| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 220253000 | Closure members having alignable openings | 27 |
| 20080283527 | Container and closure assembly - A container and closure assembly is provided that defines an opening and has a lip positioned around the opening. The lip defines an inner surface, an outer surface, and a top surface. The container and closure assembly also includes a closure to attach to the container. The closure includes a top portion, a first skirt extending from the top portion, and a second skirt extending from the top portion. The closure also includes a latch and a hinge connected to the latch. The latch includes an actuator extending from the connection location and a follower portion extending from the connection location. The follower portion of the latch includes a blocking structure. Movement of actuator causes movement of blocking structure. The latch is movable between a first position in which the blocking structure is positioned in contact with the lip and a second position in which the blocking structure is spaced from the lip. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080296297 | LID STRUCTURE OF REAGENT CONTAINER - A lid structure for opening and closing an opening in an upper portion of a reagent container includes an outer lid member attached to the reagent container and having a first opening corresponding to the opening of the reagent container, an inner lid member arranged inward of the outer lid member, attached to the outer lid member in a vertically movable manner, and having a second opening opposing the first opening, and a rotator having a through hole, arranged inward of the inner lid member, engaging with the outer lid member and the inner lid member via an engaging unit in a rotatable manner around a horizontal axis. The engaging unit rotates the rotator to open the opening when the inner lid member performs a downward opening operation, and rotates the rotator to close the opening when the inner lid member performs an upward closing operation. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090120934 | SNAP-OVER CLAMSHELL PROTECTIVE PORT CAP - A single-use, clamshell protective cap for use primarily in healthcare settings in order to maintain the integrity of a medication solution. The cap has two halves, a cylindrical skirt, a puncture resistant lid portion, an interior flange, and an interlocking snap. When placed around a flanged injection port such as is found on a conventional fluid container and closed, the lid portion covers an access site on an injection port. After the cap is placed, the interior flange engages the port flange to prevent upward axial movement relative to the port, thereby preventing removal of the cap and thus deterring unwanted or erroneous drug administrations or withdrawals. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20100018975 | CONTAINER CAPS AND SYSTEMS - Caps and container systems suited to dispensing products like cosmetics. Some of the caps include three portions that can be coupled together and that include a dispensing system that has an open position and a closed position. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20110089174 | RECLOSABLE CONTAINER LID - A reclosable lid for a container holding a flowable substance has a cover having an opening and a moveable element connected to the cover. The moveable element is moveable between at least one open position, wherein the flowable substance may flow through the opening, and at least one closed position, wherein the opening is obstructed. In some embodiments, the lid may include an overlay moveable between at least one open position and at least one closed position. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110198351 | RECLOSEABLE LID FOR A CONTAINER, IN PARTICULAR FOR A PAPER CUP - The invention is directed to a lid for a container, in particular to a lid for a drink container such as a paper cup. The lid is detachably mountable onto the edge of an opening of the container. The lid comprises a lower lid part with an inner outlet opening, and an upper lid part with an outer outlet opening. In an assembled position, the upper lid part is mounted rotatable relative to the lower lid part between at least two positions, such that the outlet openings are mutually aligned in one position and are without any overlap in the other position. The lower lid part has a circumferential mounting flange for overlapping the opening edge of the container, and the upper lid part has a circumferential mounting flange for overlapping the mounting flange of the lower lid part. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20120187124 | AUTOMATIC OPENING-AND-CLOSING DISCHARGING STRUCTURE FOR A LOOSE POWDER JAR - An automatic opening-and-closing discharging structure for a loose powder jar in which a discharging porous face can be automatically opened and closed based on a makeup demand. In this design, overlapped fixed and movable trough plates having opposite discharging porous faces are arranged at a filling port of a jar body. Long and short arc grooves are disposed oppositely at an external perimeter of the porous face of the fixed trough plate, wherein an elastic member is disposed in each long arc groove. Convex inserted columns are inserted at the bottom of the movable trough plate corresponding to the positions of the long and short arc grooves, so as to form a rotation control guide. Convex points are preset on a top-edge ring plate of the movable trough plate, so that when a jar cover is locked, the discharging is closed by dislocation and disconnection of the porous faces as the cover body rotates. