Container, closure, and methods of manufacture
OwnerBalint Hiltser, Jonathan Ralph De Jong +4inventors
InventorsBalint Hiltser, Jonathan Ralph De Jong, Geert Petrus Jacobus Scholte, Bastiaan Pieter Hemmes, Fredrik Cornelis Stam, Charlotte Catherine Erik Devries
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Abstract
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods provided herein are useful for dispensing a fluid from a bottle that includes a closure cap with a flip-top lid, a base, and a tamper evident structure configured to indicate whether the closure cap has been previously opened. In some configurations, an area of the closure cap that a user manually leverages to open the cap includes a recess.
Claims23
A closure cap comprising:
- a base;
- a flip-top lid hingedly connected to the base, the flip-top lid being movable between an open position and a closed position, the flip-top lid and the base together forming a recess in an outer wall of the closure cap when the flip-top lid is in the closed position, the recess allowing a user to apply a force to move the flip-top lid from the closed position to the open position;
- a guide pole protruding from an upper surface of the base;
- a movable ring disposed round the guide pole after an initial closing of the flip-top lid, the movable ring being movable from a first position where the movable ring is located near or at an upper end of the guide pole to a second position lower than the first position;
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- a breakable member configured to break upon the flip-top lid being moved from an initial closed position toward the open position.
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A dispensing bottle comprising:
- a container body with a thixotropic fluid therein, the container body having a neck with threads thereon;
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- a closure cap coupled to the container body, the closure cap comprising:
- a base;
- a flip-top lid hingedly connected to the base, the flip-top lid being movable between an open position and a closed position, the flip-top lid and the base together forming a recess in an outer wall of the closure cap when the flip-top lid is in the closed position, the recess allowing a user to apply a force to move the flip-top lid from the closed position to the open position;
- a guide pole protruding from an upper surface of the base;
- a movable ring disposed round the guide pole after an initial closing of the flip-top lid, the movable ring being movable from a first position where the movable ring is located near or at an upper end of the guide pole to a second position lower than the first position;
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- a breakable member configured to break upon the flip-top lid being moved from an initial closed position toward the open position.
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A closure cap comprising:
- a base;
- a lid comprising a flip member hingedly connected to the base, the lid including a pair of side panels that are integrally molded with the lid and subsequently fastened to the base upon initial closure, one of the side panels disposed on a first side of the flip member and another of the side panels disposed on a second side of the flip member, the flip member being movable between an open position and a closed position,
- wherein the lid and the base together form a recess in an outer wall of the closure cap when the flip member is in the closed position, the recess forming a grasping area providing user to apply a force to move the flip member from the closed position to the open position;
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- a plurality of breakable members formed of bridges of material on a top surface of the lid, wherein the bridges of material connect the flip member with the side panels and are configured to break upon the flip member is moved from the closed position to the open position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.