US 12,110,156 B2
Gravity-flow filter assembly
David Michael Pehar, Willoughby, OH (US); Trevor L. Jackson, Kirtland, OH (US); Robert Craig Allen, Richmond Heights, OH (US); Marc Louis Vitantonio, South Russell, OH (US); Jess Paul Carlson, Bainbridge, OH (US); Winston Ibrahim, Tiburon, CA (US); and Jon Holland, San Rafael, CA (US)
Assigned to HYDROS BOTTLE, LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Appl. No. 16/495,810
Filed by HYDROS BOTTLE, LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 22, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/023854
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 19, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/175786, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 27, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/475,755, filed on Mar. 23, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0095029 A1, Mar. 26, 2020
Int. Cl. B65D 47/08 (2006.01); A47G 19/12 (2006.01); B65D 43/02 (2006.01); B65D 51/16 (2006.01); C02F 1/00 (2023.01); C02F 101/12 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 47/0857 (2013.01) [A47G 19/12 (2013.01); B65D 43/0229 (2013.01); B65D 51/16 (2013.01); C02F 1/003 (2013.01); C02F 2101/12 (2013.01); C02F 2307/02 (2013.01); C02F 2307/04 (2013.01)] 36 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for dispensing a liquid, the apparatus comprising:
a cap configured to connect to a container body having a chamber for containing the liquid, the cap comprising:
a pour aperture through which the liquid exits the apparatus;
a pour lid configured to open and close the pour aperture; and
a cap vent comprising a projection disposed vertically between a ridge of the cap and an upper rim of the container body, the projection providing an air gap between the cap and the container body and configured to allow air to flow along an airflow pathway from the outside environs into the chamber of the container body when the cap is connected to the container body, the air gap disposed vertically between the ridge of the cap and the upper rim of the container body,
wherein the airflow pathway extends from the outside environs, horizontally through the air gap, and downwardly through a spacing between the container body and a side surface of the cap into the chamber.