WO2015119673A1 - Gobelet pour enfant - Google Patents

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WO2015119673A1
WO2015119673A1 PCT/US2014/060609 US2014060609W WO2015119673A1 WO 2015119673 A1 WO2015119673 A1 WO 2015119673A1 US 2014060609 W US2014060609 W US 2014060609W WO 2015119673 A1 WO2015119673 A1 WO 2015119673A1
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bottle
cup
bladder
child
valve
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Marty DEFELICE
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Defelice Marty
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/0055—Containers or packages provided with a flexible bag or a deformable membrane or diaphragm for expelling the contents
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G19/00—Table service
    • A47G19/22—Drinking vessels or saucers used for table service
    • A47G19/2205—Drinking glasses or vessels
    • A47G19/2266—Means for facilitating drinking, e.g. for infants or invalids
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/06—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages
    • B65D47/065—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages with hinged, foldable or pivotable spouts
    • B65D47/066—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages with hinged, foldable or pivotable spouts the spout being either flexible or having a flexible wall portion, whereby the spout is foldable between a dispensing and a non-dispensing position
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2203/00—Decoration means, markings, information elements, contents indicators
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2203/00—Decoration means, markings, information elements, contents indicators
    • B65D2203/12—Audible, olfactory or visual signalling means

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  • the present invention relates to a child's cup and more particularly to such a cup provided with a straw and a bladder with means to expand the bladder when the straw is in use.
  • a child's straw cup is a cup commonly used by children 1 to 4 years old as a transition between a nipple fitted bottle and an open cup.
  • Previous child's straw cups have generally included a straw or mouthpiece, a bottle the interior of which is accessible to the straw and mouthpiece, and a vent to equalize pressure between the outside and inside of the bottle to allow liquid to flow from the straw or mouthpiece.
  • There have been no child cups which have included a bladder which inflates as the cup is being used and which remains inflated during periods of non-use.
  • the present invention provides a child's cup which includes a bladder within the cup that inflates as liquid is withdrawn from the cup and which remains inflated when suction stops.
  • the bladder does not contain liquid and the liquid contents of the bottle are within the bottle or cup but exterior to the bladder.
  • the bladder is not intended to fill the area in the bottle that is increased as liquid is withdrawn.
  • the bladder is constructed of a flexible material such as LLDPE or the like and provides a material to contain indicia such as advertising or the like which becomes fully visible as the bladder inflates.
  • a valve is provided and is opened as the bladder inflates and liquid is removed from the bottle and is closed and remains closed when liquid is no longer being removed from the bottle.
  • the valve operates to permit the user to inflate the bladder to a degree higher than if there were no valve and the valve operates to maintain the pressure in the bladder to extend the effect of the inflated bladder and to thereby increase the aesthetic impact of the bladder.
  • FIG. 1 is a cross sectional view of the child's cup of the present invention
  • FIG. 1A is a fragmentary view of a portion of the structure shown in Fig.1 and illustrating the valve in a closed position;
  • Fig. IB is a fragmentary view similar to Fig 1A but illustrating the valve in an open position
  • FIG. 2 is a fragmentary view similar to Fig 1A and IB but illustrating the mouthpiece in a closed position;
  • Fig. 3 is an exploded view of the child's cup of the present invention.
  • Fig.4 is a view illustrating the bladder in the cup in an expanded condition
  • Fig. 5 is an elevational view of the child's cup of the present invention as seen from the top of Fig. 1 to better illustrate the opening to atmosphere formed in the cap of the cup;
  • Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the valve of the child's cup of the present invention.
  • a child's cup 10 consists of a bottle 12 closed by a cap 14.
  • the cap 14 is retained on the bottle 12 by a cap thread 15 screwed to a bottle thread 16.
  • a mouthpiece 18 is held in the cap 14 by an interference fit creating a mouthpiece body seal at 20.
  • a low-pressure area in the mouthpiece 18 is created by the user. This low-pressure area is translated through a suction straw 22.
  • the low-pressure area in the mouthpiece 18 relative to pressure in an internal cavity 26 of the bottle 12 causes a valve 28 to open, allowing liquid to outflow from the bottle 12.
  • the outflow creates a low-pressure area in internal cavity 26 of the bottle 12.
  • a bladder 30 is connected to the outside atmosphere through an atmosphere vent 38.
  • the valve 28 includes a slit 36 which opens to the position shown in Fig. IB and Figure 6 in response to increases in the pressure differential across the valve 28 and is closed when the pressure differential across the slit 36 is not sufficient to sustain the necessary opening force.
  • the pressure differential across the valve 28 decreases and the valve 28 moves to a closed position to maintain the remaining low pressure within the bottle 12 as best seen in Fig.1A.
  • the air 40 in the bladder 30 is allowed to escape through an atmosphere vent 38 (Fig. 5) formed in the cap 14.
  • the suction straw 22 is then substantially equal to atmospheric pressure.
  • the seal provided by the closed valve 28 is broken only if the cap 14 is unscrewed from the bottle 12. With the valve 28 closed and the cap 14 in place, the interior of the bottle 12 is sealed from the exterior of the bottle 12 and the bladder 30 will remain inflated.
  • the slit 36 of the valve 28 is movable between a closed position and an open position by changes in the pressure differential across the valve, 28.
  • the force imposed on the valve 28 by its natural resiliency must be sufficiently weak to permit the child sucking on the bottle 12 to create a reduction of pressure in the bottle 12 sufficient to permit the valve 28 to open.
  • the atmospheric pressure returns to the bottle 12 until the natural resiliency of the valve 28 exceeds the pressure differential across the valve 28 allowing the slit 36 to close.
  • the valve 28 will be held in a closed position to keep the bottle 12 from leaking in any orientation of the bottle 12.
  • the valve 28 is a significant element of the present invention.
  • the valve 28 allows the user to inflate the bladder 30 to a degree higher than if there were no valve 28 and more importantly the valve 28 maintains the pressure in the bottle 12 to extend the effect and the aesthetic impact of the bladder 30. If air were allowed back into the bottle 12 through the valve 28 the pressure within the bottle 12 would cause the bladder 30 to deflate.
  • the valve 28 by remaining closed prevents air from returning to the bottle 12 and therefore keeps the bladder 30 inflated.
  • indicia 32 can be provided on the bladder 30 to be fully exposed when the bladder 30 is inflated.
  • bladder 30 be formed of a material that will resist expansion of the bladder only slightly as the child withdraws liquid through the straw 18. The material must also permit the bladder 30 to remain expanded for a time when the child is no longer using the straw 18.
  • a material that has been found to have the necessary characteristics for the bladder 30 is 2 mil of coextruded LLDPE.
  • LLDPE linear, low density polyethylene, is a material which is used in pouches, toys, covers and other products where non-expansion, and non-resilient is important.

