# US 5,702,025 A · Leak free lid with closure and spout

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- Number: US 5,702,025 A
- Document ID: US5702025A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/643,815
- Filed: 1996-05-06
- Granted: 1997-12-30
- Earliest claimed: 1996-05-06
- Inventors: Vito Di Gregorio
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5702025A

## CPC

- B65D 47/066: {the spout being either flexible or having a flexible wall portion, whereby the spout is foldable between a dispensing and a non-dispensing position (B65D47/2043 takes precedence)}
- B65D 47/28: having linear movement
- B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES

## Abstract

A lid to be used to dose the opening of a cooperative container providing a user with a spout that is selectively closed and opened to permit a user to draw the liquid inside the container and, if accidentally dropped, to avoid spillage and/or leakage of its contents. A slidable door is activated by a user to selectively block the liquid from coming out through the spout. A locking mechanism to keep the lid firmly and removably secured to the container includes a several latching members that extend perpendicularly from the periphery of the lid and engage with a corresponding number of openings formed in a peripheral locking member positioned adjacent to the rim of the container's opening.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A lid for containers, having a peripheral rim and an underside, to be used to cover the opening defined by said rim of a container for liquids, comprising:
A) a spout member mounted on said lid substantially adjacent to said peripheral rim;
B) closure means for selectively blocking the flow of said liquid through said spout member wherein said closure means includes housing means mounted to the underside of said lid and further including a door member slidably mounted to said housing means;
C) means for locking said lid to said container to cause said container and lid engagement to be leak free wherein said means for locking said lid to said container includes a peripheral locking member located substantially adjacent to and below said rim and said peripheral locking member includes a plurality of openings, and said means for locking said lid to said container further including a corresponding plurality of latching means extending radially inwardly from said peripheral rim of said lid for removably and cooperatively engaging to said openings.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The lid set forth in claim 1 wherein said lid includes at least one small relief pin hole that permits the air to penetrate inside said container as the liquid flows out.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The lid set forth in claim 2 wherein said peripheral locking member is a belt.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The lid set forth in claim 3 wherein said spout includes a blocking member disposed therein to prevent solids mixed with a liquid inside the container from coming out through said spout member.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The lid set forth in claim 4 wherein said spout member includes a flexible accordion shaped tubular member.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The lid set forth in claim 5 wherein said accordion shaped to tubular member has a rectangular cross-section.