TITLE
DECORATION CAP AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THEREOF
[TECHNICAL FIELD]
The present invention relates to a decoration cap that is
associated with a container cap coupled on an opening of a container
such as a beverage bottle to fix a character, thereby improving the
consumer's will to purchase by improving the appearance of the goods
as well as to a method of assembling the same to the cap.
[BACKGROUND ART]
Generally, a container cap is coupled to an opening of a container
storing, for example, beverage. The container cap simply serves to
close/open the opening.
However, since the container cap is formed in a simple design,
not stimulating the consumer's will to purchase.
To solve the problem, a character designed in a predetermined
shape is formed or coupled on the container cap. However, when it is
intended to change the shape of the character, it is sometimes necessary
to change the structure of the container cap to be proper to the changed shape of the character, thereby increasing the costs due to the manufacture of a new mold. Therefore, it is not easy to change the shape of the character or the character design change period may be prolonged.
Moreover, when a size of the character is increased, the overall
shape of the container may seem to be unstable, deteriorating the
consumer's will to purchase and the design quality of the goods.
[SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION]
Therefore, the present invention has made in an effort to solve
the above-described problems of the conventional art. It is an
objective of the present invention to provide a decoration cap that is
associated with a container cap coupled on an opening of a container
such as a beverage bottle to fix a character, thereby improving the
consumer's will to purchase by improving the appearance of the goods
as well as a method of assembling the same to the cap.
It is another objective of the present invention to provide a
decoration cap making it possible for a variety of characters can be
associated therewith and for an overall shape of the container to look to
be stable.
To achieve the above objectives, the present invention provides a decoration cap comprising a main body coupled to a container and provided with a lip portion, a spout inserted in the lip portion, and a cap screw-coupled to the lip portion while engaging with the spout.
[ADVANTAGEOUS EFFECT OF THE INVENTION]
According to the present invention, since a decoration article
such as a character can be coupled to the decoration cap, the overall
shape of the container can be improved, reducing the costs.
In addition, a variety of characters having a different shape can
be coupled to the decoration cap, the purchasing will of the consumer
can be stimulated and the sales amount of the goods can be increased.
[BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS]
FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a decoration cap according to a first
embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a decoration cap according to a
second embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a decoration cap according to a third
embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a decoration cap according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a sectional view of a decoration cap according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 6 is a side view of a decoration cap according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a sectional view of a modified example of a decoration cap depicted in FIG. 6; and
FIG. 8 is a sectional view of a decoration cap according to a
seventh embodiment of the present invention.
[BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION]
Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be hereinafter in conjunction with the
FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a first embodiment of the present
invention. In this embodiment, a cap assembly 100 is screw coupled to
an opening of a container 200.
The cap assembly 100 includes a main body 110 coupled to the
opening 201, an spout 120 slidably coupled to an inner-upper portion of
the main body 110, and a cap 130 screw-coupled to an upper portion of
the main body 110, the spout 120 being separately coupled to the cap
130.
A decoration article such as a character formed in a predetermined shape is coupled or attached around the cap 130. The main body 110 is provided at an lower-inner portion with a coupling portion 112 with a screw portion 113 coupled to the opening of the container 200, at an outer portion with an extending portion 114 inclined outward as it goes downward and covering an upper-outer portion of the container 200, and at an upper portion of the extending
portion 114 with an top portion 115. A lip portion 116 provided with an
outer screw 117 extends from the top portion 115.
The spout 120 is inserted into the lip portion 116 and provided at
a lower portion with a hook projection 121 hooked on a lower-inner
portion of the lip portion 116 and at an upper portion with an outer hook
projection 122. A spouting hole 123 through which the content is
exhausted is formed through the lip portion 116.
The spout 120 is provided at an outer portion with an air intake
portion 124 through which outer air is introduced into the container to
enhance the exhaust of the content. The cap 130 includes a top portion 131 and a side portion 132.
A screw portion 133 screw coupled to the screw portion 117 of the main
body 110 is formed on an inner wall of the cap 130. An inner hook projection 120 is formed on an upper-inner portion of the cap 130. The inner hook projection 120 is hooked with the hook projection 122 of the spout 120. A tamper-proof 135 is formed on a lower end of the cap 130.
In this embodiment, the main body 110 is coupled to an opening
201 of the container 200 by coupling the screw portion 113 thereto.
The spout 120 is inserted into the lip portion 116 of the main body 110
and the cap 130 is screw-coupled to the screw portion 117 of the lip
portion 116.
The decoration article such as the character is fixed around cap
130.
At this point, when the user intends to drink the contents
contained in the container 200, the cap 130 is first separated from the lip
portion 116 by moving upward. At this point, the spout 120 having the
hook step 134 hooked on the hook step 116 ascends together with the
cap 130, in the course of which, the hook step 121 formed on a lower
end of the spout 120 is hooked on a bottom of the lip portion 116. As a
result, the cap 130 is completely separated from the lip portion 116 and
the projected state of the spout 120 above the lip portion 116 maintains.
Accordingly, it becomes possible to drink the content contained
in the container 200.
