable plug configured to close the mouthpiece.
A reusable food container, comprising:
- a vessel defining a food and beverage storage volume and having a rim defining an opening;
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- a re-sealable cap configured to form a press fit, airtight seal closing the opening of the vessel, the cap including a mouthpiece structured to provide access to the food and beverage storage volume through the cap when the cap is press fit into the vessel opening, wherein:
- the cap includes a cone-shaped wall having an upper diameter greater than a lower diameter;
- the vessel includes a cone-shaped wall having an upper diameter greater than a lower diameter;
- the vessel cone-shaped wall is configured to receive the cap cone-shaped wall;
- the upper and lower diameters of the vessel cone-shaped wall are smaller than the upper and lower diameters of the cap cone-shaped wall;
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- the cap cone-shaped wall and the vessel cone-shaped cooperate to form the airtight seal when the cap is press fit into the vessel opening.
A method of storing food in a reusable container, comprising:
- providing a vessel defining a food storage volume having a top portion defining an opening;
- providing a re-sealable cap configured to removably close the opening, the cap comprising:
- a mouthpiece configured to access food in the food storage volume through a food passage formed through the cap;
- a removable plug configured to close the mouthpiece;
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- a bottom portion structured to form a press fit, airtight seal with the vessel opening;
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- press fitting the cap bottom portion into the vessel opening and top portion, thereby forming a seal between the cap and the vessel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.