Patent ID: 9663279
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: B25H,B65D

Claim:
1. A flexible safety cap for accommodating a selected one of a plurality of objects, each of which have a different diameter or different geometry, said flexible safety cap comprising: a terminating front wall; and a clamping part having one end that is connected to said terminating front wall and that defines a clamping opening on the opposite end of said flexible safety cap from said terminating front wall, said clamping part having at least one dynamic, non-circular clamping profile that forms a clamping connection between the outside perimeter of the selected object and an inside wall of the clamping part at times when the object is held in said flexible safety cap, said clamping part having at least one slot that is located adjacent said terminating front wall and that penetrates through the wall of the clamping part, said clamping part including a wide wall and at least two opposing narrow walls, the dimension of the wide wall as measured along the perimeter of said clamping opening being longer than the dimension of either of said narrow walls as measured along the perimeter of said clamping opening, such that said clamping profile defines a minor dimension that widens elastically in response to pressure directed against the outside of said at least two opposing narrow walls.