Cap assembly for a bottle

• US 5,884,793 A
• Filed: 01/28/1998
• Issued: 03/23/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Wen-Pin Wang
• Original Assignee: Wen-Pin Wang
• Inventors: Wang, Wen-Pin
• Primary Examiner(s): Shoap, Allan N.
• Assistant Examiner(s): NEWHOUSE, NATHAN JEFFREY
• Application Number:
  US09/014,994
• Time in Patent Office: 419 Days
• Field of Search: 215/229, 215/388, 215/389, 215/387, 215/235, 220/254, 220/255, 220/256, 220/259, 220/705, 220/707, 220/708, 220/709, 220/711, 220/716, 220/717, 222/529, 222/530, 222/536
• US Class Current: 215/389
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 47/066 the spout being either flexible or having a flexible wall portion, whereby the spout is foldable between a dispensing and a non-dispensing position B65D47/2043 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 47/0838 located at an edge of the base element

Abstract

A cap assembly for a bottle includes a cap member mounted to the bottle and having a top with an opening defined therein. A wall member and a flexible connecting member respectively extend from a periphery defining the opening, the flexible connecting member connected to the wall member so as to define an aperture between a top of the wall member and a top of the connecting member. A tube extends from a periphery defining the aperture. A cover is pivotally and detachably mounted to the cap member such that the tube is pushed by an underside of the cover when the cover is mounted to the cap member and the flexible connecting member is folded downwardly and the aperture is sealed by the downward folded connecting member.

Claims

1. A cap assembly for a bottle, comprising:

a cap member being adapted to be mounted to said bottle and having a top through which an opening is defined, a wall member and a flexible connecting member respectively extending from a periphery defining said opening, said flexible connecting member connected to said wall member so as to define an aperture between a top of said wall member and a top of said connecting member, a tube extending from a periphery defining said aperture, and

a cylindrical cover connected to said cap member and hingeably mounted to said cap member such that said tube is pushed by an underside of said cover when said cover is mounted to said cap member, and said flexible connecting member is folded downwardly and said aperture is sealed by said downward folded connecting member.

2. The cap assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein said cover has two pawl members extending from said underside thereof so as to receive said tube between said two pawl members when said cover is mounted to said cap member.

3. The cap assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein said cover has a plate extending from said underside thereof so as to press against said tube when said cover is mounted to said cap member.

4. The cap assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein said cover has a lip extending radially and outwardly from a lower periphery thereof.

5. The cap assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein said cap member has a protrusion extending from said top thereof so that said tube is rested on said protrusion when said tube is pushed by said cover.

6. The cap assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein said wall member has two side walls respectively extending laterally from two opposite sides thereof and said flexible connecting member is connected between said two side walls.

7. The cap assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein said cap member has a peripheral wall extending from a periphery of said top of said cap member and said peripheral wall has a threaded portion defined in an inner periphery thereof.