Pour spout
AssigneePlastek Industries, Inc.
InventorsAlex S. Szekely, Peter A. Piscopo
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Abstract
A container (20) has a body (22) having a body opening (40). A spout fitment (24) is mounted within the body opening. A cap (26) has: a sidewall (120); a web (122) enclosing an upper end of the sidewall; a flange (124) extending outward from the sidewall; an external thread (132) along the sidewall below the flange; a removed condition disengaged from the body and spout fitment; and an installed condition threadingly mounted by the external thread to at least one of the body and spout fitment. In the installed condition, a perimeter portion (128) of the flange is below a rim (110) of the spout fitment.
Claims14
A container (20) comprising:
- a body (22) having a body opening (40);
- a spout fitment (24) within the body opening;
- a cap (26) having:
- a sidewall (120);
- a web (122) enclosing an upper end of the sidewall;
- a flange (124) extending outward from the sidewall;
- an external thread (132) along the sidewall below the flange;
- a removed condition disengaged from the body and spout fitment;
- and
- an installed condition threadingly mounted by the external threads to at least one of the body and spout fitment,
- wherein:
- in the installed condition, a perimeter portion (128) of the flange is below a rim (110) of the spout fitment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.