Cap and spout assembly with positive orientation features
AssigneeDaisy Brand, LLC
InventorJorge Maldonado
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Abstract
A food containment and dispensing system includes a collapsible pouch forming a cavity to contain a food product. A spout fitment is coupled to the collapsible pouch and includes a spout that extends from the collapsible pouch. A spout thread extends radially from the spout. The spout thread starts at a spout rib, which defines a spout rib contact surface. A cap is in threaded engagement with the spout, and it includes a cylindrical wall. A cap thread extends radially from the cylindrical wall and terminates at a cap rib, which defines a cap rib contact surface that is in contact with the spout rib contact surface to prevent further rotation of the cap with respect to the spout.
Claims20
A food containment and dispensing system, comprising:
- a collapsible pouch forming a cavity to contain a food product therein;
- a spout fitment coupled to the collapsible pouch and comprising a spout extending from the collapsible pouch and a spout thread extending radially from the spout, the spout thread starting at and continuing from a spout rib, the spout rib defining a spout rib contact surface;
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- a cap in threaded engagement with the spout and comprising a cylindrical wall, a cap thread extending from the cylindrical wall and continuing to and terminating at a cap rib, the cap rib defining a cap rib contact surface in contact with the spout rib contact surface to prevent further rotation of the cap with respect to the spout.
A system for orienting a cap with respect to a spout, comprising:
- a spout fitment comprising a flange and a cylindrical spout extending from the flange, the cylindrical spout having a spout thread originating at and continuing from a spout rib;
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- a cap configured to threadedly engage the cylindrical spout, the cap comprising a cap thread continuing to and terminating at a cap rib, the cap rib configured to contact the spout rib when the spout thread and the cap thread are engaged and the cap is in a predetermined orientation relative to the cylindrical spout.
A food containment and dispensing system, comprising:
- a collapsible pouch forming a cavity to contain a food product therein;
- a spout fitment coupled to the collapsible pouch and comprising a spout extending from the collapsible pouch and a spout thread extending radially from the spout, the spout thread starting at and continuing from a spout rib, the spout rib defining a spout rib contact surface;
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- a cap assembly in threaded engagement with the spout and comprising a valve, a cylindrical wall, and a cap thread extending from the cylindrical wall and continuing to and terminating at a cap rib, the cap rib defining a cap rib contact surface in contact with the spout rib contact surface to prevent further rotation of the cap with respect to the spout;
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- wherein the collapsible pouch is wedge-shaped and a thumb recess of the cap assembly is disposed generally aligned with a center of a wide side of the collapsible pouch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.