Patent ID: 9573736
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: B65D

Claim:
1. A connector for a self sealing fitment attachable to a spout, the self sealing fitment further comprising: the connector further comprising: whereupon insertion of the connector into the self sealing fitment, the insertion portion extends through the valve opening of the sealing membrane, with the lower flange extending into the elongated opening of the body of the self sealing fitment, so as to maintain the insertion portion in a spaced apart configuration relative to the inner surface of the elongated opening of the body of the self sealing fitment, with the lower flange of the second elongated portion extending into the elongated opening of the body of the self sealing fitment, and inwardly beyond the axially outward flange, with the inward flange of the locking mechanism cooperatively engaging the axially outward flange of the body of the self sealing fitment to preclude inadvertent detachment of the connector from within the self sealing fitment and with the lower flange centering the second elongated portion within the elongated opening, and, maintaining the second elongate portion in the spaced apart orientation from the elongated opening of the self sealing fitment.