Tamper-evident closure with tamper-evident strip and holding chamber for tamper-evident strip

A dispensing closure for a container, said dispensing closure comprising:

• a closure body having a deck and a circumferential skirt, wherein a dispensing orifice is formed in the deck and a recess is formed in the circumferential skirt, which recess has a deck-sided end,
• a lid which is hingedly connected to the closure body, the lid having a closed state in which it covers the dispensing orifice and at least a part of the deck, and having an open state in which it is swivelled away from the deck about a hinging axis, such that a product can be dispensed from the container through the dispensing orifice,
• wherein a tamper-evident strip extends over the deck-sided end of the recess and is connected to the closure body by at least one frangible connection, said tamper-evident strip being coupled to the lid upon first-time closing of the lid, such that the lid is coupled to the closure body via the tamper-evident strip,
• wherein the lid includes a holding chamber for the tamper-evident strip, which holding chamber receives the tamper-evident strip upon first-time closing and has an engagement member adapted to move beyond and engage the tamper-evident strip upon first-time closing, and which engagement member is adapted to hold the tamper-evident strip in the holding chamber when it is separated from the closure body, and
• wherein:
• a push-button is formed in one piece with the closure body, wherein the closure body and the push-button are permanently connected by a hinge,
• the tamper-evident strip is connected to the push-button by at least one frangible connection, such that the lid is coupled to the closure body via the push-button upon first-time closing of the lid, and
• the recess is adapted to allow the push-button to be pushed so as to break the at least one frangible connection to decouple the lid from the push-button and allow opening of the lid.