JP2018140782A - New cap opening and closing ring - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cap opening and closing tool which can be easily manufactured without impairing usability, so that when opening and closing a cap of a PET bottle, an elderly person, a person with a weak grip due to tendovaginitis or the like, a young child or an underdeveloped person can comfortably open and close the cap of the PET bottle by oneself.SOLUTION: A resin tube 1 is cut short and squeezed to form a linking part. One of both claws 9 of a clip 2 attached to both ends of a rubber tape-shaped sheet having cuts is inserted inside the tube to allow easy coupling. Thus, a cap opening and closing ring is given flexibility, which eliminates a problem in usability even if there is a slight difference in size or a difference between grooves.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to an opening / closing aid for a cap of a plastic bottle.

Although many items can be seen as opening and closing goods of the cap, the problem of claim 1 remains, and in reality, the actual usage is not so much heard despite the need.

  In addition, there are some similar purposes, but there are few that are easy for older people to accept.

JP2009-298410A JP 2009-126517 A JP2011-184100 Japanese Patent No. 4183144

The previous one had the following drawbacks. When you want to use it on the go etc.
Besides being difficult to mass-produce, there is no flexible response to slightly different sizes and number of anti-rotation grooves, etc., for each PET bottle cap manufacturer.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is that an elderly person with weak gripping force is engaged with the cap opening / closing ring and the vertically cut groove of the cap simply by holding the cap and holding it lightly. I was able to open and close.

Two clips attached to both ends of a rubber tape-like sheet with notches were easily connected by crushing a resin tube and using it as a link part.

In addition, by adopting this link part, it is possible to give the cap opening and closing ring more flexible than before,
Even if there is a slight difference in size and groove, there is no problem with ease of use.

By using the new cap opening / closing ring of the present invention, the elderly, handicapped, and young people can easily open and close the cap anytime and anywhere.

FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of the present invention. FIG. 2 shows an example of the use of the present invention.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the present invention, in which both the claws on one side of a clip attached to both ends of a rubber sheet are inserted inside a connecting tube,
The structure of a new cap opening and closing ring that connects both ends is shown.

FIG. 2 shows an example of use of the present invention and shows a use state in which the cap is inserted and closed by a hand.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the use of the present invention.

Elderly people, people with weak grip, disabled people, and young people can open and close the cap alone without borrowing hands. It can be carried in the image of a key folder anytime and anywhere so that the cap of the plastic bottle can be opened and closed comfortably without any sense of incongruity.
In addition, even individuals and small and medium corporations who are unable to mass-produce will be able to produce easily.

1 Connecting tube 2 Clip 3 Rubber sheet (indented)
4 Cap of PET bottle 5 Cushion sheet 6 Tape ribbon for handcraft 7 Strap 8 Hand 9 Nail inside clip

Claims (2)

Cut one of the claws of both clips attached to both ends of a rubber tape-like sheet with nicks, crush the resin tube into short pieces,
A new cap opening and closing ring characterized by being inserted into the inside of a tube manufactured as a link part and easily connected. By using link parts made by cutting and crushing a resin tube shortly for connection, both clip parts attached to both ends of a rubber tape-like sheet with knurls are not fixed and play is possible. The new type cap opening and closing ring according to claim 1, wherein the cap opening / closing ring can be made flexible and does not impair usability even if there is a difference in size or groove.