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Container fitting

US11472608B2 · kind B2 · utility

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9References

15Claims

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Assignee

Joanna Shields · US

Inventors

Joanna Shields · Phoenix, US
Philip M. Blank · Flagstaff, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 20, 2018
Grant date	Oct 18, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 21, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65D2251/08
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A fitting for affixing to a mouth of a receiving container comprises a tubular body having a closed top end, a bottom end and a side wall extending between the closed top and bottom ends and having an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface includes a circumferential surface wherein the circumferential surface includes a plurality of inwardly extending, randomly placed nodes to engage an external surface of the mouth of the receiving container. A plug seal extending from the closed top end is spaced apart from circumferential surface to form a land area seal. The closed top end may further include an aperture adapted to permit passage of a straw therethrough.

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