Drink containers and cap assemblies

摘要

Drink containers include a liquid container and a cap assembly removably coupled to the liquid container. Cap assemblies include a body that defines a drink outlet for dispensing drink liquid, and an operational assembly that is operatively coupled to the body and that has at least an open configuration permitting drink liquid to be dispensed and a closed configuration restricting drink liquid from being dispensed. In some embodiments, the operational assembly also has a cleaning configuration in which portions of the operational assembly are spaced away from the body of the cap assembly for cleaning. In some embodiments, the operational assembly is positioned predominantly on the exterior of the body of the cap assembly.

主权项

1. A drink container, comprising:
a liquid container having a neck with an opening and having an internal compartment sized to hold a volume of potable drink liquid; and a cap assembly removably coupled to the liquid container, the cap assembly comprising:
a body that defines a drink outlet through which drink liquid may be selectively dispensed to a user; wherein the body has an exterior that is not received into the internal compartment of the liquid container when the cap assembly is coupled to the liquid container; andan operational assembly operatively coupled to the body, the operational assembly having a closed configuration in which drink liquid is restricted from exiting the internal compartment via the drink outlet, and an open configuration in which drink liquid is permitted to exit the internal compartment via the drink outlet, wherein the operational assembly includes:
an actuator configured to be selectively engaged and pivoted by a user to selectively reconfigure the operational assembly from the closed configuration to the open configuration; andan outlet closure operatively coupled to the actuator and configured to seal the drink outlet from the exterior of the body of the cap assembly when the operational assembly is in the closed configuration; wherein the outlet closure includes an end region with a tip that extends into the drink outlet when the operational assembly is in the closed configuration and when the operational assembly is in the open configuration; and further wherein responsive to pivotal movement of the actuator to reconfigure the operational assembly from the closed configuration to the open configuration, the tip is translated linearly to retract only partially from the drink outlet.