Bottle Cap Drip Tray Device

Abstract

A bottle cap drip tray device is disclosed herein. The bottle cap drip tray device includes an upstanding inner wall portion; an upturned peripheral edge portion forming an outer peripheral boundary of the bottle cap drip tray device; and a floor portion extending between the upstanding inner wall portion and the upturned peripheral edge portion. The bottle cap drip tray device is configured to prevent a substance being poured from a bottle from dripping down one or more sides of the bottle.

The invention claimed is: 
     
         1 . A bottle cap drip tray device, comprising:
 an upstanding inner wall portion;   an upturned peripheral edge portion forming an outer peripheral boundary of the bottle cap drip tray device, the upturned peripheral edge portion having a curved upper surface and a curved lower surface, the curved lower surface of the upturned peripheral edge portion being oppositely disposed relative to the curved upper surface, and the curved upper and lower surfaces of the upturned peripheral edge portion being curved in a plane that is parallel to a vertical axis of the bottle cap drip tray device; and   a floor portion extending between the upstanding inner wall portion and the upturned peripheral edge portion, the floor portion having an upper surface and a lower surface, the lower surface of the floor portion being oppositely disposed relative to the upper surface, the upper surface of the floor portion being adjoined to the curved upper surface of the upturned peripheral edge portion, the lower surface of the floor portion being adjoined to the curved lower surface of the upturned peripheral edge portion, and the curved upper and lower surfaces of the upturned peripheral edge portion each having a varying slope from a first location where the curved upper and lower surfaces adjoin the upper and lower surfaces of the floor portion to a second location at the outer peripheral boundary of the bottle cap drip tray device;   wherein the bottle cap drip tray device is configured to prevent a substance being poured from a bottle from dripping down one or more sides of the bottle.   
     
     
         2 . The bottle cap drip tray device according to  claim 1 , further comprising a bottle cap configured to engage with an opening of the bottle, the bottle cap including:
 a cap base portion, the cap base portion formed by the upstanding inner wall portion and a top wall connected to the upstanding inner wall portion, and the cap base portion further including a dispensing aperture disposed through the top wall for pouring the substance from the bottle; and   a lid portion pivotably coupled to the cap base portion, the lid portion being pivotable between a closed position where the dispensing aperture is covered and an open position where the dispensing aperture is accessible for the pouring of the substance.   
     
     
         3 . The bottle cap drip tray device according to  claim 2 , wherein the bottle cap further comprises a hinge member pivotably coupling the lid portion to the cap base portion of the bottle cap. 
     
     
         4 . The bottle cap drip tray device according to  claim 3 , wherein the hinge member defines a substantially horizontal pivot axis about which the lid portion is rotatable relative to the cap base portion of the bottle cap. 
     
     
         5 . The bottle cap drip tray device according to  claim 4 , wherein the hinge member is coupled to the cap base portion by a hinge pin that engages with a pair of apertures in the cap base portion, the substantially horizontal pivot axis of the hinge member being disposed through a center of the hinge pin. 
     
     
         6 . The bottle cap drip tray device according to  claim 5 , wherein the lid portion comprises a hinge protrusion extending downwardly from a peripheral edge of the lid portion, the hinge protrusion including a hinge aperture disposed therethrough for receiving the hinge pin. 
     
     
         7 . The bottle cap drip tray device according to  claim 2 , wherein the cap base portion comprises an upstanding collar circumscribing the dispensing aperture, and the lid portion comprises a circular recess at a bottom of the lid portion for accommodating the upstanding collar of the cap base portion when the lid portion is in the closed position. 
     
     
         8 . The bottle cap drip tray device according to  claim 2 , wherein an interior surface of the upstanding inner wall portion of the cap base portion comprises a plurality of internal threads that are configured to threadingly engage with a plurality of corresponding external threads disposed on a neck of the bottle. 
     
     
         9 . The bottle cap drip tray device according to  claim 8 , further comprising one or more adapter rings for enabling the cap base portion of the bottle cap drip tray device to be coupled to bottles of different sizes, each of the one or more adapter rings including:
 a cylindrical body portion with an exterior surface and an interior surface, the exterior surface of the cylindrical body portion being oppositely disposed relative to the interior surface;   a first plurality of threads being disposed on the exterior surface of the cylindrical body portion, the first plurality of threads configured to be coupled to the plurality of internal threads on the cap base portion of the bottle cap drip tray device; and   a second plurality of threads being disposed on the interior surface of the cylindrical body portion, the second plurality of threads configured to be coupled to a plurality of external threads on a neck of a bottle.   
     
