Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
220375000 | Tethered closure | 13 |
20080197135 | Beverage spout with safety tether - A beverage spout and threaded cap are joined by a safety tether that further acts as a guarantee strip to establish the integrity of the contents prior to opening. The safety tether as it is wrapped around the pour spout is connected by a series of break-away tabs the cooperate to form the guarantee strip, whereupon when the cap is unscrewed off the tabs are ruptured to unfurl the safety tether. The break-away tabs can be selected to promote ordered extension of the safety tether as the cap is removed from the spout. | 08-21-2008 |
20080230545 | Lid and container organization method and apparatus - A device providing a flexible tether between food storage containers and their specific lids, to aid in organization of and to prevent loss of the individual components. The ends of said tether have attachment means which may be affixed to a lid and to a container by a selection of several attachment systems. The device functions effectively in organizing containers and lids that have no manufactured tethering or retaining means, such that may already exist in a disorganized fashion in a consumer's inventory, where implementation of the device will maintain an organization for the future of the components. | 09-25-2008 |
20080237237 | Portable Data Storage Device Cap Connector - A device and method for attaching a protective cap to a portable data storage device is disclosed. The device includes a protective cap, a portable data storage device, two formed loops, and a strand. The formed loops are integrally connected to the cap and the portable data storage device. The strand is looped through the formed loops and permanently attaches the protective cap to the portable data storage device. | 10-02-2008 |
20090236341 | Container Cap with Tether - A drinking container has a bottle with an open top, a cap assembly attachable to the bottle to cover the open top, and a drinking spout with a top opening on the cap assembly. A spout cover is removably fitted on the top opening of the drinking spout. A flexible tether is connected to the spout cover and to the cap assembly or the bottle. The tether is looped unto itself permitting the spout cover and a portion of the tether to be extended to reach the top opening and to be retracted withdrawing the spout cover to a position remote from the drinking spout. | 09-24-2009 |
20090255933 | Information tube and tethered end cap used therewith - A tubular assembly comprising a tubular housing, having at least one open end, at least the open end of the housing being provided with a flexible cap having a dimension suitable to fit snugly over the end of a tubular housing; a flexible ring having a dimension suitable to fit over the end of the tubular housing while retaining same in fixed encompassing relationship to the tubular housing; hinge means connecting the cap to the flexible ring; the flexible tether means extending from the flexible ring, the flexible tether having at a free end thereof means to support the tubular housing from a vertically extending surface. | 10-15-2009 |
20100181317 | Container With Release Engagement Member - Container having a cover and a base that may be engaged with each other with the help of a releasable engagement member is provided. The cover includes a leash as the releasable engagement member. The leash comprises a protrusion. The base comprises a depression located at a position corresponding to the position of the leash on the cover. When the cover is placed over the base, the protrusion of the leash of the cover may be lockingly engaged with the depression of the base. In addition, a protrusion of the leash of one cover may be engaged with a depression of the leash of a second cover, when it is desired to stack the covers together, separate from their bases. | 07-22-2010 |
20120187129 | Apparatus for tethering a cap for a sprayer tank to the tank - Apparatus providing a tethered cap for a fill opening of a sprayer tank which is tethered inside, rather than outside the tank, via a tether line movably attached to a basket suspended in the tank, and having a gasket at an upper end of the basket which is engaged by the cap to seal the fill opening in the tank when the cap is closed. The tether line extends through the gasket so that the basket, the gasket, and the cap are tethered to each other. Since the tether line is inside the tank, catching or snagging of the line and the cap on obstacles, such as trees, or branches, is precluded. The cap remains connected to the sprayer tank when it is removed from the tank in order to fill the tank and misplacement of the cap is also precluded even though the cap is not held by the sprayer operator while the tank is being filled. | 07-26-2012 |
20120261421 | METHOD OF MAKING A CONTAINER HAVING A TETHERED CLOSURE - A method of making a plastic container that has a tethered closure using an extrusion blow molding process includes steps of extruding a parison, capturing the parison within a mold and inflating the parison against the mold to form a container blank having a container portion, a closure portion and a tether portion for connecting the container portion to the closure portion. The tether portion, which is preferably elongated and string like, may be formed out of flash material that is created during the molding process. The resulting container is relatively inexpensive to manufacture and facilitates the plastic recycling process. | 10-18-2012 |
20130043251 | Children's Toy for Collecting Fish at a Shore Line - A child's toy for collecting fish includes a clear bowl with a rope handle attached to it. Tethered to the rope handle is a lid with a water and air permeable mesh. The handle preferably includes a buoyant member such as a wooden cylinder hand grip which will keep the apparatus from sinking if let go. The apparatus is preferably made from a plastic fish bowl into which two diametrically opposed holes are created to receive ends of the rope handle which is held in place by tying. The fish bowl has an upper lip and a ring dimensioned to fit over the lip. A circular mesh screen is attached to the ring and the ring is attached by a tether to the bowl or to the rope handle. A kit and a method of assembly are also disclosed. | 02-21-2013 |
20130105485 | TETHER AND CLOSURE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING SAME | 05-02-2013 |
20140034647 | Lid Saver and Method - A device for flexibly retaining lids or tops to containers or receptacles. Flexible coil chord secures a container or receptacle to its lid or top. The device allows for flexibly securing a lid to its container or receptacle to reduce loss or damage that could be avoided by retaining them in proximity to each other. | 02-06-2014 |
20150368013 | CONTAINER ASSEMBLY - A container assembly includes a body having an exterior sidewall which encloses a hollow interior. The body also includes a closed end and an access opening allowing access to the hollow interior. The container assembly also includes a lid disposable between a stored orientation or a closing position over the access opening. The stored orientation includes the lid disposed on or in a support portion disposed on the exterior sidewall. The container assembly also includes a retaining assembly including correspondingly disposed tabs and slots on the inner periphery of the lid and the outer periphery of the body. The retaining assembly provides an secure but removable locking engagement of the lid when in a closing position. | 12-24-2015 |
20190144179 | CHILD RESISTANT CONTAINER | 05-16-2019 |