NZ754760A - Bottle cap with non-break plates - Google Patents
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A bottle cap includes a body and a security ring. The body has multiple breakable bridge portions located along the periphery of the body and connected to the security ring. Two non-breakable plates are connected between the body and the security ring. Each of the non-breakable plates includes multiple turning positions and multiple angles. When the multiple breakable bridge portions are broken, the non-breakable plates are still connected to the security ring. The non-breakable plates are extendable so that the body can be pulled away from the security ring for a distance. The present invention allows the bottle cap to be supported at a sufficient distance from the bottle.
Description
BOTTLE CAP WITH NON-BREAK PLATES
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Fields of the invention
The present invention relates to a bottle cap, and more particularly
to a cap for sealing a bottle made of synthetic resin. The bottle cap includes
non-breakable plates between the body of the cap and a security ring, and
the non-breakable plates connect the cap with the security ring when the cap
is removed from the bottle opening, and the security ring is mounted to the
neck of the bottle.
2. Descriptions of Related Art
discloses a container lid which includes a body,
a security ring, and multiple breakable bridges connected between the body
and the security ring. The body includes a skirt and threads formed on an
inner side of the skirt. Multiple connection members are disposed at an
inner periphery of the security ring. A protrusion extends from the lower
edge of the skirt. Two non-breakable plates are located on two sides of the
protrusion and are connected to the skirt and the security ring. The two
non-breakable plates each include a first inclined portion and a second
inclined portion, wherein the directions of inclination of the first and second
inclined portions are opposite from each other. The first and second inclined
portions are connected to each other via a middle portion. The directions of
inclination of the two non-breakable plates are opposite from each other.
The body is threadedly mounted to the threads of the bottle. The
non-breakable plates connect the body to the security ring after the body is
removed from the bottle opening. The security ring is retained on the neck
of the bottle. The opened body is still connected to the bottle.
The shortcomings of the above mentioned container lid are that
there is only one first inclined portion and one second inclined portion of
each of the non-breakable plates. The angle between the first and second
inclined portions is limited so that the distance that the body moves upward
relative to the security ring is limited.
Besides, the non-breakable plates are not sufficiently supported so
that when the body is mounted to the bottle opening, the non-breakable
plates may be broken.
The present invention is intended to provide a bottle cap with
non-breakable plates which are extendable to allow the bottle cap to be
supported at a sufficient distance from the bottle so as to eliminate the
abovementioned shortcomings.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a bottle cap with non-breakable
plates.
The bottle cap of the present invention is an integral cap which is
mounted to a bottle opening having outer threads and a connection portion.
The connection portion is located below the outer threads. The bottle cap
comprises a body, a security ring, a rectangular opening between the body
and the security ring, and two non-breakable plates disposed within the
rectangular opening.
The body has a round top face and a cylindrical skirt that extends
downward from the outer periphery of the top face. The skirt includes inner
threads formed on the inner periphery thereof.
The security ring is connected to the lower edge of the skirt by
multiple breakable first bridge portions. Multiple first tabs are located at the
inner periphery of the security ring.
The rectangular opening is formed in an adjacent area between the
skirt and the security ring. The rectangular opening includes a first opening
defined in the lower edge of the skirt, and a second opening defined in the
top edge of the security ring. A second tab extends from the middle portion
of the first opening and is connected to the middle portion of the second
opening by a breakable second bridge portion.
The two non-breakable plates are disposed within the rectangular
opening with the second tab located between the two non-breakable plates.
The two non-breakable plates each include a top end and a bottom end. The
top end is connected to the skirt and the bottom end is connected to the
security ring. The width of the top connection portion between the top end
of each non-breakable plate and the skirt is larger than the width of each
non-breakable plate. The width of the bottom connection portion between
the bottom end of each non-breakable plate and the security ring is larger
than the width of each non-breakable plate.
