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.
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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 forming a grasping area permitting a user to apply a force to move the flip-top lid from the closed position to the open position;
- a first tab on the flip-top lid and a second tab on the base, wherein the first and second tabs are aligned with one another when the flip-top lid is in the closed position;
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- a first welded connection between the first and second tabs;
- wherein the first and second tabs are disposed on a first side of the recess, the first welded connection securely connecting the flip-top lid and the base in an initial closed position and configured to break upon the flip-top lid being moved from the initial closed position to the open position.
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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 forming a grasping area permitting a user to apply a force to move the flip-top lid from the closed position to the open position;
- a first extension tab, near a first side of the recess, fixed to the base;
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- a first breakable member connecting the first extension tab to the flip-top lid, wherein the first breakable member is configured to break upon the flip-top lid being moved from the closed position to the open position,
- wherein the first extension tab is connected to the flip-top lid in an initial closed position via the first breakable member and wherein the first extension tab and the flip-top lid are disconnected upon the flip-top lid being moved from the initial closed position to the open position.
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 forming a grasping area permitting a user to apply a force to move the flip-top lid from the closed position to the open position;
- a first extension tab, near a first side of the recess, fixed to the flip-top lid;
- and
- a first breakable member connecting the first extension tab to the base, wherein the first breakable member is configured to break upon the flip-top lid being moved from the closed position to the open position,
- wherein the first extension tab is connected to the base in an initial closed position via the first breakable member and wherein the first extension tab and the base are disconnected upon the flip-top lid being moved from the initial closed position to the open position.
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