IP Library Granted Patent US 7,000,808
Granted Patent B2
US 7,000,808 · App. 10/364,615 · Granted Feb 21, 2006

Spout design

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Patent No.
US 7,000,808
App. No.
10/364,615
Granted
Feb 21, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

A spout for containers with pourable contents configured to be securely retained to the container. The spout remains secure by the shape and/or design of the spout, most notably the interaction of circumferential beads on the outer wall of the spout with an inwardly extended bead on the neck of the container.

Claims (22)

1. A spout for integration with a container, the spout having an upper edge and a lower edge and an outer surface extending therebetween, comprising:

first and second sets of intermittent circumferential beads located on the outer surface of the spout, each having at least two segments;

said first and second sets of intermittent circumferential beads being offset along an axis of the spout;

one of said at least two segments of said first set of intermittent circumferential beads substantially corresponding to a space between said at least two segments of said second set of intermittent circumferential beads; and

said intermittent circumferential beads configured to engage a retaining device on an inner surface of the container.

2. The spout of claim 1 , wherein the spout has a frustoconical shape.

3. The spout of claim 1 , wherein the upper edge has an upper perimeter and the lower edge has a lower perimeter and said upper perimeter is greater than said lower perimeter.

4. The spout of claim 1 , wherein said retaining device comprises an inwardly extending bead.

5. A liquid dispensing bottle comprising:

a neck;

a frustoconically shaped spout having an upper edge and a lower edge and a surface extending therebetween;

first and second sets of intermittent circumferential beads located on said surface, each having at least two segment;

said first and second sets of intermittent circumferential beads offset along an axis of said spout;

one of said at least two segments of said first set of intermittent circumferential beads substantially corresponding to a space between said at least two segments of said second set of intermittent circumferential beads; and

said intermittent circumferential beads configured to engage an inwardly extending bead on an inner surface of said neck.

6. A spout for integration with a container, the spout having an upper edge and a lower edge and an outer surface extending therebetween, comprising:

first and second sets of intermittent circumferential beads located on the outer surface of the spout, each having at least two segments;

said first and second sets of intermittent circumferential beads being offset along an axis of the spout; and

one of said at least two segments of said first set of intermittent circumferential beads substantially corresponding to a space between said at least two segments of said second set of intermittent circumferential beads.

7. The spout of claim 6 , wherein the spout has a frustoconical shape.

8. The spout of claim 6 , wherein the upper edge has an upper perimeter and the lower edge has a lower perimeter and said upper perimeter is greater than said lower perimeter.

9. The spout of claim 6 , wherein said retaining device comprises an inwardly extending bead.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2022
From: HENKEL IP & HOLDING GMBH
To: HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA
Reel/Frame 059357/0267 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2017
From: HENKEL US IV CORPORATION
To: HENKEL IP & HOLDING GMBH
Reel/Frame 042108/0150 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 9, 2017
From: THE DIAL CORPORATION
To: HENKEL US IV CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041671/0407 →