Bottle and cap arrangement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11299328-B2
Application number	US-202016938681-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 24, 2020
Priority date	Mar 29, 2019
Publication date	Apr 12, 2022
Grant date	Apr 12, 2022

Abstract

A bottle assembly that includes a bottle with a finish having a mouth for containing an E-liquid. The mouth of the bottle is sealed with a plug having an anti-drip well. The anti-drip well sized to prevent inadvertent spillage of the E-liquid contained within the bottle. An annular cap protrusion of the plug can engage with a channel on an upper portion of the bottle to attach the plug with the upper portioned with the mouth of the bottle. A lower channel edge can include a notch that can be used as a wedge to incrementally remove the plug from the mouth of the bottle without damage thereto.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A bottle assembly for containing and dispensing a liquid, comprising:
a bottle configured to contain a volume of the liquid, the bottle including a bottle body and a finish, the finish including a mouth of the bottle, a top surface extending around the mouth, and a plug channel around an outer circumference of the finish adjacent to the mouth;
a plug configured to seal the mouth of the bottle, the plug including:
a nozzle having a well extending therethrough;
a cap portion configured to contact the top surface of the bottle, the cap portion including an annular cap protrusion configured to sealingly engage within the plug channel of the finish;

wherein an annular slot is formed between the annular cap protrusion and a lower channel edge of the plug channel; and
wherein the lower channel edge includes a notch, the notch comprising a chamfered region.

2. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the notch has a notch width from 2 mm to 10 mm.

3. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the notch has an angular width from 15° to 45°.

4. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein a width of the chamfered region of the notch varies across a notch width.

5. The assembly of claim 1 , further comprising:
an orifice in the cap portion of the plug, the orifice extending through the cap portion and aligned with the well;
wherein the orifice has a diameter from 0.5 mm to 1.5 mm.

6. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the well has a diameter of 1.2 mm+/−0.14 mm.

7. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the volume of the bottle is from 30 mL to 120 mL.

8. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein an outer cap surface of the annular cap protrusion substantially aligns with an outer finish surface of the finish, except at the notch.

9. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the annular cap protrusion comprises an inner flange engaged within the plug channel, the notch providing access beneath the inner flange.

10. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the lower channel edge includes a plurality of notches spaced at regular intervals.

11. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the notch is a first notch and the lower channel edge includes a second notch, the second notch spaced 180° apart from the first notch.

12. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the notch is adjacent to an upper end of one of one or more threads.

13. The assembly of claim 1 , further comprising an inner cap configured to assembly with the finish of the bottle, the inner cap including:
an inner threaded region for engagement with one or more threads of the finish;
an outer circumferential ring;
a top surface comprising one or more slots therein; and
a conical protrusion configured to receive the nozzle of the plug.

14. The assembly of claim 13 , further comprising an outer cap configured to rotatably couple with the inner cap, the outer cap including:
an inner circumferential ring configured to couple with the outer circumferential ring of the inner cap to couple the inner cap with the inner cap;
a grip portion;
a lower lip, the lower lip extending around a circumference of the outer cap;
a spring clip configured to engage with the conical protrusion of the inner cap; and
one or more protrusions configured to engage with the slots of the inner cap to transfer a torque from the outer cap to the inner cap to remove the inner cap form the finish.

15. The assembly of claim 14 , wherein the inner cap and the outer cap form a child safety lock, the spring clip and conical protrusion configured to bias the one or more protrusions of the outer cap away from the slots of the inner cap to prevent transfer of the torque from the outer cap to the inner cap without overcoming the bias of the spring clip.

16. A bottle assembly for containing and dispensing a liquid, comprising:
a bottle configured to contain a volume of the liquid, the bottle including a bottle body and a finish, the finish including a mouth of the bottle, a plug channel extending around a circumference of the finish adjacent the mouth;
an outer cap configured to assemble with the finish of the bottle; and
a plug configured to seal the mouth of the bottle, the plug including:
a nozzle having an anti-drip well extending therethrough; and
a cap portion configured to sealingly engage with the finish of the bottle,

the cap portion including an annular cap protrusion configured to sealingly engage within the plug channel;
wherein the anti-drip well has a diameter of 1.2 mm and height of at least 12 mm; and
wherein the cap portion of the plug includes an orifice aligned with the nozzle, the orifice extending through the cap portion and providing communication between the anti-drip well and the volume of liquid, the orifice having a diameter less than the diameter of the anti-drip well.

Assignees

• Chubby Gorilla Inc

Inventors

• Aboabdo Ibrahiem H

Classifications

• B65D39/16

  with handles or other special means facilitating manual actuation · CPC title

• B65D47/122

  Threaded caps · CPC title

• B65D2251/023

  Ribs or recesses · CPC title

• B65D2251/0087

  of the 47-type · CPC title

• B65D47/06

  with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages (with slidable spouts B65D47/26) · CPC title