IP Library Granted Patent US 12,358,700
Granted Patent B2
US 12,358,700 · App. 17/474,180 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Capsule adapted to seal the opening in a container, and assembly comprising a container and said capsule

Inventors: David Bouteloup (Peymeinade, FR); Fabrice Bourdier (Montauroux, FR); Florence Bidamant (Mulhouse, FR)
Assignee: CORADIN SAS
B65D51/2821B65D47/122B65D81/3222
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Patent No.
US 12,358,700
App. No.
17/474,180
Granted
Jul 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A capsule to seal the opening in a container, such as the neck of a bottle, wherein the container is adapted to contain a first fluid, the capsule being adapted to contain a second fluid that is different from the first fluid, the capsule being movable from a first initial position of the capsule to a second opening position of the capsule making it possible, in the second opening position, to release the second fluid into the container, thus mixing the first fluid and the second fluid, wherein the capsule is adapted to form, in its second opening position, and fixed in the opening in the container, a dispenser for the container which is adapted to dispense the contents of the container to the outside.

Claims (10)

1. A capsule to seal an opening in a container, wherein the container is adapted to contain a first fluid, the capsule being adapted to contain a second fluid that is different from the first fluid, the capsule being movable from a first initial position of the capsule to a second opening position of the capsule making it possible, in the second opening position, to release the second fluid into the container, thus mixing the first fluid and the second fluid, wherein the capsule is adapted to form, in its second opening position, and fixed in the opening in the container, a dispenser for the container which is adapted to dispense contents of the container to outside of the container, wherein the capsule comprises a first member and a second member, together defining a volume for containing the second fluid, wherein the first member and the second member are movable, in relation to one another, from the first initial position of the capsule, together defining a first volume, to the second opening position of the capsule defining a second volume, less than the first volume, wherein the first member comprises a wall comprising at least one orifice, the first member also comprises an outer wall and a cylindrical member to receive the outer wall of the second member and the capsule comprises a striker on the upper wall of the second member.

2. The capsule according to claim 1 , wherein the capsule comprises fixing structure making it possible to fix the capsule in the opening in the container.

3. The capsule according to claim 1 , wherein the capsule comprises a striker fixed onto one of the first and second members of the capsule, the striker being adapted to strike, during movement of the members from the first initial position of the capsule to the second opening position of the capsule, a receptacle comprising the second fluid, to thus release the second fluid into the container.

4. The capsule according to claim 1 , wherein the first member of the capsule is adapted to be fixed in the opening in the container and wherein the second member is movable in relation to the first member fixed in the opening in the container.

5. The capsule according to claim 4 , wherein the first member comprises a bearing wall adapted to come into contact with an edge of the opening in the container, in order to limit insertion of the first member into an interior of the opening by the bearing wall.

6. The capsule according to claim 4 , wherein the second member comprises an opening adapted to form the dispenser for the container.

7. The capsule according to claim 1 , wherein the capsule comprises a lid for covering the dispenser, wherein the lid comprises a thread adapted to cooperate with a thread present on an exterior of a container, wherein the lid is adapted to be fixed onto the container by the thread.

8. The capsule according to claim 7 , wherein the lid is adapted to fix the capsule in the opening in the container during fixing of the lid onto the container by the thread.

9. An assembly comprising a container, adapted to contain a first fluid, with an opening that makes it possible to fill and empty the container, a capsule according to claim 1 , the capsule being adapted to contain a second fluid that is different from the first fluid, and to seal the opening in the container, wherein the capsule is movable from a first initial position of the capsule to a second opening position of the capsule making it possible, in the second opening position, to release the second fluid into the container, thus mixing the first fluid and the second fluid, wherein the capsule is adapted, in its second opening position and fixed in the opening in the container, to form a dispenser for the container, and adapted to dispense the contents of the container to outside of the container, and a lid adapted to seal the dispenser.

10. The assembly according to claim 9 , wherein the lid comprises a thread adapted to cooperate with a thread present on an exterior of a container, wherein the lid is adapted to be fixed onto the container by the thread and wherein the lid is adapted to fix the capsule in the opening in the container during fixing of the lid onto the container by the thread.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 3, 2021
From: BOUTELOUP, DAVID; BOURDIER, FABRICE; BIDAMANT, FLORENCE
To: CORADIN SAS
Reel/Frame 058008/0138 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 1902991 · Mar 22, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTFR2020050575 · Mar 17, 2020
Related Publication 20220063881A1 · Mar 3, 2022
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