Closure cap

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10850895-B2
Application number	US-201716326868-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 5, 2017
Priority date	Sep 8, 2016
Publication date	Dec 1, 2020
Grant date	Dec 1, 2020

Abstract

Closure cap intended to close off an open end of a reservoir, comprising a substantially cylindrical body (12) of longitudinal axis (Z) that is intended to be mounted on the open end of the reservoir and is provided with a flow orifice (12e) and a lid (14) that is articulated about a transverse pivot axis (A0) with respect to the body (12), by means of at least two hinges (16), between an open position of the flow orifice (12e) and a closed position of said flow orifice (12e), said lid (14) having an outside diameter greater than the outside diameter of the body (12) and forming a radial lip, said closure cap (10) also comprising a return member (18) that is disposed in a plane passing between the two hinges (16) and is able to keep the lid (14) in each of the positions. The return member (18) has a bent shape configured to be inserted into cavities (12f, 14d) made in the body (12) and in the lid (14), respectively, and to be flush with the radial lip of the lid (14) in the closed position.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. Closure cap intended to close off an open end of a reservoir, comprising a substantially cylindrical body of longitudinal axis that is intended to be mounted on the open end of the reservoir and is provided with at least one flow orifice, and a lid that is articulated about a transverse pivot axis with respect to the body, by means of at least two hinges, between an open position of the flow orifice and a closed position of said orifice, said lid having an outside diameter greater than the outside diameter of the body and forming a radial lip, said closure cap also comprising a return member that is disposed in a plane passing between the two hinges and is able to keep the lid in each of the open and closed positions,
wherein the return member has a bent shape configured to be inserted into cavities made in the body and in the lid, respectively, and to be flush with the radial lip of the lid in the closed position, said return member comprising:
a first articulation part that is deformable about a first transverse articulation axis and is connected to the periphery of the body, a second articulation part that is deformable about a second transverse articulation axis and is connected to the outer surface of the lid, and at least two legs that extend between the articulation parts and are at an angle to one another, the return member having a flexion axis between said legs.

2. Closure cap according to claim 1 , wherein the first articulation part is extended by a first leg, a second leg that is at an angle to the first leg, a third leg that is at an angle to the second leg, and a fourth and a fifth leg that extend towards the lid.

3. Closure cap according to claim 2 , wherein, in the open position, the second leg extends downwards at 90° to the first leg.

4. Closure cap according to claim 2 , wherein, in the open position, the fifth leg extends downwards at 45° to the surface of the lid.

5. Closure cap according to claim 1 , wherein the first articulation part is extended by a first leg and a second leg that is at an angle to the first leg and is connected to the second articulation part.

6. Closure cap according to claim 5 , wherein the first leg has two side walls.

7. Closure cap according to claim 5 , wherein, in the open position, the second leg extends towards the lid at 90° to the first leg.

8. Closure cap according to claim 1 , wherein the body comprises an annular collar with an outside diameter greater than the outside diameter of the body and less than the outside diameter of the lid, the lid radially surrounding said collar in the closed position.

9. Closure cap according to claim 1 , wherein each hinge is produced in the form of a strip, the thickness of which is reduced at the pivot axis.

10. Closure cap according to claim 1 , which is produced in one piece by injection-moulding a plastics material.

11. Device for packaging and dispensing a product, comprising a reservoir that delimits a housing containing said product and is provided with a neck on which a closure cap according to claim 1 is mounted.

Assignees

• Oreal

Inventors

• Aubret Kerem
• Charnay Patrick
• Menetrat Raphaël

Classifications

• B65D47/0814 Primary

  by at least three hinge sections, at least one having a length different from the others · CPC title