Each of the non-breakable plates further includes a first inclined
section and a second inclined section. In each of the two non-breakable
plates, the first inclined section is formed with the top end and inclinedly
extends downwardly and inclinedly along a circumferential direction of the
skirt, and the second inclined section is formed with the first inclined
section and extends downwardly and inclinedly along another
circumferential direction of the skirt.
The top end of each non-breakable plate includes a first inclined
side. A first angle is defined between the first inclined side and the first
inclined section. A second angle is defined between the first inclined
section and the second inclined section. The bottom end of each
non-breakable plate includes a second inclined side. A third angle is defined
between the second inclined side and the second inclined section.
Each non-breakable plate further includes a breakable first bridge
and a breakable second bridge. The breakable first bridge is connected to
the first inclined side and the first inclined section. The breakable second
bridge is connected to the second inclined side and the second inclined
section.
The advantages of the present invention are that:
Because the non-breakable plates have the abovementioned
features, when the bottle cap is connected to the bottle opening, the
non-breakable plates are not broken or deformed.
Because the width of the top connection portion and the width of
the bottom connection portion are larger than the width of each
non-breakable plate, the top end and the bottom end of each non-breakable
plate are not broken. The body is always connected with the security ring
except by excessive force, such as using scissors to cut the non-breakable
plates.
When the bottle cap is opened the first time, the body is rotated
and the torque breaks the breakable first bridge portions between the body
and the security ring, the breakable second bridge portion of the second tab,
and the first and second bridges.
Each of the non-breakable plates includes multiple turning
positions and multiple angles. When the bottle cap is opened, the distance
between the body and the security ring can be increased for convenience of
dismounting the body from the bottle opening or re-capping of the body to
the bottle opening.
The present invention will become more apparent from the
following description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying
drawings which show, for purposes of illustration only, a preferred
embodiment in accordance with the present invention.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
is a rear perspective view of the bottle cap of the present
invention;
is a front perspective view of the bottle cap of the present
invention;
is a rear side elevation view of the bottle cap of the present
invention;
is a cross sectional view, taken along line IV-IV in
shows the non-breakable plates of the bottle cap of the
present invention;
is an enlarged view of the non-breakable plate of the bottle
cap of the present invention;
shows that the non-breakable plates are extendable to
increase the distance between the body and the security ring, and
shows that the bottle cap is temporarily positioned at the
bottle opening after the bottle cap is removed from the closing position.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
The bottle cap of the present invention is made of synthetic resin
by injection molding or pressing. As shown in FIGS. 1-4, the bottle cap
comprises a body 10 and a security ring 20. The body 10 includes a round
top face 11 and a cylindrical skirt 12 extending downward from the outer
periphery of the top face 11. The skirt 12 includes multiple ridges 13
formed on the outer periphery thereof for preventing users’ fingers from
slipping. The skirt 12 includes inner threads 14 formed on the inner
periphery thereof. The security ring 20 is connected to the lower edge of the
skirt 12 by multiple breakable first bridge portions 21. Multiple first tabs 22
are located at the inner periphery of the security ring 20. Each first tab 22
extends radially, inward and upward from the inner periphery of the
security ring 20.
As shown in FIGSs. 1 and 3, a rectangular opening is defined in
an adjacent area 30 between the skirt 12 and the security ring 20.
Specifically, the rectangular opening includes a first opening 15 defined in
the lower edge of the skirt 12, and a second opening 23 defined in the top
edge of the security ring 20. A second tab 40 extends from the middle
portion of the first opening 15 and is connected to the middle portion of the
second opening 23 by a breakable second bridge portion 41.
As shown in FIGS. 3, 5, and 6, two non-breakable plates 50 of the
same shape and direction are disposed within the rectangular opening with
the second tab 40 located between the two non-breakable plates 50. Each
non-breakable plate 50 includes a top end 51 and a bottom end 52. The top
end 51 of each non-breakable plate 50 is formed with the skirt 12 by a top
connection portion 510 between the top end 51 and the skirt 12, and the
bottom end 52 of each non-breakable plate 50 is formed with the security
ring 20 by a bottom connection portion 520 between the bottom end 52 and
the security ring 20. The width W1 of the top connection portion 510 is
larger than the width W3 of the elongate plate-like body of each
non-breakable plate 50. The width W2 of the bottom connection portion
520 is larger than the width W3 of each non-breakable plate 50.