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120261416 | CONTAINER CAP - A container cap includes: a first cap body formed with at least one first perforation and sealedly connectable to an opening of a container; a second cap body rotatably mounted on the first cap body and formed with at least one second perforation; and a sealing member positioned between the first and second cap bodies and formed with third perforations. The number of the third perforations is equal to the number of the first perforations. The third perforations are aligned with the first perforations of the first cap body respectively. The first and second cap bodies can be relatively rotated to unseal or seal the container for a user to select a desired mode for drinking a beverage contained in the container. For example, a user can directly drink a hot beverage with his/her mouth or insert a straw into the container to drink a cold beverage. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120273490 | Cover for Opening and Closing Cans - The invention relates to a cover ( | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120305559 | Fluid dispensing vessel - A fluid dispensing vessel is described which includes a fluid storage container having a neck portion and which defines an internal cavity. A first portion of a cap releasably engages the neck portion; a second portion of the cap telescopingly receives at least a part of the first portion of the cap; a rotatable drinking spout is rotatably supported on the second portion of the cap; and a third portion of the cap is pivotally moveable relative to the second portion of the cap and is further releasably attached to the rotatable drinking spout. The third portion of the cap causes the rotatable drinking spout to move along a path of travel and then forcibly detaches from the rotatable drinking spout when the drinking spout reaches the terminal end of its travel. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20130008901 | CONTAINER CAP - A compressible container ( | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130032595 | DRINK CONTAINERS WITH UNREMOVABLE CLOSURES - The present invention relates to containers for drinks such as water, beverage, and the like with non-removable closures, and more particularly to drink containers with non-removable closures that allow the user to open the containers without completely removing the closure from the containers. According to one embodiment of the present invention the drink container has a non-removable closure that is provided with a rotating disk on top of the receiving member to open or close the orifice on the receiving member on top of the drink bottle. When the rotating disk member's hole aligns with the receiving member's hole, a channel is formed for drink to leave from the bottle. When the holes are not aligned, the drink is blocked by the body of the rotating member. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130062347 | METERING AND DISPENSING CLOSURE - A metering and dispensing closure for a container wherein two rotatable disks rotate in conjunction with a stationary cap member to afford accurate measuring of a powder material and dispensing of it. The disks and the container cap afford a consistent measuring of the powder material, as well as provide a variety of drive members which can be utilized with the dispensing closure. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130075398 | CAP SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC FLOW HOLE OPENING/CLOSIING - A cap system for a container includes a cap that can be coupled to an open top of a container. The cap incorporates a hole that provides for fluid communication with an interior region of the container. A closure element movably coupled to the cap defines a solid region and an open region. The closure element is disposed at an angle with respect to a portion of the cap. At least one weight is coupled to the closure element such that the closure element moves as gravity acts thereon to align the closure element's solid region with the hole when the cap is in a first or upright orientation, and to align the open region with the hole when the cap is in a second or tipped orientation. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130180988 | Bottle Top Apparatus - A bottle top apparatus comprising a first top closure connected to a lower end of a twisting member, conforming to a profile of a second top closure integrated on a bottle opening, and slidably positioned over the second top closure, is provided. A first flow opening and a first vent opening of the first top closure are configured to geometrically align with a second flow opening and a second vent opening of the second top closure respectively to pour out the bottle contents. Rotation of a screw top lid around a rim section extending from an upper end of the twisting member for removing the screw top lid, turns the twisting member to rotate the first top closure over the second top closure and misalign the first flow opening and the first vent opening with the second flow opening and the second vent opening respectively to seal the bottle opening. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130206764 | MUG AND AMBIDEXTROUS LID ASSEMBLY - A beverage lid comprising a lid body having an aperture for dispensing a beverage. The beverage lid has a top portion having an aperture for dispensing a beverage mounted to the lid body, a slideable arm having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the slideable arm mounted between the lid body and the top portion, a rotatable plate having at least one aperture for dispensing a beverage mounted between the body and the top portion, and a rotatable plate actuating mechanism communicating the slideable arm with the rotatable plate. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130213966 | Flow Control Valve for Dispensing a Source of Fluid - A flow control valve is described and which includes a first portion, and a second portion, and wherein the first portion rotates relative to the second portion and wherein the invention further includes a rigid locking member which cooperates with a resilient sealing and biasing member which is carried to positions which, on the one hand, either seals the vessel to prevent the escape of fluid from the vessel, or which allows the convenient dispensing of fluid from the vessel. