| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 222545000 | Plural and/or carried by separably attached element | 18 |
| 20110240686 | REUSABLE SEALING APPARATUS FOR CONTAINERS OF EXTRACTABLE MATERIAL - A reusable sealing apparatus for use with a container of an extractable material, the container including a nozzle. The apparatus may include a first sealing member, a second sealing member and a body member including a cavity configured to fit over a portion of a distal end of a nozzle, the body member positioned between the first sealing member and the second sealing member. The apparatus may further include a core member including an insertion tip and an elongate portion, wherein the elongate portion may extend through the body member and at least one of the first sealing member and second sealing member. The first sealing member, the body member and the second sealing member together may substantially seal a nozzle. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20130056504 | System and Method for Interfacing with, and Controlling, Beverage Dispensing Containers - The inventive system and method advantageously enable superior adaptive connection of containers for storing and dispensing beverages to various dispensing systems, and more particularly to systems and methods for interfacing with, and controlling the flow of liquid from, various beverage storage/dispensing containers that comprise any of a variety of dispensing interface components. In at least one embodiment of the present invention, the inventive configurable releasable dispensing interface coupling adapter is configured to achieve a pressurized seal with a connected beverage storage/dispensing container, to accomplish connection with a pressurization-based beverage dispensing system or equivalent thereof. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20140131398 | Pouring Fitment - A pouring fitment ( | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140263475 | Tamper Evident Closure for Flexible Containers - A closure for flexible containers or pouches that contain food products that provides at least two visual indicators showing that the cap has been partially or totally unscrewed from the spout. The first indicator is a tab in a window section of the cap that has its mounting filaments or bridges broken when the cap is unscrewed. These filaments or bridges connect the tab to the top portion of the cap. The second indicator is a vertical break or rupture line in the tab that indicates that the tab has been bent to rupturing. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140263476 | DRINK CONTAINERS AND CAP ASSEMBLIES - Drink containers include a liquid container and a cap assembly removably coupled to the liquid container. Cap assemblies include a body that defines a drink outlet for dispensing drink liquid, and an operational assembly that is operatively coupled to the body and that has at least an open configuration permitting drink liquid to be dispensed and a closed configuration restricting drink liquid from being dispensed. In some embodiments, the operational assembly also has a cleaning configuration in which portions of the operational assembly are spaced away from the body of the cap assembly for cleaning. In some embodiments, the operational assembly is positioned predominantly on the exterior of the body of the cap assembly. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140263477 | FLUID SUPPLY SYSTEM - A fluid supply system includes a fluid supply subsystem and a fluid bottle subsystem. Pressurized air or other suitable gas supplied to the fluid supply system causes a piston housed within the fluid supply subsystem to translate toward the fluid bottle subsystem, thereby sealing an interface between the fluid supply subsystem and the fluid bottle subsystem. The pressurized air or gas also causes a fluid (e.g., a coolant or rinse liquid) within the fluid bottle subsystem to flow through the piston and out of the fluid supply subsystem where it may be used. The fluid supply system enables the fluid bottle subsystem to be installed or uninstalled from the fluid supply subsystem without requiring bleeding off of the air or gas supplied to the fluid supply system and/or without requiring the fluid bottle subsystem to be rotated or twisted into place relative to the fluid supply subsystem. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150069095 | CAP ADAPTED TO ENGAGE CONTAINER WITH ANOTHER OBJECT - A cap may be adapted to engage a container and may preferably be adapted to facilitate engaging the container with another object or may be adapted to otherwise possibly simplify transport, use, or storage of the container. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150076178 | PROTECTIVE SPOUT COVER WITH FOOD REGULATING VALVE - Provided herein are protective spout covers adapted to couple to the universal dispensing spout of a food pouch, such as a baby food pouch. The protective spout covers may be formed from a flexible elastomer and may grip the spout securely via one or more gripping lips adapted to engage a corresponding groove on the universal spout. When so coupled, the protective spout cover may cushion the spout to protect the user's mouth and lips from injury. The protective spout cover also may include a food regulating valve that may control the flow of food from the pouch. The protective spout cover also may include a cap member to keep the protective spout cover clean when not in use, a gripping ring to facilitate use of the cap, and may have a size and durometer hardness sufficient to prevent the device from being a choking hazard. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150314078 | DISPENSING APPARATUS - A dispensing apparatus for a flowable component includes a storage container, an applicator and a closure element. The storage container has a storage chamber configured to receive the component, an outlet flange and a component outlet. The applicator has a component inlet and a dispensing opening, and is connected to the storage container by the outlet flange establishing a connection between the component outlet of the storage container and the component inlet of the applicator. The closure element is independent from the applicator, and configured to selectively adopt a closed position and a dispensing position, the component outlet is closed in the closed position and open in the dispensing position, and is configured to be coupled to the applicator so as to be brought from the closed position into the dispensing position by a rotation of the applicator in a connection direction with respect to the storage container. