Closure with hinged lid for bottles and the like with an automatic lid opening system
AssigneeSeaplast S.A.
InventorsMax Cano-Pey, Josep Fort-Prades
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Abstract
Closure with hinged lid for bottles and the like with an automatic lid opening system. The closure includes an elastic element made from elastomer material that exerts a spring-back force on the lid towards its open position, and an anchoring member between the main body of the closure and the lid. The elastic element has an extendible section defined between a first joining area to a main body and a second joining area to the lid. The main body includes a projection that defines a seating surface positioned externally with respect to a hinge joint of the lid. The extendible section extends freely opposite the seating surface and rests on the seating surface in the hinged position of the lid.
Claims19
Closure with hinged lid for a container having an automatic lid opening system, said closure comprising:
- a main body, provided with a supply mouth to be applied to a neck of the container;
- a hinged lid joined to said main body by a hinge joint, so that said lid can pivot between an open position and a hinged position in which the lid blocks said supply mouth,
- wherein said main body and said lid are molded from a rigid plastics material;
- an elastic element arranged between said main body and said lid to apply a spring-back force on said lid towards said open position,
- wherein said elastic element is made from an elastomer material other than said rigid plastics material;
- an anchoring member between said lid and said main body for retaining said lid in said hinged position;
- and
- a button for operating the release of said anchoring member, so that by operating said button the lid is opened due to the action of the spring-back force applied by said elastic element,
- wherein said elastic element has at least one first joining area fixedly attached to said main body and at least one second joining area fixedly attached to said lid, with at least one extendible section of said elastic element being defined between said first and second joining areas;
- wherein said main body includes at least one projection that defines a seating surface, said seating surface being positioned externally with respect to said hinge joint;
- and
- wherein said extendible section extends freely in front of said seating surface,
- so that when said lid pivots towards said hinged position said seating surface receives said extendible section, which rests on said seating surface, and keeps said extendible section positioned externally with respect to said hinge joint.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.