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Granted Patent B2
US 12,275,270 · App. 18/330,180 · Granted Apr 15, 2025

Device and method for removing a liquid from a container having a depressible valve

Inventor: Nathan Sperlik (Statham, GA)
Assignee: SOPHISTICATED SOLUTIONS, LLC
B43K5/02B43K11/00B67D7/0294
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Patent No.
US 12,275,270
App. No.
18/330,180
Granted
Apr 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device for removing a liquid from a container having a depressible valve is provided. The device may include a reservoir for holding the liquid removed from the container. A conduit of the device may include a first end and a second end. The first end may be fluidly coupled to the reservoir while the second end may be fluidly coupled to the container. Depressing the conduit may actuate the depressible valve of the container to provide fluid communication of the liquid from the container, through the conduit, and into the reservoir.

Claims (28)

1. A device for removing a liquid from a container, the container having a depressible valve, the device comprising:

a reservoir for holding the liquid removed from the container;

a conduit including a first end and a second end, the first end fluidly coupled to the reservoir, the second end configured to be fluidly coupled to the container; and

a cap configured to be removably coupled with the first end of the conduit,

wherein, when the second end of the conduit is fluidly coupled to the container, depressing the conduit using the cap actuates the depressible valve of the container to provide fluid communication of the liquid from the container, through the conduit, and the conduit is configured to direct the liquid from the container, through the conduit, and into the reservoir when the conduit is depressed using the cap.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the reservoir is contained within a writing implement.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein the reservoir is in fluid communication with a distal end of the writing implement opposite the conduit, wherein the distal end is configured to dispense the liquid from the reservoir.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the reservoir includes a top and a bottom, and the first end of the conduit is disposed intermediate the top and the bottom of the reservoir.

5. The device of claim 4 , wherein the second end of the conduit extends outward from the bottom of the reservoir.

6. The device of claim 4 , wherein the first end of the conduit is coaxial with the reservoir.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the reservoir includes an indicium configured to measure an amount of the liquid within the reservoir.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the cap includes a bottom aperture configured to be removably coupled with the first end of the conduit.

9. The device of claim 8 , wherein the cap includes an exit aperture fluidly coupled to the bottom aperture, the exit aperture configured to direct the liquid to the reservoir when the conduit is depressed using the cap.

10. The device of claim 9 , wherein the exit aperture is fluidly coupled to the bottom aperture by a channel orthogonal to the bottom aperture.

11. The device of claim 9 , wherein the exit aperture is comprised by a plurality of exit apertures.

12. The device of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of exit apertures includes three apertures.

13. The device of claim 9 , wherein the cap includes a flange configured to engage an interior side of the reservoir.

14. The device of claim 13 , wherein the flange is positioned between a top of the reservoir and the exit aperture.

15. The device of claim 14 , wherein the flange comprises a curved edge configured to engage a portion of a curved interior side of the reservoir.

16. The device of claim 15 , wherein the flange engages an entire circumference of the curved interior side of the reservoir.

17. The device of claim 1 , wherein the cap includes a concave surface for depressing the cap onto the conduit.

18. A method of removing a liquid from a container, the container having a depressible valve comprising:

removably attaching a device for removing the liquid from the container, wherein the device comprises:

a reservoir for holding the liquid removed from the container;

a conduit including a first end and a second end, the first end fluidly coupled to the reservoir, the second end fluidly coupled to the container; and

a cap configured to be removably coupled with the first end of the conduit; and

depressing the conduit using the cap onto the depressible valve of the container, wherein the conduit is configured to direct the liquid from the container to the reservoir when the conduit is depressed using the cap onto the depressible valve of the container.

19. The method of claim 18 , further comprising removing the device from the container and accessing the liquid within the reservoir.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 26, 2023
From: SPERLIK, NATHAN
To: SOPHISTICATED SOLUTIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 065035/0434 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63349259 · Jun 6, 2022
Related Publication 20230391129A1 · Dec 7, 2023
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