Patent ID: 9540151
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: B65D

Claim:
1. A container comprising: a bottle having a central bottle orifice through which contents of the bottle may flow through, the bottle having a bottle surface wall terminating to a bottle shoulder, the bottle shoulder extending to a bottle well surrounding the central bottle orifice; a shell secured about the bottle well, the shell includes an outer shell wall annually extending around the bottle well, the shell further having an upper surface including a raised segment and a notched segment and terminating annually towards a central well positioned about the central bottle orifice, the central well includes first and second downwardly extending side walls, wherein the first and second downwardly extending side walls are connected to an annual base wall at a spaced distance to form an annual channel therebetween and wherein the first downwardly extending side wall is configured to abut an inside portion of the bottle well, and wherein the first and second downwardly extending side walls further include notches configured at an adjacent position to the notched segment; and a twist closure rotatably secured on to the shell, the twist closure having a top surface with a downwardly extending skirt fitted about the outer shell wall of the shell, the top surface having a top orifice sized to receive the raised segment when the twist closure is in a closed configuration about the bottle, the top orifice is configured to rotate to position over the notched segment when in an opened configuration allowing contents in the bottle to flow through the notches in the first and second downwardly extending side walls into the notched segment and out the top orifice, and wherein the shell further has an upper surface defined to include a lower portion interspaced between a portion of the upper surface wherein the lower portion of the upper surface includes a pair of opposed partitions and where the twist closure further includes a downwardly extending stop flange configured between the pair of opposed partitions when the twist closure is secured to the shell.