Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
262 words
A plug fitment adapted to be removably inserted in a circular port to seal same in a substantially air tight manner, said fitment comprising: a somewhat flexible body of generally cylindrical shape with a vertical axis, said body having an open upper end and an interior region bounded by an inner wall and communicating with the open end, said upper end having a circular peripheral lip lying in a horizontal plane with an inner periphery defining the periphery of a circular opening centered on said axis; slightly flexible means disposed in said upper end and said region and including a vertical member spaced from the inner wall and aligned with said axis, said member having a top end disposed below said horizontal plane, said member having a vertical slit extending downwardly from the top end to a bottom position intermediate the top end and the bottom of said member; and a circular generally flat slightly flexible key disc disposed horizontally and removably in said opening, said disc having a lower surface resting upon said top end of the member and an upper surface essentially coplanar with said lip, said disc, when removed from said opening and oriented vertically, being removably insertable in said slit, the thickness of the disc and the width of the slit having relative values at which the disc, when inserted in the slit, cannot be separated from the body until the body and disc are removed as a unit from said port, whereby after the unit is so removed, the body and disc can be pulled apart manually.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
262 words
A plug fitment adapted to be removably inserted in a circular port to seal same in a substantially air tight manner, said fitment comprising: a somewhat flexible body of generally cylindrical shape with a vertical axis, said body having an open upper end and an interior region bounded by an inner wall and communicating with the open end, said upper end having a circular peripheral lip lying in a horizontal plane with an inner periphery defining the periphery of a circular opening centered on said axis; slightly flexible means disposed in said upper end and said region and including a vertical member spaced from the inner wall and aligned with said axis, said member having a top end disposed below said horizontal plane, said member having a vertical slit extending downwardly from the top end to a bottom position intermediate the top end and the bottom of said member; and a circular generally flat slightly flexible key disc disposed horizontally and removably in said opening, said disc having a lower surface resting upon said top end of the member and an upper surface essentially coplanar with said lip, said disc, when removed from said opening and oriented vertically, being removably insertable in said slit, the thickness of the disc and the width of the slit having relative values at which the disc, when inserted in the slit, cannot be separated from the body until the body and disc are removed as a unit from said port, whereby after the unit is so removed, the body and disc can be pulled apart manually.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
The fitment of claim 1 wherein said means and said body cooperate and jointly define said lip and opening.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
68 words
The fitment of claim 2 wherein clearance between the peripheral edge of the disc and the inner periphery of the lip enables a user, by applying downward pressure at any point along the disc periphery when the disc is disposed in the central opening, to cause the disc to tilt from the horizontal, whereby the tilted disc can be removed manually from the upper end of the body.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
119 words
The fitment of claim 3 wherein said slit has an upper section of uniform thickness and a lower section having a thickness which in the region common to both sections is slightly larger than said uniform thickness, said lower section having a slight downward and inward taper whereby the thickness of the lower section at the bottom position is equal to said uniform thickness, and wherein said disc has a peripheral circular section and a spaced central circular section having like thicknesses equal to said slightly larger thickness, the upper and lower disc surfaces in the space between said two sections being slightly recessed, the thickness of the disc in the recessed area being equal to said uniform thickness.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
49 words
The fitment of claim 4 wherein said body is a hollow vertical cylinder which tapers downward and inward at its lower end, said means being fitted into the upper end of the body and extending downward therein to a position intermediate the upper and lower end of the cylinder.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
14 words
The fitment of claim 5 wherein the lower end of the cylinder is closed.