RESEALABLE BEVERAGE BOTTLE LID

• US 20120168441A1
• Filed: 01/04/2011
• Published: 07/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Thermos LLC
• Original Assignee: Thermos LLC
• Inventors: Lane, Marvin
• Granted Patent: US 8,636,166 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 220/212
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 47/242 moving helically

Abstract

A lid for a beverage bottle includes a lid body that is fastenable onto the bottle and an actuation dial that rotates on the lid body. The actuation dial rotates a rotating spout while permitting the spout to move axially by teeth sliding in channels. As the spout is rotated, it moves on threads within the lid body to provide the axial movement. A gasket within the spout bears against a plug of the lid body when the spout has been moved to the closed position. The gasket is free of the plug to form a fluid passageway from the bottle through the lid body and the spout when the spout has been moved to the open position. The gasket includes a seal ring bearing on a fluid flow tube of the lid body to prevent leaks.

Claims

1. A resealable lid for a fluid container, comprising:

a lid body having a first portion for attachment to the fluid container, said lid body including a spout mounting portion and a plug;

an actuation dial mounted on said lid body and being rotatable thereon, said actuation dial including a central opening having an engagement portion;

a spout mounted in said spout mounting portion of said lid body and having a spout portion extending through said central opening of said actuation dial, said spout being threadably engaged to said spout mounting portion, said spout being connected to said engagement portion so that rotation of said actuation dial rotationally drives said spout, said connection between said spout and said engagement portion permitting said spout to move axially relative to said actuation dial during rotation of said actuation dial to change said resealable lid between a sealed condition and an open condition; and

a gasket within said spout, said gasket bearing against said plug when said resealable lid is in the sealed condition, said spout defining a fluid passageway between said plug and said gasket when said resealable lid is in the open condition.

2. A resealable lid as claimed in claim 1, wherein said engagement portion of said actuation dial includes axial channels at said central opening, and wherein said spout includes axially extending teeth in said axial channels.

3. A resealable lid as claimed in claim 1, wherein said plug includes a circular plug member connected by supports to said spout mounting portion of said lid body.

4. A resealable lid as claimed in claim 1, wherein said gasket is a separate member from said spout and is mounted in said spout.

5. A resealable lid as claimed in claim 4, wherein said gasket is affixed to an end of said spout within said lid body and extends inside said spout to a position to bear against said plug in said closed position.

6. A resealable lid as claimed in claim further comprising a slit diaphragm within said spout.

7. A lid for a beverage bottle having a threaded opening, comprising:

a lid body including a threaded portion capable of threaded engagement on the threaded opening of the beverage bottle, said lid body including a threaded spout mounting portion, said threaded spout mounting portion being recessed within said lid body, a plug mounted with said threaded spout mounting portion, said plug being connected to said threaded spout mounting portion by supports defining at least one fluid flow opening;

a rotatable spout including a threaded portion threaded to said threaded spout mounting portion, said plug being disposed within said spout; and

an actuation dial mounted on said lid body and rotatable between first and second positions, said actuation dial connected to said rotatable spout to rotate said rotatable spout on said threaded spout mounting portion, said first position of said actuation dial sealing said rotatable spout against said plug, said second position of said actuation dial spacing said rotatable spout from said plug to define a fluid flow opening.

8. A lid as claimed in claim 7, wherein said threaded spout mounting portion is internally threaded, and wherein said rotatable spout is externally threaded for threaded engagement with said threaded spout mounting portion.

9. A lid as claimed in claim 7, wherein said lid body includes a dial mount, said actuation dial is mounted on said dial mount and is rotatable thereon.

10. A lid as claimed in claim 7, further comprising:

a gasket mounted within said rotatable spout and disposed between said rotatable spout and said plug so as to be brought into sealing engagement with said plug in said first position of said actuation dial.

11. A lid as claimed in claim 10, wherein said rotatable spout includes a flange, and wherein said gasket is mounted on said flange.

12. A lid as claimed in claim 11, wherein said rotatable spout includes a recess spaced from said flange, wherein said gasket includes a projection that is fit into said recess, and wherein said gasket extends between said recess and said flange.

13. A lid as claimed in claim 10, wherein said gasket includes a lip projecting into engagement with said lid body to provide a fluid seal regardless of whether said actuation dial is in said first position or said second position.

14. A lid as claimed in claim 13, wherein said lid body includes a fluid flow tube, and wherein said lip of said gasket bears against an exterior cylindrical surface of said fluid flow tube.

15. A lid as claimed in claim 7, wherein said rotatable spout includes a plurality of teeth, and wherein said actuation dial includes recesses engaged with said plurality of teeth so that rotation of said actuation dial also rotates said rotatable spout, but axial movement of said rotatable spout does not result in axial movement of said actuation dial.

16. A resealable lid to permit a user to drink from a beverage bottle having a threaded bottle mouth, comprising:

a lid body having a first internally threaded portion configured for threaded engagement on the threaded bottle mouth of the beverage bottle;

a spout mounting portion of said lid body including a second internally threaded portion, said spout mounting portion being recessed within said first internally threaded portion;

a connecting ring extending from said spout mounting portion;

a fluid flow tube connected to said connecting ring, said fluid flow tube being substantially coaxial with said lid body and said spout mounting portion, said fluid flow tube being recessed within said lid body;

a plurality of supports connected to said fluid flow tube;

a plug connected to said supports and spaced from said fluid flow tube to define a plurality of fluid flow openings between said supports, said plug being recessed within said lid body;

a dial mounting ring of said lid body including a radial projection;

said lid body and said spout mounting portion and said connecting ring and said fluid flow tube and said plurality of supports and said plug and said dial mounting ring being molded in one piece;

a rotatable spout having an externally threaded spout portion threadably engaged with said second internally threaded portion of said spout mounting portion, said rotatable spout including a central opening within which is disposed said plug, said rotatable spout including a projecting spout end, said externally threaded spout portion being recessed within said lid body and said projecting spout end projecting from said lid body;

a flange on said rotatable spout body;

a gasket mounted on said flange of said spout body, said gasket including a sealing portion disposed between said rotatable spout and said plug;

a seal lip extending from said gasket into contact with said fluid flow tube;

a plurality of teeth on said rotatable spout body; and

an actuation dial mounted on said dial mounting ring of said lid body and engaged with said plurality of teeth of said rotatable spout, said actuation dial being rotatable on said lid body, said engagement of said actuation dial with said plurality of teeth of said rotatable spout causing rotation of said rotating spout during rotation of said actuation dial, said engagement of said actuation dial with said rotatable spout being structured to permit axial movement of said rotating spout relative to said actuation dial during rotation of said actuation dial.