Patent ID: 9511906
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: B65D

Claim Text:
1. A tamper-evident closure comprising: a closure body and a pivotable lid which is connected to the closure body by means of a hinge, the pivotable lid being movable from an open position to a closed position and vice versa, the closure body having a top wall including a dispensing passage and a peripheral wall that extends from the top wall, the peripheral wall having a free lower end which defines an open end of the closure body allowing the closure body to be placed on top of a container, and a tamper-evident strip connected with frangible connection points to a shoulder portion of the closure body before the first time opening of the closure, wherein in the closed position a skirt portion of the pivotable lid is located behind the tamper-evident strip, seen from the front, wherein on said skirt portion of the pivotable lid locking lugs are provided that protrude from an outer skirt surface of the pivotable lid towards the front and in the closed position of the pivotable lid engage an underside of the tamper-evident strip, such that upon a first-time opening the pivotable lid is only movable to the open position when the tamper-evident strip is permanently removed by breaking the frangible connecting points, wherein the tamper-evident strip has bent end portions that are bent inwardly from the peripheral wall and towards said skirt portion, wherein at the end of each of the bent end portions one of said frangible connection points is provided, whereby a virtual straight line through these two frangible connection points, seen from the front, lies behind a virtual straight line through the other ones of said frangible connection points.