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US 9,284,106 B2Granted
Bottle registration feature
AssigneeSmart Bottle Inc.
InventorKenneth R. Wilkes
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Abstract
A fitment has an axis and a registration feature. The fitment is sealed within a bottle neck in a position in which the registration feature has a predetermined orientation to the bottle neck rotationally about the axis. Preferably, the fitment has a screw thread defining a limit of rotation for a bottle cap to be screwed onto the fitment. The registration feature has a predetermined orientation to the screw thread rotationally about the axis, whereby the limit of rotation also has a predetermined orientation to the bottle neck rotationally about the axis.
Claims5
A method comprising:
- mounting a cylindrical fitment on an insertion tool in a position in which a registration feature on the fitment has a predetermined orientation to the insertion tool rotationally about an axis of the insertion tool;
- moving the insertion tool to a position in which the mounted fitment is located within a bottle neck, and in which the insertion tool has a predetermined orientation to the bottle neck rotationally about the axis, and thereby establishing a predetermined orientation of the mounted fitment relative to the bottle neck rotationally about the axis;
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- permanently securing the fitment to the bottle neck in the established orientation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.