Each non-breakable plate 50 includes a first inclined section 56
and a second inclined section 57. The first inclined section 56 is formed
with the top end 51 of each non-breakable plate 50 and extends downwardly
and inclinedly along a circumferential direction of the skirt 12. The second
inclined section 57 is formed with the first inclined section 56 and extends
downwardly and inclinedly along another circumferential direction of the
skirt 12. The top end 51 of each non-breakable plate 50 further includes a
first inclined side 53. A first angle a1 is defined between the first inclined
side 53 and the first inclined section 56. A second angle a2 is defined
between the first inclined section 56 and the second inclined section 57. The
bottom end 52 of each non-breakable plate 50 includes a second inclined
side 54. A third angle a3 is defined between the second inclined side 54 and
the second inclined section 57. The bottom end 52 of each non-breakable
plate 50 includes a third inclined side 55. A fourth angle a4 is defined
between the third inclined side 55 and the inner bottom of the second
opening 23 of the rectangular opening of the security ring 20. The first
angle a1 is substantially equal to the second angle a2 and the third angle a3.
The fourth angle a4 is smaller than the third angle a3. Each of the first angle
a1, the second angle a2 and the third angle a3 is less than 30 degrees.
Each non-breakable plate 50 includes a breakable first bridge 58
and a breakable second bridge 59. The breakable first bridge 58 is
connected to and between the first inclined side 53 and the first inclined
section 56. The breakable second bridge 59 is connected to and between the
second inclined side 54 and the second inclined section 57.
As shown in there are outer threads 61 formed on the
outside of a bottle opening 60, and a connection portion 62 which is located
below the outer threads 61. The bottle cap of the present invention is
mounted to the bottle opening 60. The bottle cap is threadedly connected to
the outer threads 61 of the bottle opening 60 by the inner threads 14. The
security ring 20 and the first tabs 22 of the bottle cap are located below the
connection portion 62. The non-breakable plates 50 are not broken or
deformed when the bottle cap is mounted to the bottle opening 60.
As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, when the bottle cap is opened the first
time, the body 10 and the security ring 20 are guided by the inner threads 14
and the outer threads 61 to move upward. The first tabs 22 of the security
ring 20 contact the underside of the connection portion 62 so that a
resistance is applied to the security ring 20. As the body 10 is rotated, a
torque is applied along the rotational direction to break the breakable first
bridge portions 21. These steps are well known in the art. For the present
invention, when a resistance is applied to the security ring 20, the body 10
is rotated and applies a torque along the rotational direction to break the
second bridge portion 41 of the second tab 40 and the first bridge 58 and the
second bridge 59. The body 10 is further rotated and along with the release
of the inner and outer threads 14, 61, the body 10 is rotatably moved
upward, and the distance between the body 10 and the security ring 20 is
increased. The inclination of the first inclined section 56, the second
inclined section 57, the first inclined side 53, the second inclined side 54
and the third inclined side 55 of each of the two non-breakable plates 50 is
increased. The first, second, third and fourth angles a1, a2, a3, a4 are
increased thereby, until the inner threads 14 of the body 10 are completely
separated from the outer threads 61 of the bottle opening 60, and the body
is removed from the bottle opening 60. During the rotational and upward
movement of the body 10 when the second bridge portion 41 of the second
tab 40 and the first bridge 58 and the second bridge 59 are broken, the first
tabs 22 of the security ring 20 no longer compress the underside of the
connection portion 62, and no resistance is applied to the security ring 20.
However, the security ring 20 located below the connection portion 62 is
rotated together with the body 10 due to the non-breakable plates 50.
Accordingly, the non-breakable plates 50 are extended and are not twisted.
