Snap-up cover for spice dispenser
OwnerWalter E. Hiddinginventor
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Abstract
A unitary closure for a spice dispenser includes a spooning cap and a sifter cap which are provided with respective protuberances and niches which cooperate in an overcentering arrangement for positively locking either cap in the fully opened, upright condition and concomitantly preventing both caps from being raised at the same time.
Claims5
In a closure to be assembled with a dispenser for dry powdered spice products, the dispenser including a hollow body having a spooning platform and a sifting platform at the top end, the respective platforms being spaced apart to define a parallel walled valley, the floor of which is perforated with stud-receiving apertures, the closure including a spooning cap arranged for snap-fit engagement with said spooning platform and further including a sifting cap arranged for snap-fit engagement with said sifting platform, said closure still further including a strap hingedly interconnecting said caps and fittably engaging the floor of said valley, studs depending from said strap entering said apertures for securely fastening said closure to said dispenser, the improvement comprising:
- a first snap-fit protuberance extending from the edge of said spooning cap adjacent the valley wall thereof;
- means defining a niche in the valley wall of said spooning cap;
- a second snap-fit protuberance extending from the edge of said sifting cap adjacent the valley wall thereof and aligned with said spooning cap niche;
- and means defining a niche in the valley wall of said sifting cap aligned with said first snap-fit protuberance, whereby one or the other of said caps may be selectively raised and locked into dispenser opening condition with the protuberance thereof snap-fit into the niche in the opposite valley wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.