Patent ID: 7520401
Filing Date: 2009-04-21
Classification: B60K,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A cap, having a handle part for manipulating the cap upon screwing into and out of a neck, and having an engagement part for engagement of the cap in the neck, and having a detent device intermediate and connecting the handle part and the engagement part, the detent device embodied in such a way that in a screwing-in direction, after a detent resistance is overcome it allows the handle part to continue rotating out of a single detent position relative to the engagement part with decreased rotational resistance, wherein the detent device comprises, at least one detent depression, at least one detent member movably guided into or out of the detent depression, a spring biasing at least a portion of the detent member so that the detent depression causes engagement between the handle part and the engagement part when in the single detent position; and a stop configured for limiting a rotation angle of the handle part after the detent resistance is overcome.