Closure having a drip minimizing lid
AssigneeAptarGroup, Inc.
InventorsChristopher A. Danks, John Wisniewski
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Abstract
A dispensing closure system is provided for a container that has an opening to the container interior. The preferred embodiment of the system includes a closure having a closure body for extending from the container at the container opening and a lid hingedly attached to the closure body. The closure body has a dispensing spout, and the lid includes a hollow spud for entering the spout. A spud rim can be provided on the spud, extending inwardly towards the hollow interior of the spud. A lid rim can additionally or alternatively be provided on the inside surface of the lid, positioned within the hollow interior of the spud.
Claims13
A dispensing closure for a container that has an opening to the container interior where a fluent substance may be stored, said dispensing closure comprising:
- (A) a body for extending from said container at said container opening, said body including a spout that has a dispensing passage extending through said spout;
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- (B) a lid for movement between (1) a closed position occluding said spout dispensing passage, and (2) an open position exposing said spout dispensing passage, said lid having (1) a top end defining an inside surface, (2) a spud having a hollow interior and projecting from said lid inside surface for entering said spout dispensing passage when said lid is in said closed position, and (3) a rim proximate said spud extending from at least one of said spud and said lid inside surface, said rim also extending laterally toward, and exposed to, said hollow interior, said rim extending only partially circumferentially to define a discontinuous configuration which is laterally open.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.