Patent ID: 7448518
Filing Date: 2008-11-11
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A multi-purpose dispensing cap, comprising: a plug assembly, comprising, a tapered cover comprising a circular flat top with one or more perforations though a substance can flow, tapered sides, and a threaded section under the center of the circular flat top, a central body unit comprising an upper diameter which fits inside of the tapered cover, a tapered section, and a central orifice with threads, and, a shoulder screw which has an upper threaded portion which mates with the threaded portions of the tapered cover and the central body unit, a centrally located shoulder section, and a lower head of shoulder screw section, where, the upper threaded portion of the shoulder screw, when threaded into the threaded portions of the tapered cover and central body unit, forms a single unit for the purposes of movement, a cylindrical cap ring which comprises a cylindrical tube of a diameter that is slightly larger than the tapered sides of the tapered cover, such that the tapered cover can slide into and out of the inner circumference of the cylindrical cap ring, a threaded insert shoulder which comprises a cylindrical section of a diameter slightly smaller than the diameter of the cylindrical cap ring, such that the cylindrical cap ring can slide over the cylindrical section of the shoulder, an outer seating section which has a diameter equal to the diameter of the cylindrical cap ring, such that the cylindrical cap ring can slide down the cylindrical section of the shoulder but comes a rest when reaching the outer seating section of the shoulder, an inner threaded portion and at shoulder portion, a means of attachment between the cylindrical cap ring and the threaded insert shoulder such as snaps, such that the cylindrical cap ring does not accidentally detach from the threaded insert shoulder at undesired times, and yet can be detached by the user when the user cleans the invention, a common container defined by a cylindrical tube on its sides, a closed bottom, a container top which has a diameter slightly less than that of the cylindrical tube, a threaded portion along the outside of the container top, and a container top surface which is flat, circular, and at the top of the threaded portion, where, the threads on the inside of the threaded insert shoulder mate with the threaded portion along the outside of the container top, and, a filter device, comprising a central orifice of a diameter slightly larger than the upper threaded portion, such that the shoulder screw can slide through the central orifice of the filter device, but of a diameter smaller than the shoulder portion of the shoulder screw, and an outer diameter equal to the diameter of the container top surface and slightly less than the diameter of the shoulder portion of the threaded insert shoulder, such that when the shoulder screw is screwed into the threaded portions of the tapered cover and central body unit, the filter device is affixed above the shoulder portion of the shoulder screw and below the shoulder portion of the threaded insert shoulder, where, when the dispenser cap is in the upright position it is sealed as the plug assembly lies flush with the top of the cylindrical cap ring, and when the dispenser cap is inverted it flows freely as the plug assembly slides down to the point where the shoulder portion of the shoulder screw meets the central orifice of the filter device.