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US 2024/0140654 A1Published application
Tamper evident flip top closure
AssigneeBerry Global, Inc.
InventorsBenson P. WEAVER, Michael M. MAKHLOUF, Frank A. BOND, Steven GIFT
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Abstract
A package includes a container and a closure coupled to the container to control release of product therefrom. The closure includes a closure body coupled to the container and a flip-top cap coupled to the closure body and configured to pivot relative to the closure cap between a closed position and an opened position.
Claims20
A package comprising
- a container and
- a closure coupled to the container to control release of product therefrom, the closure including a closure body coupled to the container and formed to include a discharge aperture and a flip-top cap coupled to the closure body and configured to pivot relative to the closure body between a closed position blocking access to the discharge aperture and an opened position allowing access to the discharge aperture,
- wherein the closure body includes an outer body sidewall, an inner body sidewall spaced radially inward from the outer sidewall relative to a central axis of the closure body and having a retainer segment and a tab-locking segment spaced circumferentially from the retainer segment relative to the central axis, and a body top wall coupled to an upper end of both the outer body sidewall and the inner body sidewall and formed to include a tab-receiving aperture opening into a space located radially between the outer body sidewall and the tab-locking segment of the inner body sidewall,
- wherein the flip-top cap includes a cap sidewall, a cap top wall coupled to an upper end of the cap sidewall, and a retainer tab including a cap-lifting segment coupled to at least one of the cap sidewall and the cap top wall, a breakaway segment extending away from the cap-lifting segment and through the tab-receiving aperture when the flip-top cap is in the closed position, and a frangible border connecting the breakaway segment to at least one of the cap-lifting segment and the cap sidewall,
- wherein the flip-top cap is configured change from an unused, closed configuration in which the breakaway segment of the retainer tab is coupled to at least one of the cap-lifting segment and the cap sidewall by the frangible border, to a first-use, opened configuration in which the breakaway segment is separated from at least one of the cap-lifting segment and the cap sidewall after rotation of the flip-top cap about a cap pivot axis to provide tamper evidence.
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A closure configured to control release of product from a container, the closure comprising
- a closure body formed to include a discharge aperture and,
- a flip-top cap coupled to the closure body and configured to pivot relative to the closure body between a closed position blocking access to the discharge aperture and an opened position allowing access to the discharge aperture,
- wherein the closure body includes an outer body sidewall, an inner body sidewall spaced radially inward from the outer sidewall relative to a central axis of the closure body and having a retainer segment and a tab-locking segment spaced circumferentially from the retainer segment relative to the central axis, and a body top wall coupled to an upper end of both the outer body sidewall and the inner body sidewall and formed to include a tab-receiving aperture opening into a space positioned radially between the outer body sidewall and the tab-locking segment of the inner body sidewall,
- wherein the flip-top cap includes a cap sidewall, a cap top wall coupled to an upper end of the cap sidewall, and a retainer tab including a cap-lifting segment coupled to at least one of the cap sidewall and the cap top wall, a breakaway segment extending away from the cap-lifting segment and through the tab-receiving aperture when the flip-top cap is in the closed position, and a frangible border connecting the breakaway segment to at least one of the cap-lifting segment and the cap sidewall,
- wherein the flip-top cap is configured change from an unused, closed configuration in which the breakaway segment of the retainer tab is coupled to at least one of the cap-lifting segment and the cap sidewall by the frangible border, to a first-use, opened configuration in which the breakaway segment is separated from at least one of the cap-lifting segment and the cap sidewall after rotation of the flip-top cap about a cap pivot axis to provide tamper evidence.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.