CAP

• US 20090194501A1
• Filed: 02/03/2009
• Published: 08/06/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: M.F.V Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: M.F.V Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: FUJITA, Takahiro, YAMANAKA, Yasuhiro
• Granted Patent: US 7,611,024 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 215/235
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2251/1041 The closure having a part penetrating in the dispensing aperture and retained by snapping over integral beads or projections
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2251/1066 Actuating means
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2251/205 Inserted
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 47/0814 by at least three hinge sections, at least one having a length different from the others

Abstract

A cap is provided which can be smaller in number of constituent elements, easy to manufacture with simple assembly operation, and of which cap cover can be smoothly opened with one hand for a long period of time. In the cap configured so that a pressing portion presses an opening/closing hinge of the cap cover backward to swing the cap cover in an open direction when a manipulation portion is pressed, a manipulation body includes an elastic connection rod arranged on a side of an outlet below a support, the manipulation portion is provided on a front end of the elastic connection rod, the pressing portion is provided on a rear end of the elastic connection rod, and the manipulation body is connected to the support via a deformable connection piece so as to allow a longitudinal movement of the manipulation body relative to the support.

Claims

1. A cap comprising:

a cap main body attached to a mouth of a container main body and including an outlet;

a cap cover connected to a rear end of the cap main body via all opening/closing hinge so as to be able to cover a top portion of the cap main body with the cap cover and to freely open or close the top portion of the cap main body; and

a support fixed to the cap main body and a manipulation body supported by the support, the manipulation body being arranged on the top portion of the cap main body to be longitudinally movable, the support being fixedly attached to the cap main body so as to close an area between the outlet and the manipulation body above the manipulation body, the manipulation body being provided with a manipulation portion and with a pressing portion on a rear end of the manipulation body, the pressing portion pressing the opening/closing hinge of the cap cover backward to swing the cap cover in an open direction when the manipulation portion is pressed, wherein

said manipulation body includes an elastic connection rod arranged on a side of the outlet below the support, said manipulation portion is provided on one end of the elastic connection rod, said pressing portion is provided on other end of the elastic connection rod, and the manipulation body is connected to the support via a deformable connection piece so as to allow a movement of the manipulation body relative to the support.

2. The cap according to claim 1, wherein

when the manipulation portion is pressed with the cap cover in a closed state, a front portion of the cap cover is pressed upward in a manipulation portion of the manipulation body so as to swing the cap cover in an open direction, and the pressing portion presses the opening/closing hinge of the cap cover backward to further swing the cap cover in the open direction.

3. The cap according to claim 1, wherein

when the manipulation portion is pressed with the cap cover in a closed state, then engagement for keeping the cap cover at a closed position is released, and the pressing portion presses the opening/closing hinge of the cap cover backward to swing the cap cover in an open direction.

4. The cap according to claim 1, wherein

said manipulation body is formed into a shape of a ring having a pair of elastic connection rods arranged on both sides of the outlet, respectively below the support, said manipulation portion is provided between front ends of the pair of elastic connection rods, said pressing portion is provided between rear ends of the pair of elastic connection rods, and the manipulation body is connected to the support via the deformable connection piece so as to allow a longitudinal movement of the manipulation body relative to the support.

5. The cap according to claim 1, wherein

an accommodation concave portion having an opening on an upper end is provided in the cap main body so as to surround downward of the outlet, the manipulation body is accommodated in the accommodation concave portion to be movable longitudinally, and the support is fixedly attached to the cap main body so as to close the opening of the upper end of the accommodation concave portion.

6. The cap according to claim 5, wherein

a fitting hole is provided in the support, and the support is externally fitted into and fixed to the outlet via the fitting hole and fitted into and fixedly attached to the cap main body so as to close the opening of the upper end of the accommodation concave portion.

7. The cap according to claim 1, wherein

one end of said connection piece is bendably connected to the manipulation body and other end of said connection piece is bendably connected to the support.

8. The cap according to claim 1, wherein

said connection piece is formed into a belt shape so as to be flexibly bendable over an entire length.

9. The cap according to claim 1, wherein

the cap main body includes an outer circumferential wall, an inner circumferential wall and a top wall, the inner circumferential wall is externally fitted into the mouth of the container main body, a convex portion projecting upward is provided on the top wall, said outlet is provided to project upward of a top wall of the concave portion, and said accommodation concave portion is formed between a top portion of the outer circumferential wall and a circumferential wall of the convex portion.

10. The cap according to claim 2, wherein

the cap main body includes an outer circumferential wall, an inner circumferential wall and a top wall, the inner circumferential wall is externally fitted into the mouth of the container main body, a convex portion projecting upward is provided on the top wall, said outlet is provided to project upward of a top wall of the concave portion, and said accommodation concave portion is formed between a top portion of the outer circumferential wall and a circumferential wall of the convex portion.

11. The cap according to claim 3, wherein

the cap main body includes an outer circumferential wall, an inner circumferential wall and a top wall, the inner circumferential wall is externally fitted into the mouth of the container main body, a convex portion projecting upward is provided on the top wall, said outlet is provided to project upward of a top wall of the concave portion, and said accommodation concave portion is formed between a top portion of the outer circumferential wall and a circumferential wall of the convex portion.

12. The cap according to claim 4, wherein

the cap main body includes an outer circumferential wall, an inner circumferential wall and a top wall, the inner circumferential wall is externally fitted into the mouth of the container main body, a convex portion projecting upward is provided on the top wall, said outlet is provided to project upward of a top wall of the concave portion, and said accommodation concave portion is formed between a top portion of the outer circumferential wall and a circumferential wall of the convex portion.

13. The cap according to claim 5, wherein

the cap main body includes an outer circumferential wall, an inner circumferential wall and a top wall, the inner circumferential wall is externally fitted into the mouth of the container main body, a convex portion projecting upward is provided on the top wall, said outlet is provided to project upward of a top wall of the concave portion, and said accommodation concave portion is formed between a top portion of the outer circumferential wall and a circumferential wall of the convex portion.

14. The cap according to claim 6, wherein

the cap main body includes an outer circumferential wall, an inner circumferential wall and a top wall, the inner circumferential wall is externally fitted into the mouth of the container main body, a convex portion projecting upward is provided on the top wall, said outlet is provided to project upward of a top wall of the concave portion, and said accommodation concave portion is formed between a top portion of the outer circumferential wall and a circumferential wall of the convex portion.

15. The cap according to claim 7, wherein

the cap main body includes an outer circumferential wall, an inner circumferential wall and a top wall, the inner circumferential wall is externally fitted into the mouth of the container main body, a convex portion projecting upward is provided on the top wall, said outlet is provided to project upward of a top wall of the concave portion, and said accommodation concave portion is formed between a top portion of the outer circumferential wall and a circumferential wall of the convex portion.

16. The cap according to claim 8, wherein

the cap main body includes an outer circumferential wall, an inner circumferential wall and a top wall, the inner circumferential wall is externally fitted into the mouth of the container main body, a convex portion projecting upward is provided on the top wall, said outlet is provided to project upward of a top wall of the concave portion, and said accommodation concave portion is formed between a top portion of the outer circumferential wall and a circumferential wall of the convex portion.