US2007221682A1PendingUtilityA1

Cap arrangement for a bottle

Assignee: BLANCHESTER TOMPriority: Sep 18, 2002Filed: Apr 27, 2007Published: Sep 27, 2007
Est. expirySep 18, 2022(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Tom Blanchester
B05B 11/10B65D 77/28G01F 11/084B65D 47/0842B05B 11/0086B65D 47/061
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Abstract

A multifunctional bottle cap is disclosed, which includes a cap body having a lower portion with internal threads for connecting to a neck of a bottle, and an upper portion having an upwardly protruding nozzle with an outlet opening at an edge portion of the nozzle; a straw having an upper end extending out of the protruding nozzle adjacent to the outlet opening, the straw being vertically movable to extend upward from the cap body; and a spray assembly having a press pumping mechanism, an aspiration tube, a pump button extending upwardly, and a spray nozzle in perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the cap body; the spray pump being positioned on an opposing side of the protruding nozzle. The multifunctional bottle cap provides a user the ability to drink, spray and pour liquid from an attached bottle.

Claims

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1 . A multifunctional bottle cap comprising: 
 (a) a cap body having a lower portion with internal threads for connecting to a neck of a bottle, and an upper portion having an upwardly protruding nozzle with an outlet opening at an edge portion of the protruding nozzle; and    (b) a spray assembly having a press pumping mechanism connected to an aspiration tube and a pump button extending upwardly, and a spray nozzle in perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the cap body; the spray assembly being positioned next to the protruding nozzle.    
   
   
       2 . The multifunctional bottle cap of  claim 1 , wherein the protruding nozzle defines a nozzle wall, the pump button is placed adjacent to the nozzle wall, and the spray nozzle is directed away from an exposed surface of the nozzle wall; a lower edge of the nozzle wall extends to an upper portion of a first sidewall associated with a channel of the cap body and the channel has an opposite second sidewall that is adjacent to the circumference of the bottle cap; and the pump button situates in the channel between the sidewalls; and wherein the nozzle wall and the sidewalls guide a direction of a finger of an user for activating the pump button substantially in parallel to the nozzle wall.  
   
   
       3 . The multifunctional bottle cap of  claim 2 , wherein an upper surface of the pump button has a contour that has a length substantially parallel to the nozzle wall.  
   
   
       4 . The multifunctional bottle cap of  claim 1  further comprising a closing lid connected to an exterior of the lower portion of the cap body by a shaft, the closing lid being swingably attached to the shaft; wherein the closing lid movably closes and opens the opening of the protruding nozzle.  
   
   
       5 . The multifunctional bottle cap of  claim 1 , wherein the outlet opening is complementary to a drinking straw.

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