Resealable bottle cap with push-pull closure
AssigneeNorthern Engineering and Plastics Corp.
InventorRobert E. Crisci
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AssigneeNorthern Engineering and Plastics Corp.
InventorRobert E. Crisci
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A cap for a bottle, such as a blow molded sports's water bottle, having a neck surrounding an opening therein and a pair of vertically spaced fastening configurations on the exterior thereof, the cap having an annular tear skirt depending therefrom, the tear skirt having a pull tab for the removal thereof, the cap having an upstanding pour spout or tube registering with an opening in the center of the cap and a smaller diameter plug positioned thereabove on a plurality of upwardly angled legs on said pour spout. A pair of annular ribs are formed on the exterior of the pour spout to permit vertical movement of a top cap having an opening therein registrable with said plug. An annular ring having an inturned annular flange thereon is positioned on the pour spout below one of said annular ribs and is detachably secured to the top cap by a plurality of frangible elements. The bottle cap forms a first closure on the water bottle and the top cap forms a second closure, the bottle cap being replaceable on the water bottle when the annular tear skirt is removed.
An improvement in a resilient molded plastic resealable bottle cap for a water bottle having a neck surrounding an opening to the water bottle and having dual bottle cap retaining means on the exterior of said neck, said bottle cap having a top for covering said opening to said water bottle and a depending annular flange surrounding said neck, said depending flange having means for engaging said dual bottle cap retaining means and an annular groove forming an area of weakness positioned in the inner surface of said depending annular flange, the depending flange below said annular groove defining a tear skirt, said tear skirt having a pull tab affixed thereto;
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