As shown in after the body 10 is removed from the bottle
opening 60, the body 10 is flipped and pivotably separated from the bottle
opening 60 by using the non-breakable plates 50 as support, so that the
users can enjoy the beverage in the bottle. The body 10 is retained at the
position as shown in with the outer periphery of the second tab 40
contacting on the top surface of the connection portion 62 of the bottle
opening 60. The body 10 does not block the bottle opening 60. By flipping
the body 10 toward the bottle opening 60, the second tab 40 is deformed
and moved over the connection portion 62, the body 10 can re-cap the bottle
opening 60. The body 10 is then rotated toward the closing direction by
threadedly connect the inner threads 14 with the outer threads 61 of the
bottle opening 60, so that the body 10 is able to close up the bottle opening
In the above mentioned embodiment, the first inclined side 53 of
each of the two non-breakable plates 50 is inclined in a same direction. It is
noted that the first inclined sides 53 of the two non-breakable plates 50 may
also be inclined in opposite directions.
While we have shown and described the embodiment in
accordance with the present invention, it should be clear to those skilled in
the art that further embodiments may be made without departing from the
scope of the present invention.
Claims (8)
1. A bottle cap for a bottle which includes a bottle opening with outer threads and a connection portion located below the outer threads, the bottle cap comprising: 5 a body having a round top face and a cylindrical skirt extending downward from an outer periphery of the top face, the skirt including inner threads formed on an inner periphery thereof; a security ring connected to a lower edge of the skirt by multiple breakable first bridge portions, multiple first tabs located at an inner 10 periphery of the security ring; a rectangular opening defined in an adjacent area between the skirt and the security ring, the rectangular opening including a first opening defined in the lower edge of the skirt, and a second opening defined in a top edge of the security ring, wherein a second tab extends from a middle 15 portion of the first opening and is connected to a middle portion of the second opening by a breakable second bridge portion; and two non-breakable plates disposed within the rectangular opening with the second tab located between the two non-breakable plates, each said non-breakable plate including a top end, a bottom end, a first inclined 20 section, a second inclined section, a breakable first bridge and a breakable second bridge, wherein the top end is connected to the skirt by a top connection portion, the bottom end is connected to the security ring by a bottom connection portion, the top connection portion has a width larger than a width of the non-breakable plate, and the bottom connection portion has a 5 width larger than the width of the non-breakable plate; the first inclined section is formed with the top end of the non-breakable plate and extending downwardly and inclinedly along a circumferential direction of the skirt, the second inclined section is formed with the first inclined section and extending downwardly and inclinedly 10 along another circumferential direction of the skirt; the top end includes a first inclined side, a first angle defined between the first inclined side and the first inclined section, a second angle defined between the first inclined section and the second inclined section, 15 the bottom end includes a second inclined side, a third angle defined between the second inclined side and the second inclined section, and the breakable first bridge is connected to and between the first inclined side and the first inclined section, the breakable second bridge 20 is connected to and between the second inclined side and the second inclined section.
2. The bottle cap for a bottle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bottom end of each said non-breakable plate includes a third inclined side, a fourth angle is defined between the third inclined side and an inner bottom of the second opening of the rectangular opening. 5
3. The bottle cap for a bottle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first angle equals to the second angle and the third angle.
4. The bottle cap for a bottle as claimed in claim 3, wherein the angle of each of the first angle, the second angle and the third angle is less than 30 degrees. 10
5. The bottle cap for a bottle as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first angle equals to the second angle and the third angle, and the fourth angle is smaller than the third angle.
6. The bottle cap for a bottle as claimed in claim 5, wherein the angle of each of the first angle, the second angle and the third angle is less 15 than 30 degrees.
7. The bottle cap for a bottle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first inclined side of each of the two non-breakable plates is inclined in a same direction.
8. The bottle cap for a bottle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the 20 first inclined sides of the two non-breakable plates are inclined in opposite directions. 23 41 50 FIG . 1 FIG . 2 50 41 FIG . 3 50 40 50 FIG . 4 57 55 FIG . 5 FIG . 6 50 50 FIG . 7 FIG . 8
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