IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0634773
(2000-08-09)
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등록번호 |
US-8272525
(2012-09-25)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- La Torre, Richard D
- Sejnowski, Joseph P
- Petrie, Aidan J
- Chomik, Richard S
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, LLP
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
15 인용 특허 :
22 |
초록
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A lip-openable lid is provided for use in connection with a container or container cap having a valve seat and an opening for egress of container contents. A lip-openable container is also provided that employs the lip-openable lid. The lid is comprised of a gasket with a lip-engageable annular wall
A lip-openable lid is provided for use in connection with a container or container cap having a valve seat and an opening for egress of container contents. A lip-openable container is also provided that employs the lip-openable lid. The lid is comprised of a gasket with a lip-engageable annular wall, a central portion radially inward of the wall, and a peripheral flange that is engageable with the valve seat. The lid includes a rigid support that has liquid flow openings, supports the central portion of the gasket and positions the gasket against the valve seat. The lid can also include means for securing the gasket to the support. The central portion of the gasket is comprised of a flexible elastomer and is capable of flexing and stretching to displace the flange from the valve seat when downward pressure is applied against the gasket. When downward pressure is applied, the central portion of the gasket contacts the rigid support and flexes and stretches downward from and/or over the rigid support. The annular wall and the flange can be comprised of flexible elastomeric material. The flange can include a rigidifying material.
대표청구항
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1. A lip-openable lid for use in connection with a cap for a container, the cap having a skirt and an inwardly extending ledge that forms a valve seat and defines an opening, the lid comprising: a gasket having an upstanding lip-engageable wall, said wall having a diameter and height that allows it
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A lip-openable lid for use in connection with a cap for a container, the cap having a skirt and an inwardly extending ledge that forms a valve seat and defines an opening, the lid comprising: a gasket having an upstanding lip-engageable wall, said wall having a diameter and height that allows it to fit upward through the opening and beyond the ledge,a central panel radially inward of said wall, said central panel made of a flexible elastomer; anda flange extending outward from said wall and being engageable with said valve seat, said flange including rigidifying material having an annular ring;a rigid support that supports said central panel of said gasket, said support having a base,a central section connected to said base, andliquid flow openings extending through said support, said base being sustainable by a surface of the cap or the container and, when so sustained, said support being capable of positioning said upper surface of said flange of said gasket against said valve seat of said cap; andmeans for securing said central panel of said gasket to said central section of said support, wherein said flexible elastomer flexes and stretches to allow a portion of said flange to be displaced from said valve seat when lip pressure is applied against an adjacent portion of said wall of said gasket. 2. The lid of claim 1, wherein said lip-engageable wall is rigid. 3. The lid of claim 1, wherein said lip-engageable wall is comprised of flexible elastomer. 4. The lid of claim 1, wherein said lip-engageable wall is annular. 5. The lid of claim 1, wherein said rigidifying material comprises a flexible elastomer having a durometer from about 70 to about 90. 6. The lid of claim 1, wherein said flange includes an upstanding peripheral annular sealing bead for improved sealing of said flange to said valve seat. 7. The lid of claim 1, wherein said flange is comprised of flexible elastomer. 8. The lid of claim 7, wherein said flexible elastomer of said flange has a durometer of from about 10 to about 70. 9. The lid of claim 1, wherein said securing means comprises part of said gasket. 10. The lid of claim 9, wherein said securing means is comprised of flexible elastomer. 11. The lid of claim 10, wherein said central panel has a central portion, and wherein said securing means that comprises part of said gasket is integral with and depends from said central portion. 12. The lid of claim 11, wherein said securing means that comprises part of said gasket includes a trunk that has means for engaging structure of said support. 13. The lid of claim 12, wherein said securing means that comprises part of said support includes means, on said central section of said support, for engaging said engaging means of said gasket. 