US 5,487,482 AGranted

Handled closure device

OwnerLawrence W. Rocheleauinventor

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Abstract

A handled closure device includes a closure body, a closure cap and a handle. The closure body has spaced upper and lower portions and defines an interior cavity extending between the upper and lower portions. The interior cavity has an open bottom adapting the closure body to be fitted over and receive an upper portion of a bottle containing a liquid. The handle is attached to and extends both outwardly from and between the upper and lower portions of the closure body. The closure device also includes first interfitting elements defined on the closure cap and the upper portion of the closure body and being adapted to mount the closure cap on the upper portion of the closure body for undergoing rotational movement relative to the closure body between an opened position wherein flow of liquid is permitted from the bottle through the closure device and a closed position wherein flow of liquid is prevented from the bottle through the closure device. The closure device further includes second interfitting elements defined on the closure body and being adapted to removably mount and secure the closure body on the upper portion of the bottle.

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Dependent claims

A handled closure device for mounting to a bottle having a closure cap, said device comprising:

(a) a closure body having spaced upper and lower portions and defining an interior cavity extending between said upper and lower portions, said interior cavity having an open bottom adapting said closure body to be fitted over and receive an upper portion of a bottle containing a liquid and after a closure cap applied on the upper portion of the bottle is removed therefrom;
(b) first mounting means defined on said upper portion of said closure body for mounting the closure cap to undergo rotational movement relative to said upper portion of said closure body between an opened position wherein the closure cap is removed from said closure body and the flow of the liquid from the bottle through the device is permitted and a closed position wherein the closure cap is secured over and seals with said upper portion of said closure body and the flow of the liquid from the bottle through said device is prevented;
(c) second mounting means defined on said closure body for removably mounting said closure body on the upper portion of the bottle, said second mounting means being spaced above said lower portion of said closure body and said open bottom of said interior cavity therein and adjacent to said first mounting means on said upper portion of said closure body and thus located closer to said first mounting means on said upper portion of said closure body than to said lower portion thereof;
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(d) a handle disposed exteriorly of said closure body and being attached to and extending outwardly from said closure body.

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A handled closure device, comprising:

(a) a closure body having spaced upper and lower portions and defining an interior cavity extending between said upper and lower portions, said interior cavity having an open bottom adapting said closure body to be fitted over and receive an upper portion of a bottle containing a liquid;
(b) a closure cap having a cylindrical sidewall portion and a circular top end wall portion attached to and extending across and closing an upper end of said sidewall portion;
(c) first mounting means defined on said sidewall portion of said closure cap and said upper portion of said closure body for mounting said closure cap on said upper portion of said closure body to undergo rotational movement relative to said closure body between an opened position wherein said closure cap is removed from said closure body and the flow of the liquid from the bottle through the device is permitted and a closed position wherein said top end wall portion of said closure cap is secured over and seals with said upper portion of said closure body and the flow of the liquid from the bottle through said device is prevented;
and
(d) second mounting means defined on said closure body for removably mounting said closure body on the upper portion of the bottle, said second mounting means being spaced above said lower portion of said closure body and open bottom of the interior cavity therein and adjacent to said first mounting means on said upper portion of said closure body and thus located closer to said first mounting means on said upper portion of said closure body than to said lower portion thereof;
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(e) a handle disposed exteriorly of said closure body and being attached to and extending outwardly from said closure body.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.