Dispenser package with flip-up lid and method of making the same
AssigneeMcCormick & Company, Incorporated
InventorsMark Armstrong, Janet Anne Oliver, Olivier Rattin
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Abstract
The invention provides for a dispenser package comprising a generally cylindrical container body and a cap removably mounted to the container body. The cap comprises a generally cylindrical cap body securable to an upper end of the container body. The cap body comprises a generally circular projecting portion having an outer circumferential surface and an upper surface that includes plural dispensing openings. A generally circular flip-up lid is connected to the cap body by a living hinge and being movable between a covering position and an open position.
Claims20
A dispenser package comprising:
- a generally cylindrical container body;
- a cap removably mounted to the container body and comprising:
- a generally cylindrical cap body securable to an upper end of the container body;
- said cap body comprising:
- a generally circular projecting portion having an outer circumferential surface and an upper surface that includes plural dispensing openings;
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- an inwardly curved recess located at a lower front side of the cap body and includes a guide recess, the inwardly curved recess being positioned below and radially outward of the projecting portion;
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- a generally circular flip-up lid connected to the cap body by a living hinge and being movable between a covering position and an open position, said flip-up lid comprising:
- a lower curved projection located on a lower front side of the flip up lid that can be accommodated in the inwardly curved recess, the lower curved projection including a guide projection provided on an inner circumferential surface, the guide projection being engageable with the guide recess;
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- a circular retaining flange provided inside the flip up lid and radially separated from the lower curved projection by an annular space, the circular retaining flange being engagable with the outer circumferential surface of the projecting portion,
- wherein an engagement between the circular retaining flange and the outer circumferential surface of the projecting portion, and an engagement between the guide projection and the guide recess define:
- a snap-engagement which produces an audible sound when the flip-up lid is opened and/or closed;
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- a sealing engagement which prevents an exchange of air between an interior of the dispenser package and an atmosphere outside the dispenser package.
A synthetic resin dispenser package cap configured to be mounted to a spice or seasoning container, comprising:
- a generally cylindrical cap body securable to an upper end of the container body;
- said cap body comprising:
- a generally circular projecting portion having an outer circumferential surface and an upper surface that includes plural dispensing openings;
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- an inwardly curved recess located at a lower front side of the cap body and includes a guide recess, the inwardly curved recess being positioned below and radially outward of the projecting portion;
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- a generally circular flip-up lid connected to the cap body by a living hinge and being movable between a covering position and an open position, said flip-up lid comprising:
- a lower curved projection located on a lower front side of the flip up lid that can be accommodated in the inwardly curved recess, the lower curved projection including a guide projection provided on an inner circumferential surface, the guide projection being engageable with the guide recess;
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- a circular retaining flange provided inside the flip up lid and radially separated from the lower curved projection by an annular space, the circular retaining flange being engagable with the outer circumferential surface of the projecting portion,
- wherein an engagement between the circular retaining flange and the outer circumferential surface of the projecting portion, and an engagement between the guide projection and the guide recess define:
- a snap-engagement which produces an audible sound when the flip-up lid is opened and closed;
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- a sealing engagement which prevents an exchange of air between an interior of the dispenser package and an atmosphere outside the dispenser package.
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