US 12,304,710 B2
Cap and a container
Keke Feng, Shanghai (CN); Jun Shen, Shanghai (CN); Sainan Su, Shanghai (CN); Zhiwen Xing, Shanghai (CN); and Lixiao Zhang, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Conopco Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US)
Appl. No. 18/006,161
Filed by Conopco, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 3, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/071599
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 20, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/033915, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 17, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/CN2020/108728 (WO), filed on Aug. 12, 2020; and application No. 20197113 (EP), filed on Sep. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0294885 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. B65D 51/16 (2006.01); B65D 41/48 (2006.01); B65D 43/16 (2006.01); B65D 51/18 (2006.01); B65D 55/06 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 51/1672 (2013.01) [B65D 41/485 (2013.01); B65D 43/162 (2013.01); B65D 51/18 (2013.01); B65D 55/06 (2013.01); B65D 2205/00 (2013.01); B65D 2251/0021 (2013.01); B65D 2251/0046 (2013.01); B65D 2401/25 (2020.05); B65D 2543/00046 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00092 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00296 (2013.01); B65D 2543/0099 (2013.01); B65D 2555/025 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cap for a container to be mounted on a container body comprising:
(i) a cap body formed with a liquid path and a gas path therein, wherein the liquid path is configured for liquid to go through from the container and the gas path is configured for gas to go through to balance pressures inside and outside the container, wherein the cap body comprises a top wall with a recess through which both the liquid path and the gas path extend, and a peripheral wall extending from the top wall with a plurality of L-shaped ribs protruding from the peripheral wall and extending circumferentially and vertically along the peripheral wall for connecting the cap to a dispensing device, and
(ii) a top plate;
characterized in that the top plate is detachably connected with the cap body to seal the liquid path and the gas path such that the top plate fully detaches from the cap body when the container is to be mounted onto the dispensing device; and
wherein the top plate is connected with the cap body solely via a tear off structure comprising one or more of: weakening lines, a hinge, a weakening portion, a loop, perforated holes, thinned portions, cutouts, and notches.