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20140284330 | LIGHTED LID FOR BEVERAGE CONTAINER - A lid for a beverage container or travel mug is provided that has one or more visual indicators to identify the location of the pour spout opening of the container or mug in low light conditions. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140319137 | CONTAINER WITH PRE-GUIDED ALIGNMENT FUNCTIONS - A container with pre-guided alignment function has a container body, a cover, an engaging portion and a plurality of locking parts in the type of pre-guided alignment. The engaging parts are configured on the relative positions on the flaring rim of the container main body and the periphery of the cover in a male/female matching relationship. Said engaging parts include two locking parts and at least one long-type guided alignment part, wherein the locking parts can align to and be engaged with each other, so that the periphery of the cover can cover the flaring rim of the container body tightly. The container is set by the long guided alignment part of edge part of locking parts. The edge of the locking parts will use the long guided alignment part as alignment point. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140361011 | Container and Lid Assembly - A container and lid assembly are provided. The lid assembly has a base configured to engage an opening of the container. A hole in the base allows access to an interior chamber of the container. A surface extends upwardly and outwardly from the hole to act as a funnel to direct material towards the hole. A cover is rotatably coupled to the base to allow selective access to the hole. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20150114964 | CLOSURE FOR A CONTAINER - A closure includes a body having an open bottom formed of a skirt that defines an outer periphery of the body and an end wall defining a body dispensing aperture and a raised body portion providing a closed barrier. The closure also includes a cover coupled to the end wall of the body and having a cover dispensing aperture, the cover being rotatably movable relative to the body between a dispensing position with the cover dispensing aperture substantially aligned with the body dispensing aperture, and a closed position with the cover dispensing aperture substantially aligned with the raised body portion, wherein the cover dispensing aperture includes one or more dividers defining sub-apertures, and wherein each of the one or more dividers includes a flat top surface and extends away from the flat surface to form a pointed bottom edge that projects toward the open bottom of the body. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150298874 | Cover for Opening and Closing Cans - The invention relates to a cover for opening and closing cans, in particular beverage cans, having a top circular cover component and a bottom cover component. By moving the two cover components relative to one another, at least one through-hole can be opened and re-closed by both cover components. A highly effective seal is obtained by precise coordination of the form of the top and bottom cover components, which can be increased even further by the additional use of sealing materials such as varnish, rubber, plastic or welded connections. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20160000245 | LOCKABLE BEVERAGE CONTAINER CLOSURE - A beverage container closure or lid that is adapted for closing an open end of a beverage container is provided. The lid is selectively couplable to the beverage container and includes a selectively openable cover that, when closed, creates a fluid-tight seal between the beverage container and the environment. The lid is provided with a dual-locking mechanism including an actuation disk locking mechanism and a press-button locking mechanism. Each locking mechanism is operable to transition between a locking position and an unlocking position and opening the cover to permit the passage of fluid requires that both locking mechanism be in their respective unlocking positions. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160009464 | REMOVEABLE LID WITH VACUUM RELEASE APPARATUS | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160081502 | LOCKABLE BEVERAGE CONTAINER CLOSURE - A beverage container closure or lid that is adapted for closing an open end of a beverage container is provided. The lid is selectively couplable to the beverage container and includes a selectively openable cover that, when closed, creates a fluid-tight seal between the beverage container and the environment. The lid is provided with a dual-locking mechanism including an actuation disk locking mechanism and a press-button locking mechanism. Each locking mechanism is operable to transition between a locking position and an unlocking position and opening the cover to permit the passage of fluid requires that both locking mechanism be in their respective unlocking positions. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160137361 | No Spill Cap Assembly - A cap assembly connected to a container for dispensing the contents of the container includes an inner cap and an outer cap. The inner cap includes a cylindrical inner cap surface between a proximal end and a distal end that includes an inner cap opening The outer cap is positioned over and secured to the inner cap. The outer cap includes a cylindrical outer cap surface between the proximal end and distal end, and the cylindrical outer cap surface includes an outer cap opening The cap assembly includes an open configuration and a closed configuration. The outer cap can be rotated about the inner cap between the open configuration and the closed configuration. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160150899 | LID FOR A DRINKING CONTAINER | 06-02-2016 |
