(WO/1998/017157) CAP FOR DRINKING CUP HAVING OUTLET VALVE
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| IPC: | A47G 19/22 (2006.01) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Applicant: | GERBER PRODUCTS COMPANY [US/US]; 445 State Street, Fremont, MI 49413 (US). | ||||||||||||||||||
| Inventors: | BACHMAN, Rebecca, J.; (US). WILLIS, James, L.; (US). COON, Robert, C.; (US). MERSMAN, Wesley, D.; (US). BRIGGS, Jerald, E.; (US). | ||||||||||||||||||
| Agent: | CARRIER, Robert, J.; Price, Heneveld, Cooper, DeWitt & Litton, 695 Kenmoor, S.E., P.O. Box 2567, Grand Rapids, MI 49501 (US). | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Title: | CAP FOR DRINKING CUP HAVING OUTLET VALVE | ||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract: | A drinking device (20) adapted for use by young children includes a cap (21) adapted to sealingly cover a drinking cup (22). The cap has a spout (23) and a mount (24), and a valve cartridge (25) removably attached to the mount for controlling fluid flow through the spout. The valve cartridge is removable for easy cleaning or replacement, and includes a valve holder (26) that manually, frictionally pressfits into a barrel-shaped mounting flange (44) on the cap. The valve holder includes a grip (47) to facilitate removal of the valve cartridge from the cap. A valve retainer (28) snap-attaches to the valve holder (26) to hold a silicon rubber valve in place on the valve holder. The valve includes a head section (29) with slits that define cooperating valve fingers (30) that cooperate to selectively allow fluid to flow out of the spout or to allow air to flow back into the cup, thus allowing the valve to operate as a single and only valve on the drinking cup. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Designated States: |
BR, CA, MX, PL. European Patent Office (EPO) (AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE). | ||||||||||||||||||
| Publication Language: | English (EN) |
| Filing Language: | English (EN) |
