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US 8,408,414 B2Granted
Cap adapted to engage container with another object
AssigneeCool Gear International, LLC
InventorsDonna Roth, Henry Roth
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Abstract
A cap may be adapted to engage a container and may preferably be adapted to facilitate engaging the container with another object or may be adapted to otherwise possibly simplify transport, use, or storage of the container.
Claims17
A cap adapted to engage a container, comprising:
- a cap body adapted to engage the container, the cap body having an outer surface;
- a spout located on the outer surface and configured to allow fluid therethrough;
- a lid adapted for movement between a first position, in which the lid is engaged with the spout, and a second position, in which the lid is disengaged from the spout, the lid being pivotally connected to the cap body;
- a connector disposed on the outer surface of the cap body and adapted to detachably secure the cap to another object, the connector being pivotally connected to the cap body, the connector and the lid being separately pivotable relative to one another and the cap body such that when the connector is rotated toward the lid into a position in which the connector is generally perpendicular to, and spaced from, a plane defined by a perimeter of a bottom of the cap body, the lid is pushed toward the first position by the connector;
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- wherein the connector and the lid are each generally connected to the cap body at a common location and pivot about a common axis.
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A cap adapted to engage a container, comprising:
- a cap body adapted to engage the container, the cap body having an outer surface;
- a spout located on the outer surface and configured to allow fluid therethrough;
- a lid adapted for movement between a first position, in which the lid is engaged with the spout, and a second position, in which the lid is disengaged from the spout, the lid being pivotally connected to the cap body;
- a connector disposed on the outer surface of the cap body and adapted to detachably secure the cap to another object, the connector comprises a carabiner having a gate and at least one flange having first and second flange ends, the first flange end being pivotally connected to the cap body and the second flange end being disposed on the carabiner, the connector and the lid being separately pivotable relative to one another and the cap body such that when the connector is rotated toward the lid into a position in which the carabiner is generally perpendicular to, and spaced from, a plane defined by a perimeter of a bottom of the cap body, the lid is pushed toward the first position by the connector;
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- wherein the connector and the lid are each generally connected to the cap body at a common location and pivot about a common axis, the carabiner being configured such that the gate is positioned generally parallel to the common axis, the flange is configured such that when the lid is in the first position and the connector is rotated so that the carabiner is generally perpendicular to and spaced from a plane defined by a perimeter of a bottom of the cap body, that a portion of the carabiner is located proximate to the lid.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.