Closure for a container
AssigneeGateway Plastics, Inc.
InventorsWilliam C. Vogel, Terrence M. Parve, Robert E. Proudfoot
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Abstract
A closure includes a body having an open bottom formed of a skirt that defines an outer periphery of the body and an end wall defining a body dispensing aperture and a raised body portion providing a closed barrier. The closure also includes a cover coupled to the end wall of the body and having a cover dispensing aperture, the cover being rotatably movable relative to the body between a dispensing position with the cover dispensing aperture substantially aligned with the body dispensing aperture, and a closed position with the cover dispensing aperture substantially aligned with the raised body portion, wherein the cover dispensing aperture includes one or more dividers defining sub-apertures.
Claims20
A closure configured to fit over a mouth of a receptacle to form a container, the closure comprising:
- a body having an open bottom formed of a skirt that defines an outer periphery of the body and an end wall having a substantially convex surface and defining a body dispensing portion having one or more apertures, the body dispensing portion surrounded by a raised lip, and a raised body portion configured to selectively provide a closed barrier;
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- a cover having a substantially convex surface corresponding to the convex surface of the end wall, the cover coupled to the end wall of the body and having a cover dispensing aperture, the cover being rotatably movable relative to the body between a dispensing position with the cover dispensing aperture substantially aligned with the body dispensing aperture, and a closed position with the cover dispensing aperture substantially aligned with the raised body portion;
- wherein the raised lip is configured to channel fluids on the end wall away from the one or more apertures;
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- wherein the raised body portion is configured to selectively engage with the cover dispensing aperture upon rotation of the cover relative to the body such that the closed barrier is provided.
A closure configured to fit over a mouth of a receptacle to form a container, the closure comprising:
- a body having an open bottom formed of a skirt that defines an outer periphery of the body and an end wall defining a body dispensing portion having one or more apertures, and a raised body portion providing a closed barrier;
- a cover coupled to the end wall of the body and including:
- a cover dispensing aperture and a raised cover portion, the cover being rotatably movable relative to the body between a dispensing position with the cover dispensing aperture substantially aligned with the body dispensing aperture, and a closed position with the cover dispensing aperture substantially aligned with the raised body portion;
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- a handle configured to facilitate movement of the cover between the dispensing position and the closed position, wherein the handle includes segments extending from a central axis of the cover and between the cover dispensing aperture and the raised cover portion;
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- one or more cover position stops, comprising:
- a flexible tab disposed on one of the body or the cover, and
- one more receptacles disposed on the other of the body or the cover and configured to releasably receive the tab when the cover is in at least one of the dispensing position and the closed position.
A closure configured to fit over a mouth of a receptacle to form a container, the closure comprising:
- a body having an open bottom formed of a skirt that defines an outer periphery of the body and an end wall having a substantially convex surface and defining a body dispensing aperture and a raised body portion configured to selectively provide a closed barrier;
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- a cover having a substantially convex surface corresponding to the convex surface of the end wall, the cover coupled to the end wall of the body and including:
- a cover dispensing portion, wherein the cover dispensing portion includes one or more apertures;
- a raised cover portion, the cover being rotatably movable relative to the body between a dispensing position with the cover dispensing portion substantially aligned with the body dispensing aperture, and a closed position with the cover dispensing portion substantially aligned with the raised body portion and the raised cover portion substantially aligned with the body dispensing aperture;
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- a handle configured to facilitate movement of the cover between the dispensing position and the closed position;
- wherein the raised body portion is configured to selectively engage with the cover dispensing portion upon rotation of the cover relative to the body such that the closed barrier is provided.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.