Cap and figurine device
OwnerDouglas W. Adamsinventor
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Abstract
A cap and figurine device disclosed has a main member with a throughbore and includes a lower coupling portion suitable for threading externally onto a bottle top, an intermediate hollow, elongated neck portion and an upper inner valve portion. A movable outer valve portion moves on the inner valve portion between open and closed positions and is removable from the main member to enable one of a plurality of interchangeable figurines to be placed on and carried by the neck portion which serves as a spindle with the movable outer valve portion retaining the figurine body in place during use.
Claims14
A cap and figurine device for a bottle comprising:
- a main member having a throughbore with a flow inlet and a flow outlet, said member including
- a lower coupling portion for removably fastening to a bottle top,
- an intermediate elongated neck portion extending up from said coupling portion,
- an upper inner valve portion extending up from said neck portion, and
- an outer valve portion movable on said inner valve portion between closed and open positions, and
- a figurine carried on said neck portion having a body with an internal bore sized to telescope over said neck portion, said figurine body being retained on said neck portion by said outer valve portion and being removable from said neck portion upon the removal of said outer valve portion from said main body.
A bottle cap and figurine device for a bottle comprising:
- an elongated hollow main member having a throughbore with a flow inlet and a flow outlet, said main member including
- a lower coupling portion for removably fastening to a bottle top,
- an intermediate elongated neck portion extending up from said coupling portion,
- an upper inner valve portion extending up from said neck portion, and
- an outer valve portion movable on said stationary valve portion between a closed position and an open position to stop and to control flow through said outlet, said inner and outer valve portions having means for locking said outer valve portion from sliding off from said main member by the application of a nominal pulling force, said outer valve portion being removable from said main body by the application of an extra axial pulling force, and
- one of a plurality of interchangeable figurines carried on said neck portion, each said figurine having a body with an internal bore sized to telescope over said neck portion and is in a close fitting relationship and rotatable on said neck portion to any selected angular position, said figurine body being retained on said neck portion by said outer valve portion and being removable from said neck portion upon the removal of said outer valve portion for replacement by another of said figurine bodies.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.