Patent ID: 9663286
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: B65D

Claim:
1. A fitment for a container of powdered product prone to clumping behavior, the container having a mouth, an interior chamber, and a passageway between the mouth and the interior chamber, the fitment comprising: (a) a stopper to close the passageway; (b) a pour spout extending through the stopper to permit a portion of the powdered product in the interior chamber to flow through the passageway and out of the mouth of the container in a stream when the container is tilted in a pouring operation, the portion flowing through the passageway having one or more clumps of the powdered product, wherein the pour spout is positioned toward one side of the stopper such that the pour spout extends through a section of the stopper off a longitudinal axis of the stopper; and (c) a plurality of baffles connected to the stopper, the baffles extending toward the interior chamber of the container and arranged to penetrate said portion of the powdered product as said portion flows through the passageway, wherein the baffles are positioned toward an opposite side of the stopper (the baffle side) compared to the pour spout and wherein the baffle side does not contain any pour spout; whereby, upon contact with the baffles, at least one of said one or more of the clumps in the portion of powdered product flowing into the passageway is broken apart by one or more of said plurality of baffles.