Removable cap assembly

• US 6,786,179 B2
• Filed: 11/22/2002
• Issued: 09/07/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Ver Hage Enterprises
• Original Assignee: Ver Hage Enterprises
• Inventors: Ver Hage, Richard P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Price, Thomas
• Application Number:
  US10/302,733
• Publication Number:
  US 20030097994A1
• Time in Patent Office: 655 Days
• Field of Search: 215/44, 215/45, 215/318, 215/329, 215/341, 220/293, 220/288, 119/72, 119/72.5
• US Class Current: 119/72
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 7/06 actuated by the animal for poultry A01K39/0213
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 2949/0773 Threads
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 2949/0774 Interrupted threads
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 47/32 with means for venting

Abstract

The present invention provides a removable cap and bottle assembly having a cap having a curved side wall having an inner surface and an outer surface where the inner surface has at least two threads disposed thereon. A bottle is provided having a mouth portion having an inner surface and an outer surface. The outer surface has at least two threads disposed thereon corresponding to the threads disposed on the inner surface of the side wall of the cap, so that when the cap is screwed on to the mouth of the bottle, a compression seal is formed along an entire circumference of the cap and the bottle with less than a full turn of the cap.

Claims

1. A removable cap and bottle assembly comprising:

a cap having a curved side wall having an inner surface and an outer surface, a top portion extending from said curved side wall, a boss extending perpendicularly from said top portion, said boss having a first thread formed on an inside surface, a circumferential rib extending perpendicularly from said top of said boss, said boss and rib defining an opening in said cap, said opening having a width and a height, said inner surface of said cap further having a second at least two threads disposed thereon;

a stopper dimensioned to seal said opening, said stopper having a hole therein configured to allow a fluid to flow therethrough, said stopper being maintained in said cap by said boss and rib, said stopper including a disc shaped base, a cylindrical wall portion extending from said base having a third thread formed on an outside surface corresponding to said first thread on said inside surface of said boss, a groove in said base surrounding said wall portion, said groove dimensioned to receive said boss; and

a bottle having a mouth portion with an inner surface and an outer surface, said outer surface having a fourth at least two threads disposed thereon corresponding to said second threads disposed on said inner surface of said side wall of said cap, so that when said cap is screwed on to said mouth of said bottle, a compression seal is formed along an entire circumference of said cap and said bottle with less than a full turn of said cap.

2. The assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said threads disposed on said outer surface of said bottle are discrete.

3. The assembly as claimed in claim 2, wherein four of said threads are disposed on said inner surface of said cap and four of said corresponding threads are disposed on said outer surface of said bottle.