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US 5,277,343 AGranted
Container with pouring spout
OwnerHarvey J. Parsonageinventor
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The invention relates to a container incorporating a rotatable pouring spout that comprises a spout outlet remotely offset from a rotation axis and an inlet element rotatable about the axis . The container has an adjacent and corresponding outlet element. Each element has an opening offset from the rotation axis, which openings come into and out of register upon spout rotation. The container further incorporates a ball detent adapted to releasably engage the spout outlet when the openings are out of register. The spout can also be displaced along the rotation axis towards and away from the container between sealing and locking positions. The container may further comprise an engagement device which comprises a sealing element arranged between the inlet and outlet elements and extending around both openings when in register and around one of the openings when out of register. The engagement device also comprises a locking element arranged between the inlet and outlet elements that extends around one of the inlet or outlet elements when the spout is in the sealing position. When the spout is in the sealing position the sealing element engages both the inlet and outlet elements and the locking element engages only one of the inlet or outlet elements. When the spout is in the locking position, the sealing element and the locking element engage both the inlet and outlet elements.
A container comprising a pouring spout, the spout being rotatable about a rotation axis between first and second positions, the spout comprising a spout outlet remotely offset from the rotation axis and an inlet element rotatable about the rotation axis, the container having an adjacent and corresponding outlet element, each element having an opening offset from the rotation axis, wherein the openings have no overlap when the spout is in the first position but are aligned when the spout is in the second position, the container further incorporating a ball detent for releasably engaging the spout outlet when the spout is in the first position.
A container comprising a pouring spout, the spout being rotatable about a rotation axis between first and second positions and displaceable along said axis towards and away from the container between sealing and locking positions, the spout comprising a spout outlet remotely offset from the rotation axis and a disc-shaped inlet element coaxial with the rotation axis, the container having an adjacent and corresponding disc-shaped outlet element coaxial with the rotation axis, each disc-shaped element having an opening offset from the rotation axis, wherein the openings have no overlap when the spout is in the first position but are aligned when the spout is in the second position, the container further incorporating engagement means which comprises:
A container as claimed in claim 23 wherein the sealing element extends around and is adjacent to the periphery of one of the openings and the locking element extends around and is adjacent to the periphery of one of the discs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.