# US 2016/0256359 A1 · Flexible Sealing Lid And Connector Device For A Drink Container

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- Number: US 2016/0256359 A1
- Document ID: US20160256359A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/060,851
- Filed: 2016-03-04
- Published: 2016-09-08
- Earliest claimed: 2015-03-04
- Inventors: Yesica Viviana Trawick; Esther Paulina Gallego
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20160256359A1

## CPC

- A61J 9/085: {Lids for closing the bottle}
- A61J 11/0085: {with means for preventing leakage}
- B65D 45/02: for applying axial pressure to engage closure with sealing surface
- B65D 47/06: with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages (with slidable spouts B65D47/26)
- B65D 55/16: Devices preventing loss of removable closure members
- B65D 2231/022: for permitting the insertion of a tubular contents-removing device, e.g. a drinking straw
- A61J: CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
- B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES

## Abstract

A flexible sealing lid and connector device for a drink container includes a container attachment band for wrapping around and attaching to the drink container. A resiliently flexible lid component is interconnected by a flexible connector element to the container attachment band. The lid component includes a neck portion for resiliently expanding to receive and sealably grip a periphery of the drink container such that the lid component covers a liquid dispensing opening of the drink container.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A flexible sealing lid and connector device for a drink container having a liquid dispensing opening, said device comprising:
a container attachment band for wrapping around and attaching to the drink container;
an elongate flexible connector element joined at a first end to said container attachment band; and
a resiliently flexible lid component secured to an opposite second end of said elongate flexible connector element, said lid component including a neck portion for resiliently expanding to receive and sealably grip a periphery of the drink container such that said lid component covers the liquid dispensing opening of the drink container.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1 in which said resiliently flexible lid component is secured to said connector element by a lid attachment band that unitarily interconnects said lid component to said opposite end of said elongate connector element.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1 in which said lid component is collapsible with said neck portion gripping the periphery of the drink container for creating a suction within said flexible lid components, which causes said neck portion to more tightly grip and seal the drink container.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1 in which said lid component includes an interior chamber for receiving a standard drink container lid.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1 in which said lid component includes an aperture for receiving a straw to communicate with an interior of the drink container.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1 in which said container attachment band, said elongate flexible connector element and said lid component are formed in a single unitary piece.

### Claim 7

A flexible sealing lid and connector device for a baby bottle having a liquid dispensing nipple, said device comprising:
a bottle attachment band for wrapping around and attaching to the baby bottle;
an elongate flexible connector element joined at a first end to said bottle attachment band; and
a resiliently flexible lid component secured to an opposite second end of said elongate flexible connector element, said lid component including a neck portion for resiliently expanding to receive and sealably grip a periphery of the baby bottle such that said lid component covers the nipple of the baby bottle.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The device of claim 7 in which said bottle attachment band, said elongate flexible connector element and said lid component are formed in a single unitary piece.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The device of claim 7 in which said resiliently flexible lid component is secured to said connector element by a lid attachment band that unitarily interconnects said lid component to said opposite end of said elongate connector element.

### Claim 10 (depends on 7)

The device of claim 7 in which said lid component is collapsible with said neck portion component gripping the periphery of the baby bottle for creating a suction within said flexible lid component, which causes said neck portion to more tightly grip the bottle and seal the nipple.

### Claim 11 (depends on 7)

The device of claim 7 in which said lid component includes an interior chamber for receiving a standard baby bottle lid.

### Claim 12 (depends on 7)

The device of claim 7 further including a dome-shaped element received by said flexible lid component for sealably engaging the nipple of the baby bottle when said lid component covers the nipple of the baby bottle.