# US 9,434,517 B2 · Cap structure for vessel

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- Number: US 9,434,517 B2
- Document ID: US9434517B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/152,858
- Filed: 2014-01-10
- Published: 2015-06-11
- Granted: 2016-09-06
- Earliest claimed: 2013-12-06
- Applicants: Jong-Suh Choi
- Inventors: Jong-Suh Choi
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9434517B2

## CPC

- B65D 51/18: Arrangements of closures with protective outer cap-like covers or of two or more co-operating closures {(B65D51/247 takes precedence)}
- A45D 34/04: Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball
- A45D 40/26: Appliances specially adapted for applying pasty paint, e.g. using roller, using a ball
- B65D 39/08: Threaded or like closure members secured by rotation; Bushes therefor
- B65D 39/086: {Separated bung-rings made by several elements}
- B65D 51/32: with brushes or rods for applying or stirring contents (droppers B65D47/18; {eating utensils or spatulas B65D51/246})
- B65D 55/02: Locking devices; Means for discouraging or indicating unauthorised opening or removal of closure
- A45D 34/045: {connected to the cap of the container}
- A45D 40/265: {connected to the cap of the container}
- A45D 2200/05: Details of containers
- B65D 2251/0012: of the 39-type
- B65D 2251/0028: of the 51-type
- B65D 2251/009: of the 51-type
- B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- A45D: HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT (wigs, toupees or the like A41G3/00, A41G5/00; hairdressers' chairs A47C1/04; hair cutting appliances, razors B26B); EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING

## Abstract

Provided is a cap structure for a vessel, which is coupled with the vessel to open/close the vessel. The cap includes an inner cap coupled with an upper end portion of the vessel, an outer cap fitted around an outer diameter of the inner cap, a circular part inserted into the mounting part, in which the circular part includes protrusions, which are smoothly curved, and first detachable protrusions formed at a position perpendicular to the protrusions, a deformation member to deform a shape of the circular part, and a component inserted into the inner cap and the circular part and having a first detachable groove circumferentially formed at a lower portion of an outer-diameter surface of a coupling part formed on the component. The cap opens/closes the vessel by fixedly attaching the component to the cap disassembled from the vessel or separating the component from the cap.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A cap structure for a vessel, which is coupled with the vessel to open/close the vessel, the cap structure comprising:
an inner cap having a cylindrical shape, coupled with an upper end portion of the vessel to open/close the vessel, and including a mounting part having a predetermined width and disposed at an inner-diameter surface thereof;
an outer cap having a cylindrical shape and fitted around an outer-diameter surface of the inner cap so as to be coupled with the inner cap;
a circular part inserted into the mounting part and mounted in the mounting part such that at least one portion of the circular part is inwardly spaced apart from the inner-diameter surface of the inner cap by a predetermined distance, the circular part comprising protrusions, which are smoothly curved, disposed on an outer-diameter surface of the circular part such that the protrusions make contact with the inner-diameter surface of the inner cap, and first detachable protrusions disposed on an inner-diameter surface of the circular part, wherein a diameter of the circular part passing through the center of one of the protrusions is perpendicular to another diameter of the circular part passing through the center of one of the first detachable protrusions;
a deformation member to deform a shape of the circular part from a circular shape to an oval shape, or from the oval shape to the circular shape; and
a component inserted into the inner cap and the circular part and having a first detachable groove circumferentially disposed on an outer-diameter surface of a coupling part disposed at a lower portion of the component such that the first detachable groove is fitted around one of the first detachable protrusions.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The cap structure of claim 1, wherein the deformation member comprises:
a plurality of fixing protrusions protruding downward from an upper end portion of the outer cap, provided at both sides of the first detachable protrusion, and rotating the circular part together with the outer cap when the outer cap is rotated; and
at least one pressing protrusion formed on the inner-diameter surface of the inner cap and pressing the protrusion of the circular part in a central direction.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The cap structure of claim 1, further comprising:
a stopper protruding from the outer-diameter surface of the inner cap while vertically extending; and
a vertical protrusion protruding from an inner-diameter surface of the outer cap while vertically extending to prevent the outer cap from being rotated in a reverse direction after the outer cap has been rotated in one direction and gone beyond the stopper.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The cap structure of claim 1, wherein the outer cap includes a locking groove disposed at a lower end portion of an inner-diameter surface thereof such that the locking groove is downward fitted around at least one fixing step protruding from a lower end portion of the outer-diameter surface of the inner cap.