Bottle Cap

Inactive Publication Date: 2016-11-10
KHALIL JOHN
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The patent describes a new bottle cap that is easier to open than typical bottle caps. It is designed for consumers with arthritis, weak hands, or other disabilities. The cap has a finger push tab member that helps the consumer to open it. The cap can be used with any type of threaded caps and can be removed by twisting off or using a bottle cap remover. The cap allows for easy opening and is convenient for consumers who need access to the bottle or jar.

Problems solved by technology

The bottle top must be screwed on tightly enough to sufficiently seal the contents inside the bottle, maintain sterility where necessary, and retain the carbonation of carbonated drinks On the other hand, the bottle cap cannot be screwed on so tightly as to prevent the consumer from opening the bottle.
For some people, opening screw-on bottle caps can be problematic.
For these people, generating the amount of torque necessary to break the tamper-proof seal, and unscrew the bottle cap to remove it from the bottle or jar may be difficult.
In addition, bottles that contain contents that are pressurized tend to be more difficult to open than bottles that do not contain pressurized contents.
Moreover, if a bottle or jar is stored in warm conditions, the internal temperature of the content of the bottle may increase the internal pressure of the bottle.
Internal pressure in the bottle or heat may cause bottles to deform and expand.
These bottles may require more force to open than usual.
A disadvantage of these prior art separate devices is that they are not always available to the consumer at the moment that the consumer is attempting to open the bottle.

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[0014]Looking at the Figures, the bottle cap 10 of the present invention is depicted. The bottle cap of the present invention includes a finger push tab member 12 to assist users, particularly those with arthritis or otherwise weakened hands to remove the bottle cap. The bottle cap of the present invention is also useful to assist users to open bottles that have internal gas pressure due to carbonation or heat. The bottle cap of the present invention is formed from plastic, aluminum or other metal, or other such suitable rigid material. As is known in the prior art, the interior of the present invention bottle cap has a generally cylindrical interior having an open bottom and sealed top and includes interior female screw threads that are employed to screwably attach the bottle cap to the male screw threads formed into the neck of the bottle.

[0015]Positioned vertically on the exterior side wall of the bottle cap are flanges 14, which flanges go around the entire side wall of the cap ...

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Abstract

A bottle cap that is easy to remove, particularly for consumers with arthritis, disabilities, or other weakened hands. The bottle cap can be removed from the bottle either by twisting off or through use of a bottle cap remover. The bottle cap has a generally cylindrical interior that includes internal screw threads that screw the cap onto matching screw threads on external portions of the neck of the bottle. A thumb or finger push tab member is formed on the exterior of the bottle cap, and extending outward from the cylindrical portion of the cap. The finger push tab member is employed to increase the amount of torque or rotational force, thereby facilitating removal of the bottle cap. The bottle cap also includes flanges for attachment of a lever-type bottle cap remover, each including an attachment point for the bottle cap remover.

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REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application is related to and claims priority and a filing date of the Provisional Application bearing Application Ser. No. 61,988,337 and a filing date of May 5, 2014.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]This invention relates to closures specifically bottle and jar caps. More specifically, the present invention is a cap for a bottle that is easy to remove, particularly for people with disabilities, which bottle cap includes a thumb or finger push tab member and a bottle cap remover attachment point and can be removed from the bottle either by twisting off or by using a bottle cap remover.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Screw-on bottle caps are ubiquitous in society today, and are used as closures on all types of vessels including soda bottles, juice, wine, spirits, and water bottles, jars for mayonnaise or jam or the like, liquid laundry detergent bottles and a wide range of bottles and jars for other liquid or even solid contents. Such bottle ca...

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IPC IPC(8): B65D41/04
CPCB65D41/0485B65D41/12
InventorKHALIL, JOHN
OwnerKHALIL JOHN