Patent ID: 8511507
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A decorative cover object supported on a top lid of a can to enable drinking of a liquid from the can, said decorative cover object comprising: a decorative spout member including a drinking spout having a center axis and through which the liquid in the can directly passes, and an internal collar; said decorative spout member further including a cap or helmet structure having proximal and distal sides and having the drinking spout and internal collar integrally formed therewith; a portion of the internal collar extending upwardly to form an inner cylindrical wall collar member having a center axis and that is integrally formed with an inner surface of the cap or helmet structure; said drinking spout constructed and arranged to have its center axis disposed at an acute angle to the center axis of the cylindrical wall collar member so as to dispose the drinking spout at the proximal side of the cap or helmet structure; said inner cylindrical wall collar member having a height that is greater toward the distal side of the cap or helmet structure in comparison to a height that is lesser toward the proximal side of the cap or helmet structure so as to provide a fluid passage chamber between the drinking spout and the container; the distal side of the cap or helmet structure being defined by a peripheral edge that is disposed distal of the inner cylindrical wall collar member; an insert received by said internal collar and for support with a peripheral lip at the top lid of the can; the insert including a base that mates with the collar and a deflectable peripheral flange member that releasably engages with the peripheral lip of the can; the inner cylindrical wall collar member being internally threaded at a bottom end thereof; the insert base formed as a cylindrical wall that is externally threaded and that is integrally formed with the deflectable peripheral flange member; the externally threaded cylindrical wall of the insert base for threadingly mating with the internally threaded inner cylindrical wall collar member; the deflectable peripheral flange member including a cylindrical wall member and an integrally formed outwardly tapered peripheral flange; the insert base cylindrical all having proximal and distal sides with the deflectable peripheral flange member integrally supported at the distal side thereof; a support spoke structure that bridges across the base cylindrical wall of the insert and that is attached at the proximal end of the base cylindrical wall and opposite to the attachment of the deflectable peripheral flange; said support spoke structure including multiple radially extending spokes and a center ring with each of the spokes extending radially between the center ring and the base cylindrical wall; and an inwardly extending annular engagement ring disposed about the deflectable peripheral flange member and disposed between the cylindrical wall member of the deflectable peripheral flange member and the deflectable peripheral flange; the inwardly extending annular engagement ring formed with a convexity so that the wall thickness thereat is greater than the wall thickness about the convexity; the inwardly extending annular engagement ring interlocking the peripheral lip of the can with the deflectable peripheral flange member.