US 2010/0163585 A1 · DISPENSING CLOSURE

Abstract

A resealable closure and valve assembly adapted to be coupled to a container to selectively control the dispensing of liquid from the container. The resealable closure and valve assembly includes a non-mechanically biased stop selectively engageable with a passageway to selectively seal the passageway from a dispensable product, such as a liquid contained within a container. In some embodiments, the stop is adapted to reseal the passageway by the force of weight applied to the stop by fluid in the container. In some embodiments, the stop is adapted to reseal the passageway via a suction force.

Claims6

Dependent claims

A liquid container having a resealable outlet for use on a dispenser for dispensing liquid form the container, the container outlet comprising:

a passageway;
and
a non-mechanically biased stop selectively engageable with the passageway to seal the passageway from liquid in the container,
wherein the passageway is accessible beneath the stop by a dispenser peg for insertion in the passageway to push the stop inwardly of the passageway toward a container interior, the stop comprising:
a tapered body;
a first annular flange coupled to the tapered body;
a first skirt extending away from the first annular flange;
a second annular flange coupled to the first skirt;
and
a second skirt extending away from the second annular flange;
and
wherein the stop is adapted to reseal the passageway by the force of weight applied to the first and second annular flange by fluid in the container.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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