Receptacles – Closures – With vacuum breaker or manually operable vent
Patent
1995-11-03
1997-07-29
Moy, Joseph M.
Receptacles
Closures
With vacuum breaker or manually operable vent
220254, 220336, 220705, 215229, 222482, 222545, B65D 5118
Patent
active
056514719
ABSTRACT:
A removable top for use with drinking bottles has a first opening with a pop-up valve and a second opening for receiving a straw. This allows the user to either drink directly through the pop-up valve, or through a straw inserted through the straw opening with the pop-up valve serving as a vent. A removable cap can be used to seal the straw opening when it is not in use. The cap is tethered by a flexible strap to a ring around the base of the pop-up valve. The cap can be secured to a detent in the top for temporary storage when it is not being used to cover the straw opening. In one embodiment, the top is domed with the pop-up valve located at the top of the dome. The straw opening passes through a second raised collar extending upward to an elevation substantially in line with the base of the collar around the central opening. The detent is formed in the top surface of a third raised collar that also extends upward to an elevation substantially in line with the base of the collar around the central opening. This embodiment allows the cap to be easily rotated between the straw opening and the detent for storage.
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