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US 8,985,407 B2Granted
One-piece dispensing cap for a container
AssigneeS.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
InventorDustin John Mack
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Abstract
A one-piece dispensing cap includes a sidewall and an upper surface. A lid is hingedly connected to the upper surface and the lid is moveable between open and closed positions. A plurality of dispensing apertures are disposed in the upper surface and a plurality of projections depend from an interior surface of the lid. The plurality of projections mate with the plurality of apertures to seal the cap in the closed position.
Claims20
A one-piece dispensing cap, comprising:
- a sidewall and an upper surface, wherein the sidewall terminates, in part, in a raised edge extending above the upper surface and wherein the sidewall and the raised edge form a smooth, continuous surface;
- a lid hingedly connected to the upper surface, wherein the lid is moveable between open and closed positions;
- a plurality of dispensing apertures disposed in the upper surface;
- and
- a plurality of projections depending from an interior surface of the lid,
- wherein the plurality of projections mate with the plurality of apertures to seal the cap in the closed position,
- wherein the lid is configured to separate from the raised edge in the open position and to interact with an interior surface of the raised edge in the closed position, and
- wherein the dispensing cap is one-piece.
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A one-piece dispensing cap, comprising:
- a sidewall and an upper surface;
- a lid extending from a portion of the upper surface, wherein the lid is hingedly connected to the upper surface and moveable between open and closed positions;
- and
- a raised edge extending around a portion of a perimeter of the sidewall,
- wherein the lid interacts only with an interior surface of the raised edge of the sidewall to seal the cap in the closed position.
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A one-piece dispensing cap, comprising:
- an annular wall and an upper surface comprising a dispensing area and a closed area;
- a raised edge extending upward from a periphery of the dispensing area wherein the annular wall and the raised edge form a smooth, continuous surface;
- a lid extending from a portion of the upper surface, wherein the lid is hingedly connected to the upper surface and moveable between open and closed positions;
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- at least one protrusion extending from an interior surface of the lid adapted to interact with at least one aperture disposed in the upper surface in the closed position,
- wherein the dispensing cap is one-piece.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.