Container with Securement for a Cap

Abstract

A beverage container ( 1 a, 1 b ) comprises a container body including an opening, wherein the interior of the container body includes at least one securement means by which a cap ( 3 ) may be releasably secured to the container body to close the opening.

1 . A container, comprising a container body including an opening, wherein the interior of the container body includes at least one securement means by which a cap may be releasably secured to the container body to close the opening. 
   
   
       2 . A container according to  claim 1 , wherein the, or each, securement means is provided on an internal surface of the container body. 
   
   
       3 . A container according to  claim 1  or  claim 2 , including the cap. 
   
   
       4 . A container according to  claim 3 , wherein the cap includes at least one securement means by which the cap may be secured to the container body, by engagement with the securement means of the container body. 
   
   
       5 . A container according to  claim 4 , wherein the, or each, securement means of the cap is provided on a circumferential exterior surface of the cap. 
   
   
       6 . A container according to  claim 5 , wherein the circumferential exterior surface of the cap comprises a plug portion of the cap. 
   
   
       7 . A container according to any preceding claim, wherein the, or each, securement means of the container body and/or the cap is a thread. 
   
   
       8 . A container according to  claim 7 , wherein each thread is a screw thread. 
   
   
       9 . A container according to  claim 7 , wherein each thread is a bayonet thread. 
   
   
       10 . A container according to  claim 9 , wherein the bayonet thread comprises a substantially circumferentially-extending part and a substantially axially-extending part. 
   
   
       11 . A container according to any preceding claim, wherein the cap and the container body include engagement means to secure the cap on the container body by substantially preventing rotation of the cap with respect to the container body under the influence of a force acting in a direction emerging from the container body substantially perpendicular to a plane in which the opening lies. 
   
   
       12 . A container according to  claim 11 , wherein the engagement means prevent the initiation of such rotation of the cap with respect to the container body, when the cap is fully secured on the container body. 
   
   
       13 . A container according to  claim 11  or  claim 12 , wherein the engagement means comprise part of the threaded engagement between the cap and the container body. 
   
   
       14 . A container according to any preceding claim, wherein the opening is a narrow-mouth opening. 
   
   
       15 . A container according to any one of  claims 1  to  13 , wherein the opening is a wide-mouth opening. 
   
   
       16 . A container according to any preceding claim, wherein the container body has no thread or thread segments on its exterior. 
   
   
       17 . A container according to any preceding claim, wherein the cap and the container body are constructed and arranged to provide a vent for venting gas from the container body when the cap is in an intermediate position between fully secured and fully released. 
   
   
       18 . A container according to any preceding claim, including at least one sealing member to form a seal between the cap and the container body when the cap is secured thereon. 
   
   
       19 . A container according to  claim 18 , wherein at least one sealing member comprises a membrane seal. 
   
   
       20 . A beverage container substantially as described herein and/or as illustrated in the accompanying figures.