Screw-top cap for container, and method of using and making same
AssigneeCSP Technologies, Inc.
InventorDonald Lee Huber
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Abstract
A screw-top cap for a bottle assembly can include a bottom portion having a bottom base that has a bottom skirt depending downwardly at an outer periphery thereof and a neck protruding upwardly from an inner periphery of the bottom base. The inner periphery forming an opening leading to an interior of the cap. The neck can further have a neck rim extending radially outwardly from an upper end of the neck. A lid can be pivotably attached to the bottom portion via a hinge. The lid can have a lid base and a lid skirt depending downwardly at an outer periphery of the lid base. The hinge can be elevated from an upper surface of the bottom base via a riser fixedly attached thereto such that the lid is elevated to mate the neck rim in a closed position.
Claims20
A screw-top cap for a bottle assembly, the cap comprising:
- a bottom portion including a bottom base having a bottom skirt depending downwardly from an outer periphery thereof and a neck protruding upwardly from the bottom base and radially inwardly from the outer periphery, the neck defining an opening leading to an interior of the cap, the neck further having a neck skirt leading to a neck rim, a seal member being located on an underside of the bottom base, the seal member being configured to at least slightly compress against at least a portion of the bottle when the cap is attached to the bottle assembly, an active component being located on the underside of the bottom base;
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- a lid pivotably attached to the bottom portion via a hinge, the lid being pivotable between an open position and a closed position, the lid having a lid base and a lid skirt depending downwardly from an outer periphery thereof, the hinge extending upwardly from an upper surface of the bottom base such that the lid is configured to contact or mate with the neck rim and extend perpendicularly to the neck in the closed position.
A bottle assembly comprising:
- a bottle having a bottle base, a sidewall extending upwardly from the bottle base and terminating in a bottle neck, the bottle neck defining an opening leading to an interior of the bottle, the bottle neck having an outer portion comprising one or more threads;
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- a screw-top bottle cap removably disposed over the bottle neck such that internal threads of the screw-top cap are configured to threadably engage the threads on the bottle neck to couple the screw-top cap to the bottle, thereby forming the bottle assembly, the screw-top bottle cap comprising:
- a bottom portion including a bottom base having a bottom skirt depending downwardly from an outer periphery thereof and a neck protruding upwardly from the bottom base and radially inwardly from the outer periphery, the neck defining an opening leading to an interior of the cap, the neck further having a neck skirt leading to a neck rim, a seal member being located on an underside of the bottom base, the seal member being configured to at least slightly compress against at least a portion of the bottle when the cap is attached to the bottle assembly, an active component being located on the underside of the bottom base;
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- a lid pivotably attached to the bottom portion via a hinge, the lid being pivotable between an open position and a closed position, the lid having a lid base and a lid skirt depending downwardly from an outer periphery thereof, the hinge extending upwardly from an upper surface of the bottom base such that the lid is configured to contact or mate with the neck rim and extend perpendicularly to the neck in the closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.