Bottle cap with seal cutter in top recess

• US 4,709,822 A
• Filed: 08/11/1986
• Issued: 12/01/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/1986
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
• Original Assignee: Wynn Oil Company (Parker-Hannifin Corporation)
• Inventors: Vataru, Marcel
• Primary Examiner(s): Marcus, Stephen
• Assistant Examiner(s): Stucker, Nova
• Application Number:
  US06/895,205
• Time in Patent Office: 477 Days
• Field of Search: 215/216, 215/217, 215/228, 215/257
• US Class Current: 215/216
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2251/0015 of the 41-type
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2251/0093 Membrane
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 50/046 and such deformation causes the disengagement of locking means, e.g. the release of a pawl-like element from a tooth or abutment, to allow removal of the closure by simultaneous rotation
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 51/223 the outer closure having to be removed or inverted for piercing or cutting

Abstract

A child resistant upright bottle neck and cap combination if provided, wherein threads formed on its outer side and there being structure at the uppermost end of the neck to close same, the cap having a first skirt and threading formed on the skirt at the inner side thereof to mesh with the neck threads when the cap is rotatably attached to the neck. In this environment there is provided:

(a) first lug structure including a first lug on the neck and protruding sidewardly outwardly thereof,

(b) and a second lug on the cap skirt and protruding sidewardly inwardly thereof to engage and ride over the first lug during rotatable attachment of the cap to the neck,

(c) and a brake surface formed on the cap generally opposite the second lug and presented inwardly to engage the neck and frictionally resist cap rotation in either direction after the second lug rides over the first lug in a cap tightening direction.

Claims

1. In a child resistant upright botle neck and cap combination, the neck having threads formed on its outer side and there being means at the uppermost end of the neck to close same, the cap having a first skirt and threading formed on the skirt at the inner side thereof to mesh with the neck threads when the cap is rotatably attached to the neck, the improvement comprising

(a) first lug means including a first lug on the neck and protruding sidewardly outwardly thereof,

(b) and a second lug on the cap skirt and protruding sidewardly inwardly thereof to engage and ride over said first lug during said rotatable attachment of the cap to the neck,

(c) and a brake surface formed on the cap generally opposite said second lug and presented inwardly to engage the neck and frictionally resist cap rotation in either direction after the second lug rides over the first lug in a cap tightening direction,

(d) the cap having an inner wall surface including a surface portion that defines said brake surface, said surface portion protruding inwardly toward a central axis defined by the cap, said surface portion smoothly merging with said inner wall surface and extending uninterruptedly over an arc of at least about 25°

as measured about said central axis defined by the cap.

2. The improvement of claim 1 wherein the cap has an end wall, and a seal across the inner side of said end wall to engage the upper end of the neck when the cap is rotatably attached to and tightened on the neck.

3. The improvement of claim 2 wherein the first lug and second lug are separated by an angle of less than 90°

about a central axis defined by the cap, when the cap is tightened on the neck.

4. The improvement of claim 1 wherein the cap has a divider wall and a second skirt extending upwardly from said divider wall and oppositely of said first skirt, and cutter means on the cap proximate said end wall to cut the seal strip when the second skirt is fitted onto said neck and rotated.

5. The improvement of claim 4 wherein the second skirt has an inner side which is cylindrical and said cutter means is located adjacent said cylindrical inner side.

6. The improvement of claim 2 including a second skirt integral with the cap and extending upwardly from said divider wall and oppositely of said first skirt, and cutter means on the cap proximate said end wall to cut the seal strip when the second skirt is fitted onto said neck and rotated.

7. The improvement of claim 6 wherein the second skirt has an inner side which is cylindrical and said cutter means is located adjacent said cylindrical inner side.