Bottle Capping Systems

Abstract

A pump dispenser has a large ergonomic actuator designed to ergonomically deliver a composition to a substrate in the consumer's hand without the consumer having to pick up the pump dispenser. The ergonomic design allows the composition to be delivered in a proper aspect ratio to the substrate. The composition can be delivered in such a way that the composition is not aerosolized into the air or delivered to an unintended surface. The method of delivery can be made intuitive to the consumer by providing an actuator skirt that suggests the pumping mechanism or by providing a depiction of a hand or substrate over the pump dispenser. The pump dispenser is also useful for compositions or substrates that are not stable together. The pump dispenser may be designed with refill bottle capping systems such that only certain refill bottles may fit into the pump dispenser.

1 . A capping system comprising:
 a first part having a restriction, the restriction creating a first cross-sectional shape on the first part;   a second part having a second cross-sectional shape that corresponds to the first cross-sectional shape on the first part.   
   
   
       2 . The capping system according to  claim 1 , wherein the restriction includes circumferentially discontinuous threads. 
   
   
       3 . The capping system according to  claim 2 , wherein:
 the first part is a male part and the first cross-sectional shape is an outer perimeter cross-sectional shape; and   the second part is a female part having an opening with an inner perimeter shape, the inner perimeter shape being the second cross-sectional shape.   
   
   
       4 . The bottle capping system according to  claim 3 , wherein:
 the female part includes an extended skirt;   the opening on the female part is located on a bottom of the extended skirt;   the extended skirt has a length sufficient for the opening to clear the circumferentially discontinuous threads on the male part when the circumferentially discontinuous threads of the male part engage threads on the female part.   
   
   
       5 . The bottle capping system according to  claim 3 , wherein:
 the male part includes at least one truncation on at least a portion of the threads;   the female part includes at least one wedge formed in a bottom inside diameter of the female part,   the truncation aligns with the wedge when the female part is placed on the male part prior to threading the female part with the male part.   
   
   
       6 . The bottle capping system according to  claim 5 , wherein;
 the male part includes four truncations and the female part includes four wedges,   the truncations are formed symmetrically about the circumference of the male part and the wedges are formed symmetrically about the bottom inside diameter of the female part.   
   
   
       7 . The bottle capping system according to  claim 5 , wherein the female part includes an extended skirt having a length sufficient for the wedges to clear the truncations before the male part threads engage the female part threads. 
   
   
       8 . The bottle capping system according to  claim 3 , wherein:
 the male part includes at least one channel cut through the threads;   the female part includes at least one protrusion formed in a bottom inside diameter of the female part,   the protrusion aligning with the channel when the female part is placed on the male part prior to threading the female part with the male part.   
   
   
       9 . The bottle capping system according to  claim 8 , wherein the male part includes one channel and the female part includes one protrusion. 
   
   
       10 . The bottle capping system according to  claim 8 , wherein
 the male part includes four channels and the female part includes four protrusions,   the channels are formed symmetrically about the circumference of the male part and   the protrusions are formed symmetrically about the bottom inside diameter of the female part.   
   
   
       11 . The bottle capping system according to  claim 3 , wherein:
 the male part includes at least two projections extending from a side of the male part;   the female part includes an opening formed in a bottom inside diameter of the female part,   the opening matches a cross-section of the male part such that the projections fit into the opening when the female part is placed on the male part prior to threading the female part with the male part.   
   
   
       12 . The bottle capping system according to  claim 11 , wherein
 the male part includes four projections,   the projections are formed symmetrically about a circumference of the male part.   
   
   
       13 . The bottle capping system according to  claim 3 , wherein the female part is formed integrally with a pump dispensing package, thereby allowing only bottles having a corresponding male part to be used in the pump dispensing package. 
   
   
       14 . A capping system comprising:
 a male part having threads and a male discontinuity, the male part having an outer perimeter cross-sectional shape;   the male discontinuity selected from the group consisting of a truncation and a channel;   a female part having a female discontinuity selected from the group consisting of a wedge and a protrusion.   
   
   
       15 . The bottle capping system according to  claim 14 , further comprising:
 between two and four truncations on at least a portion of the threads of the male part, the truncations formed symmetrically about the male part; and   between two and four wedges formed symmetrically in a bottom inside diameter of the female part, the truncations aligning with the wedges when the female part is placed on the male part prior to threading the female part with the male part.   
   
   
       16 . The bottle capping system according to  claim 14 , further comprising:
 at least one channel cut through the threads of the male part; and   at least one protrusion formed in a bottom inside diameter of the female part, the protrusion aligning with the channel when the female part is placed on the male part prior to threading the female part with the male part.   
   
   
       17 . The bottle capping system according to  claim 16 , wherein the male part includes between two and four channels and the female part includes between two and four protrusions, wherein the channels are formed symmetrically about a circumference of the male part and the protrusions are formed symmetrically about the bottom inside diameter of the female part. 
   
   
       18 . A bottle capping system comprising:
 a male part including a hollow tube with at least two projections extending therefrom;   a female part having an opening in a bottom inside diameter of the female part, the opening sized to allow the projections and the hollow tube of the male part to pass therethrough, thereby allowing threads of the male part to engage with threads of the female part.   
   
   
       19 . The bottle capping system according to  claim 18 , further comprising an extended skirt on the female part having a length sufficient for the projections to clear the opening before the threads of the male part engage the threads of the female part. 
   
   
       20 . The bottle capping system according to  claim 18 , wherein the male part includes four projections, wherein the projections are formed symmetrically about a circumference of the hollow tube. 
   
   
       21 . The bottle capping system according to  claim 18 , wherein a bottle has the male part formed integrally therewith. 
   
   
       22 . The bottle capping system according to  claim 18 , wherein the male part frictionally fits into an inside diameter of a bottle.