     
         10 . The bottle cap drip tray device according to  claim 9 , wherein at least one of the one or more adapter rings further comprises a flange on one end of the cylindrical body portion, the flange configured to be grasped by a hand of a user to facilitate a removal and tightening of the at least one of the one or more adapter rings into and out of the cap base portion of the bottle cap drip tray device. 
     
     
         11 . The bottle cap drip tray device according to  claim 2 , wherein the upturned peripheral edge portion has a top rim and the lid portion of the bottle cap has a top surface, the top rim of the upturned peripheral edge portion being disposed beneath the top surface of the lid portion of the bottle cap. 
     
     
         12 . The bottle cap drip tray device according to  claim 1 , wherein the bottle has an animal or human figurine shape, and the bottle cap drip tray device is in a shape of a hat disposed on a head of the animal or human figurine. 
     
     
         13 . The bottle cap drip tray device according to  claim 1 , wherein the floor portion and/or the upturned peripheral edge portion of the bottle cap drip tray device has a textured inner surface comprising a plurality of ribs that define recesses between the ribs for trapping the substance being poured from the bottle. 
     
     
         14 . A bottle cap drip tray system, comprising:
 a bottle having an animal or human figurine shape, the bottle configured to hold a substance in an interior of the bottle;   a bottle cap drip tray device configured to be attached to the bottle, the bottle cap drip tray device being in a shape of a hat disposed on a head of the animal or human figurine, and the bottle cap drip tray device including:
 an upstanding inner wall portion; 
 an upturned peripheral edge portion forming an outer peripheral boundary of the bottle cap drip tray device; and 
 a floor portion extending between the upstanding inner wall portion and the upturned peripheral edge portion, the upturned peripheral edge portion surrounding the floor portion; 
   wherein the bottle cap drip tray device is configured to prevent the substance from dripping down one or more sides of the bottle when the substance is being poured from the bottle; and   wherein the floor portion and/or the upturned peripheral edge portion of the bottle cap drip tray device has a textured inner surface comprising a plurality of ribs that define recesses between the ribs for trapping the substance being poured from the bottle.   
     
     
         15 . The bottle cap drip tray device according to  claim 14 , wherein the substance that is configured to be poured from the bottle comprises a viscous liquid, and the recesses defined between the ribs of the textured inner surface are configured to trap the viscous liquid. 
     
     
         16 . A bottle cap drip tray system, comprising:
 one or more adapter rings for enabling a bottle cap drip tray device to be coupled to bottles of different sizes, each of the one or more adapter rings including a cylindrical body portion with an exterior surface and an interior surface, the exterior surface of the cylindrical body portion being oppositely disposed relative to the interior surface; and   wherein the exterior surface of the cylindrical body portion of each of the one or more adapter rings is configured to be coupled to the bottle cap drip tray device, and the interior surface of the cylindrical body portion of each of the one or more adapter rings is configured to be coupled to a neck of a bottle.   
     
     
         17 . The bottle cap drip tray system according to  claim 16 , further comprising the bottle cap drip tray device, the bottle cap drip tray device configured to be attached to the neck of the bottle, the bottle cap drip tray device including:
 an upstanding inner wall portion;   an upturned peripheral edge portion forming an outer peripheral boundary of the bottle cap drip tray device; and   a floor portion extending between the upstanding inner wall portion and the upturned peripheral edge portion, the upturned peripheral edge portion surrounding the floor portion;   wherein the bottle cap drip tray device is configured to prevent a substance from dripping down one or more sides of the bottle when the substance is being poured from the bottle.   
     
     
         18 . The bottle cap drip tray system according to  claim 16 , wherein at least one of the one or more adapter rings further comprises:
 a first plurality of threads being disposed on the exterior surface of the cylindrical body portion, the first plurality of threads configured to be coupled to a plurality of internal threads on the bottle cap drip tray device; and   a second plurality of threads being disposed on the interior surface of the cylindrical body portion, the second plurality of threads configured to be coupled to a plurality of external threads  7  on the neck of the bottle.   
     
     
         19 . The bottle cap drip tray device according to  claim 16 , wherein at least one of the one or more adapter rings further comprises a flange on one end of the cylindrical body portion, the flange configured to be grasped by a hand of a user to facilitate a removal and tightening of the at least one of the one or more adapter rings into and out of the bottle cap drip tray device. 
     
     
         20 . The bottle cap drip tray device according to  claim 19 , wherein the flange on the one end of the cylindrical body portion of the at least one of the one or more adapter rings comprises one or more cutouts formed in the flange for accommodating one or more fingers of the hand of the user during the removal and tightening of the at least one of the one or more adapter rings into and out of the bottle cap drip tray device.