Patent ID: 11891218
Assignee: H. J. HEINZ COMPANY BRANDS LLC
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 22:
23. A dispensing bottle comprising:
a container body with a neck having neck threads thereon, where the neck threads are discontinuous forming at least one space between a first thread portion and a second thread portion, wherein the container body does not have a liner sealed thereto;
a closure cap having a base and a flip-top lid hingedly attached therein,
the base having an inner skirt with an inner surface having base threads disposed thereon and base ratchet projections extending from the inner surface thereof, the base threads configured to engage the neck threads on the neck and at least a portion of the base ratchet projections configured to engage the at least one space between the first thread portion and the second thread portion to prevent or hinder manual removal of the closure cap from the container body, the base having a central portion with a cap opening therein;
the flip-top lid being reclosably movable between a closed first position and an open second position, wherein when the flip-top lid is disposed in the closed first position a projection from the flip-top lid inhibits egress of a thixotropic fluid inside the container body and when the flip-top lid is disposed in the open second position the projection does not prevent egress of the thixotropic fluid, wherein the closure cap does not have a silicon rubber valve; and

the closure cap further including a disk attached to an interior of the base, the disk including a body having a pinhole and partial annular slots disposed around the pinhole and a mixing chamber is defined by the disk and the base;
wherein the closure cap is capable of maintaining the thixotropic fluid in stable equilibrium without leakage when the dispensing bottle is in an inverted position such that the closure cap is below the container body with the flip-top lid in the closed first position; and
wherein application of pressure to the container body with the flip-top lid in the open second position enables controlled dispensing of the thixotropic fluid through the cap opening in the base, and wherein release of pressure on the container body enables prompt cessation of dispensing and wherein air is permitted to flow back into the container body without movement of the disk relative to the base.