BEVERAGE CONTAINER CAP
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1. A cap for use with a beverage container comprising:
- a housing that attaches to a beverage container, the housing comprising an opening for dispensing the contents of the beverage container and further comprising a valve button;
a valve seal actuator located inside the housing and a valve seal comprising a food grade elastomeric material that in its resting position is biased against the internal top surface of the housing to seal the opening;
wherein pressure on the valve button activates the valve seal actuator to open the seal formed between the valve seal and the opening.
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A cap for use with a beverage container comprising a housing that attaches to a beverage container, the housing comprising an opening for dispensing the contents of the beverage container and further comprising a valve button, a valve seal actuator located inside the housing, and a valve seal comprising a food grade elastomeric material that in its resting position is biased against the internal top surface of the housing to seal the opening, wherein pressure on the valve button activates the valve seal actuator to open the seal formed between the valve seal and the opening.
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20 Claims
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1. A cap for use with a beverage container comprising:
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a housing that attaches to a beverage container, the housing comprising an opening for dispensing the contents of the beverage container and further comprising a valve button; a valve seal actuator located inside the housing and a valve seal comprising a food grade elastomeric material that in its resting position is biased against the internal top surface of the housing to seal the opening; wherein pressure on the valve button activates the valve seal actuator to open the seal formed between the valve seal and the opening. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A cap for use with a beverage container comprising:
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a cap housing that attaches to a beverage container, the cap housing comprising an opening for dispensing the contents of the beverage container and further comprising a valve button that can be depressed into a valve button cavity extending into the housing, the valve button including a shaft that extends through an aperture in the valve button cavity into the interior of housing; a shaft seal that seals the aperture and retains the valve button in the valve button cavity; a valve seal actuator attached to the valve button shaft and located inside the housing and a valve seal comprising a food grade elastomeric material that in its resting position is biased against the internal top surface of the housing to seal the opening; wherein pressure on the valve button activates the valve seal actuator to open the seal formed between the valve seal and the opening. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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