Watertight tube closure
AssigneeCrown Cork & Seal Technologies Corporation
InventorsValentin Hierzer, Rick Gaiser, Robert Simpson
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Abstract
A dispensing closure for a container that contains a flowable product such as a bath gel includes a body member that is constructed and arranged to be mounted to the container, that includes a dispensing opening and a further includes an upper deck portion, a lid member that is hinged to the body member and that includes a cover portion and at least one downwardly depending sidewall, and a snap fit mechanism for releasably locking the lid member to the body member. The downwardly depending sidewall portion of the lid member and the upper deck portion of the body member are advantageously configured to form therebetween a watertight seal when the lid member is in the closed position.
Claims20
A dispensing closure for a container that contains a flowable product, comprising:
- a body member having an upper deck portion and a downwardly depending skirt portion, said downwardly depending skirt portion having structure defined on an interior surface thereof that is constructed and arranged to be mounted to a finish of a container, said body member further having a dispensing opening defined in said upper deck portion;
- a lid member hingedly mounted to said body member by a hinge, said lid member comprising a cover portion and at least one downwardly depending sidewall portion;
- releasable lock means for releasably locking said lid member in a closed position with respect to said body member;
- and wherein said downwardly depending sidewall portion of said lid member and said upper deck portion of said body member are configured to form therebetween a watertight seal when said lid member is in said closed position with respect to said body member.
A packaging assembly for a flowable product, comprising:
- a container having an interior space defined therein for holding a flowable product and a finish portion;
- a body member having an upper deck portion and a downwardly depending skirt portion, said downwardly depending skirt portion having structure defined on an interior surface thereof that is mounted to said finish portion of said container, said body member further having a dispensing opening defined in said upper deck portion;
- a lid member hingedly mounted to said body member by a hinge, said lid member comprising a cover portion and at least one downwardly depending sidewall portion;
- releasable lock means for releasably locking said lid member in a closed position with respect to said body member;
- and wherein said downwardly depending sidewall portion of said lid member and said upper deck portion of said body member are configured to form therebetween a watertight seal when said lid member is in said closed position with respect to said body member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.