14. A lip-openable container, comprising: a container body for containing liquids and having an open top end;a removable cap hermetically sealed to said container body about its said open top end, said cap having a depending skirt with a ledge that extends radially inward from said skirt forming a valve seat and defining a central opening; anda removable lip-openable lid for sealing said central opening of said cap, said lid comprising a gasket having an upstanding, lip-engageable wall, said wall being disposed within said central opening and extending upward beyond said ledge;a flexible central panel radially inward of and communicating with said wall, said central panel being, made of a flexible elastomer and having an integral flexible member that depends from said central panel; anda peripheral flange extending outward from said wall and having an upper surface, said flange including rigidifying material having an annular ring; anda rigid support that supports said central panel of said gasket and maintains said flange in normal sealing engagement with said valve seat, said rigid support comprisinga base;a central section; andliquid flow openings extending through said support, said base being maintained in position by being in contact with a surface of said container or said cap, said central panel of said gasket and said central section of said support each having securing means that are engaged with each other and flexibly secure said gasket to said support,said central panel of said gasket being capable of flexing and stretching downwardly in an area radially inward of said wall of said gasket to allow a portion of said upper surface of said flange to be displaced from said valve seat when lip pressure is applied against an adjacent portion of said wall of said gasket. 15. The container of claim 14, wherein said central section of said support has a rigid bearing surface positioned under said central panel of said gasket, such that when said downward pressure is applied against said wall, an adjacent portion of said central panel of said gasket contacts said bearing surface and flexes downward about a portion of said bearing surface to displace said flange from said valve seat. 16. The container of claim 14, wherein said central section of said support has a rigid bearing surface positioned under said central panel of said gasket, such that when said downward pressure is applied against said wall, an adjacent portion of said central panel of said gasket contacts said bearing surface and stretches downward from said bearing surface to displace said flange from said valve seat. 17. The container of claim 14, wherein, when said downward pressure is applied against said wall, said central panel of said gasket contacts said rigid support and is stretched downward over said rigid support to displace said flange from said valve seat. 18. The container of claim 14, wherein said securing means of said support includes upstanding rigid structure with openings therethrough and said securing means of said gasket includes portions of said central panel of said gasket that extend through said openings and engage said rigid structure. 19. The container of claim 14, wherein said wall of said gasket is comprised of a flexible elastomer. 20. The container of claim 14, wherein said wall of said gasket is annular. 21. The lid of claim 14, wherein said rigidifying material comprises a flexible elastomer having a durometer from about 70 to about 90. 22. The lid of claim 14, wherein said annular ring is made of a flexible elastomer having a durometer about 80. 23. The lid of claim 14, wherein said flange includes an upstanding peripheral annular sealing bead for improved sealing of said flange to the valve seat. 24. The lid of claim 14, wherein said flange is comprised of flexible elastomer. 25. The lid of claim 24, wherein said flexible elastomer of said flange has a durometer of from about 10 to about 70. 26. The container of claim 14, wherein said wall of said gasket is rigid. 27. The container of claim 26, wherein said rigid wall of said gasket is annular and has a lower portion with a radially inwardly extending lip to which said flexible central panel of said gasket is attached. 28. The container of claim 26, wherein said rigid wall of said gasket is annular and has a lower portion with a radially outwardly extending lip, said lip having a layer of an elastomer thereon and forming a portion of said upper surface of said flange. 29. The container of claim 14, wherein said central panel has a central portion, and wherein said flexible member that depends from said central portion comprises a trunk that includes said securing means of said gasket. 30. The container of claim 29, wherein said central portion of said gasket has an undersurface and said trunk has a neck with an annular radially inwardly concavely curved surface extending between said undersurface and said securing means. 31. The container of claim 30, wherein said securing means of said trunk includes retaining means disposed about said trunk for engaging structure of said support. 32. The container of claim 31, wherein said securing means of said central section of said support includes a hub with engaging means that engages said retaining means of said trunk and flexibly secures said gasket to said support. 33. The container of claim 32, wherein said hub includes an annular convex arcuate bearing surface that engages said concavely curved surface of said trunk and facilitates flexing of said central panel downward and radially outward of said annular bead. 34. The container of claim 32, wherein said trunk of said gasket has a dead end bore extending upward into said trunk, and said lid includes a rigid plug having a stem that is seated inside said bore of said trunk, said stem having a diameter that is greater than the diameter of said bore, such that said stem compresses said trunk against said hub and improves the engagement of said retaining means of said gasket to said support.
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