When the cap 130 is coupled to the lip portion 116 an is moved by the screw operation downward, the cap 130 and the spout 120 move downward, in the course of which the hook step 122 of the spout 120 is \ I engaged with the hook step 134 of the cap 130. As a result, when the cap is opened, the spout 120 moves together.
FIG. 2 shows a second embodiment of the present invention.
The decoration cap of this embodiment is identical to that of the first
embodiment except that the opening of the container 200 is provided
with a screw 113, an inner cap 300 are provided with a lip portion 116, a
main body 110 and a cap 130 are coupled to the inner cap 300, and a
spout 120 is slidably inserted in the lip portion 116.
In addition, the main body 110 and the cap 130 are integrally
formed with each other. A cutting line 301 is formed between the main
body 110 and the cap 130 so that the cap 130 can be easily separated
from the main body 110 when the user intends to drink the content.
The main body 110 is provided with a guide 302 guiding the
insertion of the cap 130.
A character C having a predetermined shape is coupled or
attached on the cap 130.
In this embodiment, when the cap 130 moves upward by the
screw operation, the cutting line 301 is broken to separate the main body 110 from the cap 130 and, at the same time, the spout 120 moves upward to allow the user to drink the content contained in the container. FIG. 3 shows a third embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, an inner cap 300 is integrally formed with a lip portion 116 and a spout 120 is inserted in the lip portion 116. A cap 130 is screw-coupled to the lip portion 116. A main boy 110 is coupled to the
inner cap 300 and the cap 130.
The main body 110 is integrally formed with a cover portion 303
covering the cap 130.
In this embodiment, a character C is coupled or attached on the
cover portion 403.
Accordingly, the main body 110 is first separated from the cap
130 coupled to the inner cap 300 coupled to an opening 201 of the
container 200. Then, the cap 130 is separated from the lip portion 116
to allow the user to drink the content through the spout 120 projected
upward.
At this point, in a state where the main body 110 is not separated
from the cap 130, they can be separated from the lip portion 116. FIG. 4 shows a fourth embodiment of the present invention. In
this embodiment, a lip portion 400 is integrally formed on a container
200. A screw portion 401 is formed on the lip portion and an extended portion is formed on the container 200.
The spout 120 is slidably inserted in the lip portion 400 and a cap
130 is screw-coupled to the screw portion 401 of the lip portion 400. The spout 120 and the cap 130 are identical to those of the first embodiment except that the cap 130 is provided with a character coupling portion 403 making it easy to couple the character C.
In this embodiment, when the spout 120 is projected upward by
opening the cap 130 through the screw operation, the user can drink the
content through the spout 120. When the cap 130 is closed, the spout
120 is inserted in the lip portion 116.
By coupling the character C to the character coupling portion 403
formed on the cap 130, the character C can be securely adhered thereto.
According to this embodiment, since the number of components
is reduced, the manufacturing costs can be saved. In addition, since the
extending portion 402 is formed on the container 200, the container can
have a stable posture even when the character C is coupled to the cap
130.
FIG. 5 shows a fifth embodiment of the present invention. A
decoration cap of this embodiment includes a cap main boy 110 coupled
to an opening of the container, a spout 120 slidably inserted in a lip
portion 116, and a cap 130 screw-coupled to the spout 120.
A sub-member A functioning as a handle is coupled to the cap
130.
The cap 130 is provided with a character coupling portion 403 to which the sub-member A is detachably coupled to the character coupling portion 403.
In this embodiment, the main body 110 is formed by omitting the extending portion 114 and the top portion 403 that are described in the
second embodiment. The screw portion 113 of the main body 110 is coupled to the
opening of the container and the screw portion 117 of the lip portion 116
formed on the main body 110 is coupled to the screw portion 133 of the
cap 130.
A sub-member A is coupled to the character coupling portion 403
formed on the cap 130.
At this point, when the cap moves upward by the screw operation
with grasping the sub-member A, the spout 120 is projected upward
from the lip portion 116. When the cap 130 is completely separated
from the spout 120 of the lip portion 116, the user can drink the contents
through the spout 120.
FIG. 6 shows a sixth embodiment of the present invention. A
cap 100 is screw-coupled to the opening of the container 200.
The cap 100 includes a main body 110 and a character supporting member 600 coupled to the main body 110. A fixing portion 601 is projected from the character supporting member 600 to fix the character C and a groove 602 is formed on an upper portion of the fixing portion 601.
The present invention is not limited to the fixing portion 601
projected upward. As shown in FIG. 7, a bending portion 603 is formed
to easily couple the character C. After separating the main body 110 together with the character f supporting member 600 from the opening 201, the user can drink the
beverage contained in the container 200.
Since the character supporting member 600 has the fixing portion
601, the character C prepared specially can be coupled to the character
supporting member 600, a variety of the characters can be coupled to
the supporting member 600.
FIG. 8 shows a modified example of the seventh embodiment. A
reinforcing portion 700 is formed enclosing a portion of the container
200 on the character supporting member 600. By forming the reinforcing portion 700, the more stable posture
of the container with the character C can be realized.
INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY
As described above, the present invention can be applied to any
type of containers including a pouch container, a PET container and the
like.