Drink through spout cap system for common beverage bottles

Abstract

A drink through spout cap system including a drink through spout cap and a coupler. The inner wall of the base housing can be substantially smooth and does not engage threads of a beverage bottle after the beverage bottle is received within the base housing. The inner wall of the base housing can be lined with a flexible material to enable the base housing to engage with the threads of a beverage bottle to conform to the bottle threads facilitating additional grip and seal. Accordingly, an appropriately sized cap can be used with a selected size of a common beverage bottle, regardless of the threads of beverage bottle. The coupler is received in the beverage bottle for coupling the beverage bottle to the base housing of the cap. The coupler includes an aperture therein for allowing a beverage in the beverage bottle to flow through the aperture to the spout.

1 . A drink through spout cap system comprising:
 a drink through spout cap having a spout at a top end, said spout extending from a base housing; and   a coupler being removably or permanently coupled to said base housing, said coupler having an aperture therein, said coupler comprises a coupler base and a plurality of ridges extend radially from said coupler base, one of said ridges positioned at a bottom of said coupler has a largest diameter, said ridge with the largest diameter adapted for contacting an inner wall of the beverage bottle below a neck of said beverage bottle,   wherein said coupler being adapted to be received in a beverage bottle for coupling said beverage bottle to said base housing of said spout cap and allowing a beverage in the beverage bottle to flow through said aperture to said spout.   
     
     
         2 . The drink through spout cap system of  claim 1  wherein said coupler is formed of a flexible plastic, silicone, fabric, thermoplastic rubber, or thermoplastic material. 
     
     
         3 . The drink through spout cap system of  claim 1  wherein said coupler is formed of a thermoplastic rubber. 
     
     
         4 . The drink through spout cap system of  claim 1  wherein said coupler provides a leak proof seal to said base housing. 
     
     
         5 . The drink through spout cap system of  claim 1  wherein said coupler is permanently attached to said base housing through injection molding. 
     
     
         6 . A drink through spout cap system comprising:
 a drink through spout cap having a spout at a top end, said spout extending from a base housing; and   a coupler being removably or permanently coupled to said base housing, said coupler having an aperture therein, said coupler comprises a coupler base and a plurality of ridges extend radially from said coupler base, one of said ridges positioned at a bottom of said coupler has a largest diameter, said ridge with the largest diameter adapted for contacting an inner wall of the beverage bottle below a neck of said beverage bottle,   wherein said coupler being adapted to be received in a beverage bottle for coupling said beverage bottle to said base housing of said spout cap and allowing a beverage in the beverage bottle to flow through said aperture to said spout and   wherein said coupler has a tapered shape in which a diameter of a bottom portion is smaller than a diameter of a top portion.   
     
     
         7 . (canceled) 
     
     
         8 . The drink through spout cap system of  claim 1  wherein one or more of said ridges have a different size diameter. 
     
     
         9 . (canceled) 
     
     
         10 . (canceled) 
     
     
         11 . The drink through spout cap of  claim 1  wherein said ridges are adapted to provide a leak proof vacuum seal between said coupler and an inner wall of the beverage bottle. 
     
     
         12 . The drink through spout cap system of  claim 1  wherein one or more of said ridges have the same diameter. 
     
     
         13 . The drink through spout cap system of  claim 1  wherein a length of said base housing is greater or substantially the same as a length of said coupler. 
     
     
         14 . The drink through spout cap system of  claim 1  further comprising a gasket positioned at a top portion of said base housing adjacent to said spout, wherein said gasket provides a leak proof seal with a top portion of said coupler. 
     
     
         15 . The drink through spout cap system of  claim 14  wherein the gasket is formed of a flexible plastic, silicone, fabric, thermoplastic rubber, or thermoplastic material. 
     
     
         16 . The drink through spout cap system of  claim 1  wherein an inner wall of the base housing if formed of a flexible plastic, silicone, fabric, thermoplastic rubber, or thermoplastic material. 
     
     
         17 . The drink through spout cap system of  claim 1  wherein said coupler comprises a check valve within said aperture, said check valve adapted for controlling flow within said coupler. 
     
     
         18 . A method of forming a drink through spout cap system comprising the steps of;
 forming a drink through spout cap having a spout at a top end, said spout extending from a base housing; and   injection molding a coupler to said base housing, said coupler having an aperture therein, said coupler comprises a coupler base and a plurality of ridges extend radially from said coupler base, one of said ridges positioned at a bottom of said coupler has a largest diameter, said ridge with the largest diameter adapted for contacting an inner wall of the beverage bottle below a neck of said beverage bottle,   wherein said coupler being adapted to be received in a beverage bottle for coupling said beverage bottle to said base housing of said spout cap and allowing a beverage in the beverage bottle to flow through said aperture to said spout.   
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18  wherein the injection molding step further comprises injection molding a material to an inner wall of the base housing, wherein the coupler and the material are formed of a flexible plastic, silicone, fabric, thermoplastic rubber, or thermoplastic material. 
     
     
         20 . The drink through spout cap system of  claim 14  wherein one or more of said ridges have a different size diameter.