# US 2019/0168928 A1 · Pour spout device

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- Number: US 2019/0168928 A1
- Document ID: US20190168928A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/208,747
- Filed: 2018-12-04
- Published: 2019-06-06
- Earliest claimed: 2017-12-04
- Assignees: Bucktap LLC
- Inventors: Daniel Robert Webber; Michael Scott Goldstein
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190168928A1

## CPC

- B65D 47/06: with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages (with slidable spouts B65D47/26)
- B65D 25/40: Nozzles or spouts (in general B05B)
- A47G 19/2266: {Means for facilitating drinking, e.g. for infants or invalids}
- B65D 43/0214: {secured only by friction or gravity (B65D43/0204 takes precedence)}
- 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
- A47G: HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B5/00; knives B26B)

## Abstract

A pour spout device including a lid and a vented pour spout for improving the sealing of an opening of a wide-mouthed jar or container. The lid has a cover and a threaded outer wall, and a seal ring track on the inner side of the cover, having an inner boundary defined by a plurality of retaining ribs spaced radially inwardly from the outer wall of the lid. An annular seal is removably secured within the seal ring track and is retained by the plurality of retaining ribs. Each quadrant of the inner side of the lid has at least one of the arcuate-shaped retaining ribs, each having an outer-facing surface that retains the inside edge of all four quadrants of the annular seal from being biased laterally out of the seal ring track when the annular seal is squeezed between the lid and the upper rim of the container.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A pour spout device comprising:
(a) a lid comprising a cover and an outer wall comprising one or more thread elements for attaching the lid to a threaded wide-mouthed container, the cover having an outer side and an inner side, and the lid including a seal ring track on a periphery of the inner side of the cover, having an outer boundary defined by the outer wall, and an inner boundary defined by a plurality of retaining ribs positioned on and extending radially from the cover, and spaced radially inwardly from the outer wall; and
(b) a vented spout comprising an inner end that extends from the inner side of the cover lid and includes a draw tube, an outer end that extends from the outer side of the cover lid that includes a spout outlet, the vented spout having a main passageway extending from spout outlet of the outer end to draw tube of the inner end, and having at least one aperture disposed in the inner end along and in fluid communication with the main passageway.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The pour spout device according to claim 1 further including an annular seal ring removably secured within the seal ring track, retained by the plurality of retaining ribs.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The pour spout device according to claim 1 wherein the seal ring comprises a elastomeric seal ring.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The pour spout device according to claim 1 wherein the inner side of the cover is divided into quadrants, and each quadrant has disposed therein at least one of the plurality of retaining ribs.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The pour spout device according to claim 1 wherein the cover is circular, and the inner boundary is a circle.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The pour spout device according to claim 1 wherein each of the plurality of retaining ribs is formed into an arcuate-shaped rib that extends along an arc portion of the circular inner boundary.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The pour spout device according to claim 1 wherein the inner boundary is defined in part by an outer surface of the plurality of retaining ribs.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The pour spout device according to claim 1, wherein the cross section of the retaining rib is rectangular.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The pour spout device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of retaining ribs in total extend less than 50% of the circumference of the inner boundary.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The pour spout device according to claim 9, wherein the plurality of retaining ribs in total extend less than 75% of the circumference of the inner boundary.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The pour spout device according to claim 10, wherein the plurality of retaining ribs in total extend less than 90% of the circumference of the inner boundary.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The pour spout device according to claim 1, wherein the annular seal consists of a flat annular ring of an elastomeric material, and the plurality of retaining ribs have a height from the inner side of the cover of less than a thickness of the flat annular ring.