Container cap holding mechanism, a container employing such mechanism, and a product employing such a container

Abstract

A mechanism for removably and repeatedly attaching a cap of a container with a removable cap to its container, formed into, attached to, or attachable to a surface of the container other than the end of the container upon which the container is designed to stand and other than on the container's opening. The container portion of the mechanism is configured to detachably attach to a cap portion of the mechanism. The cap portion of the mechanism is positioned on, mountable on to, or formed into the container's cap. The two portions of the mechanism are configured so that they can be attached to and separated from one another a plurality of times. The invention also relates to a container employing such a mechanism, and a product employing such a container.

1 . A mechanism for attaching a cap of a container to its container, comprising: 
 a container portion formed into, attached to, or attachable to a container at a position of the container other than an opening of the container through which contents of the container is removed during normal use of the container, the position being other than a surface of the container upon which the container is designed to stand during normal use of the container; and    a cap portion formed into, attached to, or attachable to a cap of the container, the cap being capable of being completely removed from the opening of the container during normal use of the cap and container, the cap portion being configured to be removably attachable to the container portion.    
   
   
       2 . A resealable container, comprising: 
 a container having an opening through which contents of the container is removed during normal use of the container;    a cap configured to be removably attached to the opening of the container to seal the opening of the container, the cap being capable of being completely removed from the opening of the container during normal use of the cap and container;    a container portion formed into, attached to, or attachable to the container at a position of the container other than the opening of the container, the position being other than a surface of the container upon which the container is designed to stand during normal use of the container; and    a cap portion formed into, attached to, or attachable to the cap of the container, the cap portion being configured to be removably attachable to the container portion.    
   
   
       3 . A product comprising: 
 a container having an opening through which contents of the container is removed during normal use of the container;    a cap configured to be removably attached to the opening of the container to seal the opening of the container, the cap being capable of being completely removed from the opening of the container during normal use of the cap and container;    a container portion formed into, attached to, or attachable to the container at a position of the container other than the opening of the container, the position being other than a surface of the container upon which the container is designed to stand during normal use of the container;    a cap portion formed into, attached to, or attachable to the cap of the container, the cap portion being configured to be removably attachable to the container portion;    a item filling at least a portion of the container, the item capable of flowing through the opening of the container.