Metered trap dispenser cap with twist release valve

• US 20090139882A1
• Filed: 12/04/2007
• Published: 06/04/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: DeJonge Associates, Inc.
• Original Assignee: DeJonge Associates, Inc.
• Inventors: DeJonge, Stuart W.
• Application Number:
  US11/999,122
• Publication Number:
  US 20090139882A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 206/219
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 51/2892 the element, e.g. a valve, opening an aperture of the auxiliary container B65D51/2864, B65D51/2878 take precedence

Abstract

A metered trap dispenser cap with twist release valve for releasing a powder or other fluid material from a trap valve component into a container with liquid may be used for releasing medicinal, food beverage, or chemical or other component material into a liquid for time-of-use mixing and dispensing. The metered trap dispenser cap device includes an outer cap, an inner cap, a valve component and at least one screw-down deterrent mechanism connected to at least one of the inner cap and the outer cap. The outer cap includes a dispensing orifice for dispensing mixed liquid with material using a push pull nozzle mechanism, an open nozzled mechanism, a pour spout mechanism, a flip top nozzle, or the like.

Claims

1. A metered trap dispenser cap device with a twist release valve for providing a metered amount of a material to a container having a predetermined amount of liquid, which comprises:

(a.) an outer cap having a top and side wall and having a dispensing orifice on said top, and having internal threading on said side wall;

(b.) an inner cap having an open top and a side wall, said side wall having external threading adapted to screw into said internal threading of said outer cap, said inner cap also having internal means for attachment to a neck of a container, said inner cap further including a metered trap wall extending downwardly from said inner cap open top and adapted to fit inside said neck of said container;

(c.) a valve component having a closed bottom adapted to fit the bottom of said metered trap wall so as to seal said cap wall to create a trap, said valve component further having at least one riser post connected to said closed bottom and extending upwardly and above and beyond said inner cap trap wall;

(d.) at least one screw-down deterrent mechanism connected to at least one of said inner cap and said outer cap and adapted to limit downward screwing of said outer cap on said inner cap when they are connected to one another and adapted so as to permit further downward screwing of said outer cap on said inner cap when said screw-down deterrent mechanism is removed;

wherein, when said trap has been supplied with a metered amount of a material, said container has been supplied with a liquid, said inner cap has been inserted into and attached to said neck of said container so as to place said trap in said neck of said container, and said screw-down deterrent mechanism is removed, and a user screws said outer cap downwardly on said inner cap, top of said top of said outer cap will push downwardly on said at least one riser post of said valve component so as to push said valve component closed bottom away from said trap wall to permit said material and said liquid of said container to mix.

2. The metered trap dispenser cap device with twist release valve for providing a metered amount of a material to a container having a predetermined amount of liquid of claim 1 wherein dispensing orifice on said top on said outer cap is selected from the group consisting of a push-pull nozzle, an open nozzle, a pour spout and a flip top nozzle.

3. The metered trap dispenser cap device with twist release valve for providing a metered amount of a material to a container having a predetermined amount of liquid of claim 1 wherein said screw-down deterrent mechanism is a tare away strip with a tare tab.

4. The metered trap dispenser cap device with twist release valve for providing a metered amount of a material to a container having a predetermined amount of liquid of claim 1 wherein said outer cap said inner cap and said trap wall have circular topography.

5. The metered trap dispenser cap device with twist release valve for providing a metered amount of a material to a container having a predetermined amount of liquid of claim 1 wherein said valve component has a plurality of riser posts symmetrically opposite one another.

6. The metered trap dispenser cap device with twist release valve for providing a metered amount of a material to a container having a predetermined amount of liquid of claim 1 wherein said tare away strip and tare tab integrally formed on said outer cap below said internal threads.

7. The metered trap dispenser cap device with twist release valve for providing a metered amount of a material to a container having a predetermined amount of liquid of claim 1 wherein said dispensing orifice includes a nozzle with a snap fit cap.

8. The metered trap dispenser cap device with twist release valve for providing a metered amount of a material to a container having a predetermined amount of liquid of claim 1 wherein said inner cap has internal threads for its internal means for attachment to said neck.

