Patent ID: 9677358
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: B01F,B01J,E21B,F42D

Claim:
1. A cap for sealing an opening of a fluid-containing device, the opening having a diameter, the cap contained within a chemically-inflatable bag comprising: a cap base portion, the base portion being directly and removably attached to the fluid-containing device proximate the opening, said cap base portion having a width, a first end and a first end opening; and a cap solid tip portion directly connected to and extending from the cap base portion in an outward direction from the fluid-containing device, said cap solid tip portion having a tip distal portion having a width, a tip base portion having a width, and an interior end, the tip distal portion width being less than the tip base portion width, the tip base portion interior end being adjacent the cap base portion first end opening leaving a cap base portion interior space between the tip base portion interior end and the fluid-containing device opening, the tip base portion width being less than the cap base portion width at the cap base portion first end, wherein breaking the cap solid tip portion from the cap base portion causes substantially all of the tip base portion to be removed from the cap base portion first end opening, wherein the cap base portion first end opening is at least one fourth the fluid-containing device maximum width, and wherein upon the breaking fluid from within the fluid-containing device exits into the chemically-inflatable bag and mixes with a reacting agent contained in the chemically-inflatable bag in order to inflate the chemically-inflatable bag.