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US 2026/0225775 A1Published application
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.
Claims14
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 providing a grasping area configured such that a user applies a force to move the flip-top lid from the closed position to the open position;
- an inset wall inset disposed a distance from the outer wall of the closure cap and extending from an upper wall of the flip-top lid prior to initial closure, the inset wall disposed substantially vertically in the recess after the initial closure;
- an extension tab extending from the inset wall of the flip-top lid prior to an initial opening of the flip-top lid;
- and
- the extension tab having one or more breakable members configured to break upon the flip-top lid being moved from the closed position to the open position,
- wherein the extension tab and the inset wall are configured to be disconnected from one another upon the flip-top lid being moved from an initial closed position to the open position.
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An opening method comprising:
- providing a closure cap, the closure cap comprising:
- a base;
- a flip-top lid hingedly connected to the base, the flip-top lid and the base together forming a recess in an outer wall of the closure cap;
- an inset wall inset disposed a distance from the outer wall of the closure cap and extending from an upper wall of the flip-top lid, the inset wall disposed substantially vertically in the recess after initial closure;
- an extension tab extending from the inset wall of the flip-top lid;
- and
- one or more breakable members connecting the extension tab to the inset wall;
- and
- applying a force to a portion of the flip-top lid via the recess to move the flip-top lid about the hinged connection to the base from a closed position to an open position,
- wherein the breakable members break upon the flip-top lid moving from the closed position to 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;
- and
- 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 providing a grasping area configured such that a user applies a force to move the flip-top lid from the closed position to the open position;
- an inset wall inset disposed a distance from the outer wall of the closure cap and extending from an upper wall of the flip-top lid prior to initial closure, the inset wall disposed substantially vertically in the recess after the initial closure;
- an extension tab extending from the inset wall of the flip-top lid prior to an initial opening of the flip-top lid;
- and
- the extension tab having one or more breakable members configured to break upon the flip-top lid being moved from the closed position to the open position,
- wherein the extension tab and the inset wall are configured to be disconnected from one another upon the flip-top lid being moved from an initial closed position to the open position.
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