9. The metered trap dispenser cap device with twist release valve for providing a metered amount of a material to a container having a predetermined amount of liquid of claim 1 wherein said valve component bottom and said at least one riser post are separate, interconnected parts.

10. The metered trap dispenser cap device with twist release valve for providing a metered amount of a material to a container having a predetermined amount of liquid of claim I wherein said at least one riser post is fitted into said trap wall so as to inhibit said valve component from dropping out of said trap wall.

11. A metered trap dispenser cap device with a twist release valve for providing a metered amount of a material to a container having a predetermined amount of liquid, which comprises:

(a.) an outer cap having a top and side wall and having a dispensing orifice on said top, and having internal threading on said side wall, said outer cap further having at least one riser post having a proximal end and a distal end, said distal end being connected to a closed bottom of a valve component, said at least one riser post extending upwardly from said distal end and above and beyond said inner cap trap wall and being connected at said proximal end to the inside of said outer cap;

(b.) an inner cap having an open top and a side wall, said side wall having external threading adapted to screw into said internal threading of said outer cap, said inner cap also having internal means for attachment to a neck of a container, said inner cap further including a metered trap wall extending downwardly from said inner cap open top and adapted to fit inside said neck of said container;

(c.) a valve component having a closed bottom adapted to fit the bottom of said metered trap wall so as to seal said cap wall to create a trap, said closed bottom being connected to said at least one riser post.;

(d.) at least one screw-down deterrent mechanism connected to at least one of said inner cap and said outer cap and adapted to limit downward screwing of said outer cap on said inner cap when they are connected to one another and adapted so as to permit further downward screwing of said outer cap on said inner cap when said screw-down deterrent mechanism is removed;

wherein, when said trap has been supplied with a metered amount of a material, said container has been supplied with a liquid, said inner cap has been inserted into and attached to said neck of said container so as to place said trap in said neck of said container, and said screw-down deterrent mechanism is removed, and a user screws said outer cap downwardly on said inner cap, top of said top of said outer cap will push downwardly on said at least one riser post of said valve component so as to push said valve component closed bottom away from said trap wall to permit said material and said liquid of said container to mix.

12. The metered trap dispenser cap device with twist release valve for providing a metered amount of a material to a container having a predetermined amount of liquid of claim 11 wherein dispensing orifice on said top on said outer cap is selected from the group consisting of a push-pull nozzle, an open nozzle, a pour spout and a flip top nozzle.

13. The metered trap dispenser cap device with twist release valve for providing a metered amount of a material to a container having a predetermined amount of liquid of claim 11 wherein said screw-down deterrent mechanism is a tare away strip with a tare tab.

14. The metered trap dispenser cap device with twist release valve for providing a metered amount of a material to a container having a predetermined amount of liquid of claim 11 wherein said outer cap said inner cap and said trap wall have circular topography.

15. The metered trap dispenser cap device with twist release valve for providing a metered amount of a material to a container having a predetermined amount of liquid of claim 11 wherein said valve component has a plurality of riser posts symmetrically opposite one another.

16. The metered trap dispenser cap device with twist release valve for providing a metered amount of a material to a container having a predetermined amount of liquid of claim 11 wherein said tare away strip and tare tab integrally formed on said outer cap below said internal threads.

17. The metered trap dispenser cap device with twist release valve for providing a metered amount of a material to a container having a predetermined amount of liquid of claim 11 wherein said dispensing orifice includes a nozzle with a snap fit cap.

18. The metered trap dispenser cap device with twist release valve for providing a metered amount of a material to a container having a predetermined amount of liquid of claim 11 wherein said inner cap has internal threads for its internal means for attachment to said neck.

19. The metered trap dispenser cap device with twist release valve for providing a metered amount of a material to a container having a predetermined amount of liquid of claim 11 wherein said valve component bottom and said at least one riser post are separate, interconnected parts.

20. The metered trap dispenser cap device with twist release valve for providing a metered amount of a material to a container having a predetermined amount of liquid of claim 11 wherein said bottom of said trap wall is sufficiently connected to said at least one riser post so as to inhibit said valve component from dropping out.