Patent ID: 8733567

Claim:
A bottle capping assembly comprising: (a) a “C” member having an upper arm, a lower arm, and a stem section extending between the upper and lower arms, said arms and stem defining a laterally opening concavity; (b) a ceiling member comprising an upwardly opening concavity and comprising the “C” member's lower arm and a living hinge; (c) opening means comprising a channel and frangible channel floor combination, the opening means being connected operatively to the ceiling member, the opening means being adapted for, upon an application of an upward force to the “C” member's upper arm, porting the ceiling member; (d) a wall fixedly attached to and extending downwardly from the ceiling member, wherein the living hinge has a pair of ends and wherein the channel and frangible channel floor combination has a pair of ends, said combination's ends being positioned at the hinge's ends, the living hinge being adapted for facilitating movements of the “C” member's upper arm between closed and opened positions, at least a portion of the “C” member overlying the ceiling member's port upon movement of the “C” member's upper arm to the opened position, and the port closing upon movement of the “C” member's upper arm to the closed position; and (e) a bottle having a neck, the neck having a circular lip, the wall being circularly fitted for nestingly receiving the circular lip, the ceiling's upwardly opening concavity being circularly fitted for alternatively nestingly receiving a portion of the circular lip, and the “C” member's laterally opening concavity being fitted for further alternatively nestingly receiving the portion of the circular lip, wherein the ceiling member further comprises a transition extending about the upwardly opening concavities' upper end, the transition being adapted for, upon the nesting receipt by the “C” member's laterally opening concavity of the circular lip portion, functioning as a fulcrum for transferring torque from the neck to the circular lip portion and to the “C” member's upper arm.