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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Capton, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Inventor:
Charles J. Brower, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Capton, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 47/06 (2006.01); B67D 3/00 (2006.01); G01F 1/00 (2006.01); G01F 13/00 (2006.01); G01F 15/02 (2006.01); G01F 15/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 47/06 (2013.01); B67D 3/0051 (2013.01); G01F 1/00 (2013.01); G01F 13/006 (2013.01); G01F 15/024 (2013.01); G01F 15/063 (2013.01); B67D 3/0041 (2013.01);
Abstract
A spout is disclosed capable of detecting if it is properly 'on' or 'off' the container according to tilt characteristics of the spout as determined by accelerometer and other sensor data. The tilt characteristics can be applied to one or more sets of coupling criteria, which if met, can provide an indication that the spout is “on bottle” or “off bottle”.