Dispensing Closure, Closure and Container Package, and Method of Manufacture

A dispensing closure that includes a base and a lid of one-piece integrally molded plastic construction, said lid being hinged to said base for movement between an open position spaced from said base and a closed position overlying said base,

• said base having a deck with an outer surface, a dispensing opening, a radially inwardly and axially outwardly facing conical surface extending from said dispensing opening to said outer surface of said deck surrounding said dispensing opening, and a radially outwardly facing first snap/seal bead surrounding said deck adjacent to said outer surface,
• said lid having a pintle for receipt in said dispensing opening, a wall spaced radially outwardly from said pintle and a radially inwardly facing second snap/seal bead on said wall for engagement with said first snap/seal bead on said base,
• said pintle being sufficiently long as compared to said wall to engage said conical surface and align said beads prior to engagement of said beads as said lid is moved toward said closed position, said second bead on said lid being received by sealing snap fit over said first bead on said base,
• said pintle being spaced from an inner periphery of said dispensing opening in said closed position of said lid and said pintle not extending completely through said dispensing opening in said closed position of said lid.

A package that includes a container having a neck finish and a dispensing closure disposed on said neck finish,

• said dispensing closure including a base and a lid of one-piece integrally molded plastic construction, said lid being hinged to said base for movement between an open position spaced from said base and a closed position overlying said base,
• said base having a deck with an outer surface, a dispensing opening, a radially inwardly and axially outwardly facing conical surface extending from said dispensing opening to said outer surface of said deck surrounding said dispensing opening, and a radially outwardly facing first snap/seal bead surrounding said deck adjacent to said outer surface,
• said lid having a pintle for receipt in said dispensing opening, a wall spaced radially outwardly from said pintle and a radially inwardly facing second snap/seal bead on said wall for engagement with said first snap/seal bead on said base,
• said pintle being sufficiently long as compared to said wall to engage said conical surface and align said beads prior to engagement of said beads as said lid is moved toward said closed position, said second bead on said lid being received by sealing snap fit over said first bead on said base.