Patent ID: 9636275
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: A61J

Claim:
1. An integrated storage and delivery system for nutritional compositions, the integrated storage and delivery system comprising: a container defining a chamber, a finish, and a penetrable seal, the finish defining an opening and the penetrable seal separating the chamber from an external environment; a spike assembly attached to the container, the spike assembly including a cap and a spike, the cap engaged with the finish of the container and the spike defining a projection having a distal end defining a second opening, the projection moveable between a first position in which the distal end is adjacent a first side of the penetrable seal and a second position in which the distal end is adjacent a second side of the penetrable seal, the cap defining a first thread and the projection defining a second thread complementary to the first thread, the first and second threads defining a thread path, and the projection moving between the first and second positions by advancement along the thread path, the cap defines an upstanding portion that receives the projection, an inner surface of the upstanding portion defines the first thread, the upstanding portion defines a passage that opens through an upper surface of the upstanding portion, the spike assembly comprises a downward-facing surface located above the second thread of the projection, and the downward-facing surface of the spike assembly is distanced from the upper surface of the upstanding portion in the first position of the projection and abuts the upper surface of the upstanding portion in the second position of the projection; and a tubing attached to the cap, the spike is integrally attached to the cap, and the passage of the upstanding portion is in fluid communication with a passage of the tubing.