Patent ID: 9573734
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: B65D,Y10T

Claim:
1. Stopper for closing a dispensing opening of a container, comprising: a body element for closing the container and its dispensing opening, comprising a top face and a bottom face, wherein the bottom face is directed towards an inside of the container; a moving element, on the top face of the body element, wherein the moving element is movable relative to the body element from an initial position in which the moving element does not extend beyond an outer extension of the top face in the plane of the top face of the body element, to an opening position wherein the moving element is moved relative to the body element to extend at least partly beyond the outer extension of the top face of the body element in the plane of the body element, wherein the moving element comprises in the open position a gripping surface for a user to remove the body element from the dispensing opening, wherein the moving element substantially covers the entire top face of the body element when in the initial position, wherein the moving element is movable rotationally from the initial position to the opening position, and wherein the body element further comprises a circumferential wall, wherein the wall connects the body element to the container, and further comprising a tamper-evident member which prohibits the movement of the moving element from the initial position to the opening position, wherein the tamper-evident member is removable by a user, and wherein the tamper-evident member extends above the top face of the body element and is integrally moulded with the body element.