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Abstract

Un gobelet pour enfant comprenant une vessie gonflable à l'intérieur de la coupelle et séparée du contenu du gobelet, et une valve située entre le contenu du gobelet et l'extérieur du gobelet fermée lorsque le gobelet n'est pas en cours d'utilisation pour résister au dégonflage de la vessie.
PCT/US2014/060609 2014-02-05 2014-10-15 Gobelet pour enfant WO2015119673A1 (fr)

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US14/173,356 2014-02-05
US14/173,356 US20140151319A1 (en) 2012-04-19 2014-02-05 Child's cup

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WO2015119673A1 true WO2015119673A1 (fr) 2015-08-13

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EP3743349A4 (fr) * 2018-01-26 2021-10-20 Strix (USA), Inc. Couvercle pour récipient de liquide et appareil et procédés d'utilisation

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US20020158069A1 (en) * 2001-04-25 2002-10-31 Sumiyo Yoneoka Beverage container with straw
US20050115967A1 (en) * 2003-12-02 2005-06-02 Conaway Jonathan W. Sippy straw cup
US20120031917A1 (en) * 2010-08-03 2012-02-09 James A Loging Drinking cup with lid and flow control element
US8336724B2 (en) * 2006-06-23 2012-12-25 Pigeon Corporation Beverage container
WO2013158728A1 (fr) * 2012-04-19 2013-10-24 Its A Brand New Day, Llc Gobelet pour enfant

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20020158069A1 (en) * 2001-04-25 2002-10-31 Sumiyo Yoneoka Beverage container with straw
US20050115967A1 (en) * 2003-12-02 2005-06-02 Conaway Jonathan W. Sippy straw cup
US8336724B2 (en) * 2006-06-23 2012-12-25 Pigeon Corporation Beverage container
US20120031917A1 (en) * 2010-08-03 2012-02-09 James A Loging Drinking cup with lid and flow control element
WO2013158728A1 (fr) * 2012-04-19 2013-10-24 Its A Brand New Day, Llc Gobelet pour enfant

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP3743349A4 (fr) * 2018-01-26 2021-10-20 Strix (USA), Inc. Couvercle pour récipient de liquide et appareil et procédés d'utilisation

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