Patent ID: 11897659
Assignee: HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A container assembly, comprising:
a container comprising a neck defining an opening into the container;
a cap removably coupled to the neck, the cap comprising:
an upper cap portion comprising a top and an upper cap sidewall extending around a perimeter of the top,
a skirt configured to be received on a rim of the neck, the skirt comprising a skirt sidewall and a skirt flange extending radially between the upper cap sidewall and the skirt sidewall; and

a spout disposed in the neck of the container, the spout comprising:
a central duct extending through the opening of the neck and defining a pouring passage in communication with an interior of the container,
an outer sidewall extending around the central duct and disposed against an interior surface of the neck, and
a seal ring disposed on an upper end of the outer sidewall of the spout and disposed against the neck of the container,

wherein the seal ring is disposed against the skirt flange of the cap when the cap is disposed on the container,
wherein a bottom surface of the skirt flange is inclined downward in a direction toward the neck of the container at an angle between about 1° and about 10°, and wherein the seal ring is disposed on a distal-most upward facing surface of the upper end of the outer sidewall of the spout when the cap is removed from the container, wherein the seal ring is disposed against the interior surface of the neck of the container when the cap is removed from the container.