Container cap with tether
AssigneeRubbermaid Incorporated
InventorsLarry T. McKinney, Jacob Connelly
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Abstract
A drinking container has a bottle with an open top, a cap assembly attachable to the bottle to cover the open top, and a drinking spout with a top opening on the cap assembly. A spout cover is removably fitted on the top opening of the drinking spout. A flexible tether is connected to the spout cover and to the cap assembly or the bottle. The tether is looped unto itself permitting the spout cover and a portion of the tether to be extended to reach the top opening and to be retracted withdrawing the spout cover to a position remote from the drinking spout.
Claims10
A drinking container comprising:
- a bottle having an open top;
- a cap assembly attachable to the bottle to cover the open top and having a drinking spout with a top opening;
- a spout cover removably fitted on the top opening of the drinking spout;
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- a flexible tether with an elongate band, a first hoop at a first end, and a second hoop at a second end, and having the first hoop connected to the spout cover and the second hoop connected to a portion of the drinking container,
- wherein the tether is looped unto itself forming a variable sized loop between the first end and the second end permitting the spout cover to be extended to close off the top opening and to be retracted withdrawing and retaining the spout cover to a position remote from the drinking spout.
A drinking container comprising:
- a bottle having an open top;
- a cap assembly defining a drinking spout and configured to removably attach to the bottle to cover the open top;
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- a tether having an elongate band with a first end, a second end, a first hoop at the first end connected to a portion of the cap assembly, and a second hoop at the second end connected to a portion of the drinking container,
- wherein the band is threaded unto itself to form a loop in the tether between the first hoop and the second hoop permitting the portion of the cap assembly to be slid between an extended position spaced from the band and a remote position held closely adjacent the band, whereby the loop is smaller in diameter in the extended position and larger in diameter in the remote position.
A drinking container comprising:
- a bottle having an open top;
- a cap assembly defining a drinking spout and configured to removably attach to the bottle to cover the open top;
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- a tether having an elongate band with a first end, a second end, a first hoop at the first end connected to a portion of the cap assembly, and a second hoop at the second end connected to a portion of the drinking container,
- wherein the band is threaded unto itself to form a loop in the tether permitting the portion of the cap assembly to be slid between an extended position spaced from the band and a remote position held closely adjacent the band, whereby the loop is smaller in diameter in the extended position and larger in diameter in the remote position,
- wherein the first hoop is threaded through the second hoop to create the loop in the band, and
- wherein the band is slidably seated in a notch formed into an inner edge of the second hoop.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.