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US 9,113,698 B2Granted
Drink containers and cap assemblies
AssigneeCamelBak Products, LLC
InventorsChristopher C. Blain, Greg Caneer, Jeff Davies
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Abstract
Drink containers include a liquid container and a cap assembly removably coupled to the liquid container. Cap assemblies include a body that defines a drink outlet for dispensing drink liquid, and an operational assembly that is operatively coupled to the body and that has at least an open configuration permitting drink liquid to be dispensed and a closed configuration restricting drink liquid from being dispensed. In some embodiments, the operational assembly also has a cleaning configuration in which portions of the operational assembly are spaced away from the body of the cap assembly for cleaning. In some embodiments, the operational assembly is positioned predominantly on the exterior of the body of the cap assembly.
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A drink container, comprising:
- a liquid container having a neck with an opening and having an internal compartment sized to hold a volume of potable drink liquid;
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- a cap assembly removably coupled to the liquid container, the cap assembly comprising:
- a body, the body defining a drink outlet through which drink liquid may be selectively dispensed to a user;
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- an operational assembly operatively coupled to the body and predominantly positioned external of the body when the cap assembly is coupled to the liquid container, the operational assembly having a closed configuration in which drink liquid is restricted from exiting the internal compartment via the drink outlet, an open configuration in which drink liquid is permitted to exit the internal compartment via the drink outlet, and a cleaning configuration, wherein the operational assembly is coupled to the body in the open configuration, the closed configuration, and the cleaning configuration, wherein the operational assembly includes:
- an actuator configured to be selectively engaged by a user to selectively reconfigure the operational assembly from the closed configuration to the open configuration;
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- an outlet closure operatively coupled to the actuator and configured to be selectively translated relative to the body of the cap assembly responsive to user engagement of the actuator, to restrict drink liquid from exiting the liquid container via the drink outlet when the operational assembly is in the closed configuration, to permit drink liquid to exit the liquid container via the drink outlet when the operational assembly is in the open configuration, and to be selectively pivoted relative to the body of the cap assembly, and away from the drink outlet to reconfigure the operational assembly to the cleaning configuration.
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A drink container, comprising:
- a liquid container having a neck with an opening and having an internal compartment sized to hold a volume of potable drink liquid;
- and
- a cap assembly removably coupled to the liquid container, the cap assembly comprising:
- a body, the body defining a drink outlet through which drink liquid may be selectively dispensed to a user;
- and
- an operational assembly operatively coupled to the body and predominantly positioned external of the body when the cap assembly is coupled to the liquid container, the operational assembly having a closed configuration in which drink liquid is restricted from exiting the internal compartment via the drink outlet, and an open configuration in which drink liquid is permitted to exit the internal compartment via the drink outlet, wherein the operational assembly includes:
- an actuator configured to be selectively engaged by a user to selectively reconfigure the operational assembly from the closed configuration to the open configuration;
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- an outlet closure positioned generally on an upper side of the body of the cap assembly and operatively coupled to the actuator, wherein the outlet closure includes a distal end region that extends into and plugs the drink outlet when the operational assembly is in the closed configuration to restrict drink liquid from exiting the liquid container via the drink outlet and that is retracted at least partially from the drink outlet when the operational assembly is in the open configuration to permit drink liquid to exit the liquid container via the drink outlet, wherein the outlet closure is configured to be selectively translated laterally across the body of the cap assembly responsive to user engagement of the actuator, wherein the outlet closure includes a pair of spaced-apart members that extend from proximate the actuator to the distal end region and along the upper side of the body of the cap assembly.
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A drink container, comprising:
- a liquid container having a neck with an opening and having an internal compartment sized to hold a volume of potable drink liquid;
- and
- a cap assembly removably coupled to the liquid container, the cap assembly comprising:
- a body, the body defining a drink outlet through which drink liquid may be selectively dispensed to a user;
- and
- an operational assembly, wherein the operational assembly includes an outlet closure with a distal end region that selectively prevents drink liquid from exiting the liquid container via the drink outlet, and further wherein the operational assembly includes means for selective reconfiguration of the operational assembly between (i) a closed configuration in which the outlet closure prevents drink liquid from exiting the internal compartment via the drink outlet, (ii) an open configuration in which the outlet closure is translated from the closed configuration and permits drink fluid to exit the internal compartment via the drink outlet, and (iii) a cleaning configuration in which the outlet closure is pivoted away from the body of the cap assembly;
- wherein the operational assembly is coupled to the body in the open configuration, the closed configuration, and the cleaning configuration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.