IP Library Granted Patent US 9,482,377
Granted Patent B2
US 9,482,377 · App. 14/384,289 · Granted Nov 1, 2016

Adaptor for use with a valve fitment for dispensing fluids

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Patent No.
US 9,482,377
App. No.
14/384,289
Granted
Nov 1, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An adaptor that is used with a valve fitment assembly used to dispense fluids or flowable materials from a container. The adaptor is utilized in conjunction with the valve fitment assembly to allow the fitment assembly to be used with a spout and valve assembly attached to a container holding fluid.

Claims (16)

1. An adaptor used for connecting to a spout-valve assembly being attached to a container that dispenses fluid comprising:

(I) a vertical cylindrical housing, and

(II) a horizontal cylindrical channel;

wherein said vertical cylindrical housing and said horizontal cylindrical channel are connected to each other in an L-shape;

wherein said vertical cylindrical housing comprises a front wall and a back wall having a partial opening, wherein said partial opening is the locus for connecting a spout-valve assembly attached to said container that dispenses fluid;

wherein said front wall, on the inside, comprises a locking groove for locking said adaptor to said spout-valve assembly;

wherein said vertical cylindrical housing comprises two J shaped pull-tabs attached to two sides of said front wall, such that said vertical cylindrical housing's two sides of said front wall protrude over the base of said J-shaped pull-tabs;

wherein attached to the opening at the back wall of said vertical cylindrical housing is a U shaped tray that supports said spout-valve assembly attached to the fluid dispensing container;

wherein said horizontal cylindrical channel comprises a first opening and a second opening;

wherein said first opening is at the first end proximate to the joint of said L-shaped adaptor, and at the top of said horizontal cylindrical channel such that said first opening opens at the bottom of said vertical cylindrical housing;

wherein said second opening, used for dispensing fluid into a fluid dispensing setup, is at the opposite end to said first end of said horizontal cylindrical channel;

wherein at the base of the horizontal cylindrical channel directly below said first opening in said horizontal cylindrical channel is a cylindrical activator pin;

wherein, said activator pin is supported by at least one ridge, that is triangular;

wherein at the top of said first opening proximate to the bottom of said vertical cylindrical housing is an O-ring for sealing attachment with said spout-valve assembly;

wherein said O-ring is situated in a second vertical cylindrical channel that is narrower that said vertical cylindrical housing; wherein on the outside wall of said horizontal cylindrical channel, oriented transversely to the longitudinal axis of said second horizontal cylindrical channel and protruding outward, are locking tabs, one on each side of said horizontal cylindrical channel, that are used for locking the locking mechanism of said fluid dispensing setup with said adaptor;

wherein said horizontal cylindrical channel further comprises a third opening at its second end that is in a radial plane to the longitudinal axis of said horizontal channel; wherein said third opening is closed with a cap.

Assignments (7)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2026
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS AGENT
To: LIQUI-BOX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 075376/0963 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 31, 2025
From: LIQUI-BOX CORPORATION
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 073428/0571 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2023
From: ANTARES CAPITAL LP, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: LIQUI-BOX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062634/0328 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 29, 2020
From: ANTARES CAPITAL LP, AS AGENT
To: LIQUI-BOX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052054/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2020
From: LIQUI-BOX CORPORATION
To: ANTARES CAPITAL LP, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 052024/0747 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 5, 2015
From: LIQUI-BOX CORPORATION
To: ANTARES CAPITAL LP, AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 036776/0672 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2014
From: JOHNSON, JAMES
To: LIQUI-BOX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 033711/0891 →