Patent ID: 7740134
Filing Date: 2010-06-22
Classification: B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An infusion cap for use on bottles having a cylindrical neck, comprising, in combination: a barrel, having concentric respective inner and outer sleeve portions that serve to lock the barrel onto a bottle neck, and a plunger having a short cylindrical section concentric with the sleeve portions; a reservoir disposed in the barrel in concentric relation therewith for containing a substance to be infused into a bottle upon which the cap is mounted; said reservoir having an upper end and a lower end and being shiftable downwardly into the barrel; said lower end of the reservoir having an aperture closed by said short cylindrical section of the plunger received in a sealed press fit in said aperture and blocking the escape of the substance to be infused in the reservoir until the reservoir is shifted downwardly; the upper end of said reservoir being closed and extending upwardly beyond the sleeve portions, the upper end to be shifted downwardly for dispensing the substance to be infused into the bottle; and a locking tab for preventing inadvertent, downward shifting of the reservoir.