Patent ID: 9340332
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: B65D

Claim Text:
1. A closure for use in covering container discharge, the discharge surrounded by a peripheral rim having an outwardly projecting peripheral bead, the closure comprising: a body adapted to cover the discharge; a plurality of projecting portions extending from a periphery of the body, the projecting portions spaced from one another around the periphery, each projecting portion adapted to engage a portion of the container rim and a corresponding portion of the bead; a ring connected to the plurality of projecting portions, the ring adapted to surround container rim and being spaced therefrom; and a plurality of retaining fingers, the fingers spaced from one another and interleaved within the spacing between adjacent projecting portions, the fingers projecting inwardly from the ring and each forming a projected end, each of the projected ends of the fingers having an end surface formed thereon, the end surface of the projected end of each of the fingers having a circumferential width and adapted to engage the bead associated with the container rim, and a plurality of ridges formed on the end surface of the projected end of each finger, each of the ridges within the plurality extending along the circumferential width of the projected end of the finger, and the plurality of ridges forming an undulating surface on the projected end of each of the fingers with the direction of the undulating surface being oblique to the direction of the extension of the ridges,