Bottle closure

US6997359B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• PepsiCo, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Joseph Boggs · Newtown, US
• Stacey Chang · Sunnyvale, US
• John Brassil · Northbrook, US
• Ben Tarbell · Menlo Park, US
• Andrzej Skoskiewicz · Menlo Park, US
• Kenneth R. Waeber · Milford, US
• Eric Luther · Cincinnati, US
• Reggie Fortson · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 12, 2002
• Grant date: Feb 14, 2006
• Expiry date: Jan 2, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D2251/0087
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The bottle closure comprises a generally cylindrical inner member adapted to be threadedly engaged on the outside of the neck of a bottle. The inner member has a central passage communicating with the neck of the bottle. An outer member is rotatably mounted on and around the inner member. The inner member includes a valve seat defining a fluid passage between the bottle and the outer member and being located within the neck of the bottle. The outer member includes a valve closure element adapted to close the fluid passage in a first annular position of the outer member on the inner member thereby to form a seal with the valve seat. The outer member, when moved to a second annular position relative to the inner member, opens the fluid passage, thereby to allow fluid in a bottle to flow through the closure.