MOSAIC ELEMENT Russian patent published in 2016 - IPC B44C3/12 

FIELD: packaging industry.

SUBSTANCE: present invention relates to bottle caps, in particular bottle caps, which can be linked to each other. Mosaic element has a body contour inscribable into a circle and equipped with at least one ledge having a ledge contour, so that the said body contour and the said ledge contour coincide in points P₁ and P₂; the said circle additionally contains point P₃ arranged along the said circle on the outer side of the said ledge contour, so that the angular distance between points P₃ and P₁ is equal to the angular distance between points P₂ and P₁ relative to said circle center; the said ledge contour additionally contains point P_a, so that the whole ledge contour is located on one side of support boundary line B.L. passing between point P₃ and point P_a; the said mosaic element is equipped with a locking concave having circuit a locking concave contour formed between points P₃, P₁, P_a, herewith at least part of the said locking concave contour between points P₃ and P₁ extends along the said circle; the said ledge contour additionally contains point P′ located between points P_a and P₁; the said ledge is equipped with an interacting part having an interaction contour set between points P₁, P_a, P₂ and line L passing between points P′ and P₂; herewith the said interacting part has corresponding shape and size, which provide the possibility of their complete arrangement in the said concave.

EFFECT: technical result of the invention is a mosaic element made with the possibility of jointing with similar mosaic elements, so that two said mosaic elements can be tightly connected without using additional mosaic elements or a retaining mechanism.

34 cl, 14 dwg