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150353245 | CAP - A cap body of a cap includes: a cylindrical inner wall section to be fitted into an inner wall surface of a container mouth section; an annular wall section that extends obliquely in an upper direction toward a radial-direction center integrally from an inner wall surface of the cylindrical inner wall section, has a lower wall surface of a truncated conical shape, and has a discharge hole in a radial-direction center portion; a check valve disposed above the annular wall section to open or close the discharge hole in such a manner that a valve section is detached from or seated on an annular valve seat around the discharge hole; and a guiding tubular body disposed above the check valve and having a discharge passage of contents from the discharge hole. Therefore, at the time of using the contents, the contents can be smoothly discharged to the outside. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150368007 | TANK FILLING SYSTEM - The invention relates to a tank filling system having a protective cap and having a pouring spout. The protective cap has an end position wherein it partially covers the pouring spout, and wherein the protective cap has an opened position wherein it is removable from the pouring spout into a removed position. The pouring spout includes at least one valve, wherein the valve has a venting position and a closed valve position. In the venting position, the valve frees at least one passage for a fluid. In the closed valve position, the valve closes the passage. In the end position of the protective cap, the valve is in the closed valve position. During the adjustment of the protective cap from the end position into the opened position, the valve is forcibly adjusted at least temporarily into the venting position. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150374151 | CARAFE - A carafe has a flask and a lid assembly. The flask has a vessel. The lid assembly has a plug lid with an outlet port, a limiting bracket with a guiding channel and at least one outlet, and a sealing ball mounted in the guiding channel. The limiting bracket is mounted in the outlet port of the plug lid and is connected to the plug lid. When an opening of the vessel faces upward, the sealing ball slides downward to seal the outlet port of the plug lid. When the vessel tilts and the opening of the vessel faces downward, the outlet port of the plug lid is open, so that liquid in the vessel can flow out of the vessel. A user does not have to press or turn the lid assembly. Therefore, it is convenient to pour liquid out of the vessel. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160009462 | Spout Assembly For A Flexible Bag | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160023884 | BOTTLE VALVE INSERT - A bottle valve has a flapper valve and a base insert. The base insert can be pressure fit into the mouth of a beverage bottle. The insert has support members that extend from a sidewall towards the center. At the convergence of the support members is a dome seat. The flapper valve rests atop and inside the base insert and has a dispensing port. The port fits over the dome seat and presses against it to form a seal. When pressure is applied to the bottle, it is deformed and the liquid therein is forced to flow between the support members, pushing the flexible flapper seal away from the dome seat and allowing the liquid to flow out of the bottle mouth. When the pressure is relieved, the flapper seal returns to its rest position against the dome seat, reforming the seal and stopping air from flowing into the bottle. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160046421 | Sectionalized fluids container - A sectionalized fluids container formed of one or more segments, threadedly engaged together, with a bottom closure secured to the bottom of the container, to seal it, and a top upper closure or cap securing with the top most segment, to form the fluids container. A double venting arrangement may be provided within the container, and allows for the entrance of ambient air when the container is inverted, during drinking, to prevent the formation of any vacuum therein. A drinking spout may be applied to the cap of the container, to facilitate its usage. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160113424 | DRINK CUP LID - A package includes a cup for storing liquids and a lid for mounting on a brim of the cup. The lid is formed to include a sipping feature so that a consumer can drink liquid from the cup while the lid is mounted on the brim. | 04-28-2016 |
| 222546000 | Cap carried axial plug | 2 |
| 20130200112 | SEALING MEMBER AND FLUID-PRODUCT DISPENSER INCLUDING SUCH A MEMBER - A stopper member for mounting on an opening of a fluid reservoir. The member includes a base body forming a fluid dispenser orifice; an assembly part in which the base body is received in stationary manner; and a closure lid for closing the dispenser orifice. The lid is connected to the assembly part via a hinge, the lid and the part being made as a single piece, the lid initially being connected to the assembly part via at least one bridge of breakable material, before the lid is opened for the first time. The base body is contained entirely inside the assembly part. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20150336724 | UNIVERSAL BOTTLE CAP - A dispensing cap system for dispensing a supplement material through a bottle neck opening and into the bottle. An exemplary embodiment includes a cap member with downwardly depending fingers and inwardly directed barbs configured for connection to beverage bottle necks of different sizes. The cap member has a unitary inner plug portion and outer seal member arranged to provide a liquid seal of a bottle mouth of a variety of sizes. A valve member passes through a storage member attached to the cap, and is configured for movement between a storage position and a dispensing position, in which passage is permitted of the supplement material from the storage member into the bottle. The cap member also has a unitary o-ring portion for sealing against the valve member on one side and the storage container on the other to prevent fluid and/or supplement leakage. A nipple member may be positioned over the valve member to allow the bottle contents to be utilized or consumed. | 11-26-2015 |
