Dispensing closure with hinged lid

A dispensing closure for attachment to a container having an opening for dispensing fluids contained within the container, the closure comprising:

• a base having a substantially circular skirt depending therefrom and said base having an oval orifice aligned with at least a portion of the opening defined in the container and positioned such that a semimajor axis of the oval has a substantially vertical orientation during pouring;
• a lid member having a first section joined to a first section of the base through an integral hinge;
• the lid member further having a plug depending from an underside section of the lid member, the plug being sized to frictionally fit against the internal perimeter of the orifice such that when the lid member is moved against the base, the plug engages the orifice to substantially seal the orifice;
• a pair of first rails projecting upwardly from a top portion of the base, the first rails being oppositely positioned about the orifice;
• a pair of second rails projecting from the underside section of the lid member, the second rails being oppositely positioned about the plug such that when the lid member is moved against the base, the pair of second rails are positioned within the pair of first rails, wherein the pair of first and second rails are further defined as each having one end nearly adjacent to the integral hinge and being linearly divergent to a mid point and having another end terminating at a section opposite said integral hinge and being linearly divergent to said mid point to define pairs of first and second linear divergent rails, whereby the pair of first linear divergent rails forms a boarder about the substantially vertical orientated oval orifice and the pair of second linear divergent rails forms a boarder about the plug;
• at least one first bead projecting radially inwardly from each of the first rails, and at least one second bead projecting radially outwardly from each of the second rails, the at least one second bead being positioned to interfere with the at least one first bead defined on the first rails such that when the lid member is moved towards the base, the at least one first bead and the interfering at least one second bead form a snap fit to more securely hold the lid member in a closed position;
• a pour lip extending outward and overhanging from an outside perimeter of the skirt and being positioned along a front portion of the orifice, the front portion of the orifice defined as being diametrically opposed from the integral hinge, and
• wherein the lid member includes a latch extending from the underside of the lid member and positioned about the periphery of the lid member, the latch has an internal surface for engagement with an external surface of the pour lip when the lid member is moved towards the base.

A dispensing closure for attachment to a container having an opening for dispensing fluids contained within the container, the closure comprising:

• a base having a substantially circular skirt depending therefrom and said base having an oval orifice aligned with at least a portion of the opening defined in the container and positioned such that a semimajor axis of the oval has a substantially vertical orientation during pouring;
• a lid member having a first section joined to a first section of the base through an integral hinge;
• the lid member further having a plug depending from an underside section of the lid member, the plug being sized to frictionally fit against the internal perimeter of the orifice such that when the lid member is moved against the base, the plug engages the orifice to substantially seal the orifice;
• a pair of first rails projecting upwardly from a top portion of the base, the first rails being oppositely positioned about the orifice;
• a pair of second rails projecting from the underside section of the lid member, the second rails being oppositely positioned about the plug such that when the lid member is moved against the base, the pair of second rails are positioned within the pair of first rails, wherein the pair of first and second rails are further defined as each having one end nearly adjacent to the integral hinge and being linearly divergent to a mid point and having another end terminating at a section opposite said integral hinge and being linearly divergent to said mid point to define pairs of first and second linear divergent rails, whereby the pair of first linear divergent rails forms a boarder about the substantially vertical orientated oval orifice and the pair of second linear divergent rails forms a boarder about the plug;
• at least one first bead projecting radially inwardly from each of the first rails, and at least one second bead projecting radially outwardly from each of the second rails, the at least one second bead being positioned to interfere with the at least one first bead defined on the first rails such that when the lid member is moved towards the base, the at least one first bead and the interfering at least one second bead form a snap fit to more securely hold the lid member in a closed position;
• a pour lip extending outward and overhanging from an outside perimeter of the skirt and being positioned along a front portion of the orifice, the front portion of the orifice defined as being diametrically opposed from the integral hinge, and wherein an upper side of the pour lip has a slanted downwardly and inwardly profile, and
• wherein the lid member includes a latch extending from the underside of the lid member and positioned about the periphery of the lid member, the latch has an internal surface for engagement with an external surface of the pour lip when the lid member is moved towards the base.