US 11,780,659 B2
Tethered closure device
Nuria Gauxachs, Tortosa (ES); Ismael Castellvi, Tortosa (ES); Pau Mauri, Tortosa (ES); Emilio Castella, Tortosa (ES); Jeffrey C. Minnette, St. Petersburg, FL (US); and Ryan P. Davidson, St. Petersburg, FL (US)
Assigned to Nypro Inc., Clinton, MA (US)
Appl. No. 17/428,450
Filed by Nypro Inc., Clinton, MA (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 10, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/017458
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 4, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/163855, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. ES201930105 (ES), filed on Feb. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0106092 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 55/02 (2006.01); B65D 5/74 (2006.01); B65D 47/08 (2006.01); B65D 55/16 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 55/024 (2013.01) [B65D 5/748 (2013.01); B65D 47/0857 (2013.01); B65D 55/16 (2013.01); B65D 2251/1025 (2013.01); B65D 2401/15 (2020.05)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tethered closure device for a beverage container comprising:
a frame device; and
a cap element with an at least partially connected recloseable lid element,
wherein the cap element is rotatable disposed to the frame device, and
wherein the cap element comprises a seal opening device comprising at least one tooth element designed to at least partially open a seal element during a rotation movement of the cap element with regard to the frame device, wherein the seal element is disposed between the beverage container and the frame device so that liquid can flow out of the container through the opened seal element and through the tethered closure device to outside; and
at least two tamper evident elements, wherein a first tamper evident element is disposed between the cap element and the frame device and a second tamper evident element is disposed between the cap element and the lid element.