Patent ID: 6367670
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A container cap for attachment to a container having a neck with an exterior threaded surface from which liquid is to be dispensed, which comprisesa base member adapted to be threadably secured to the container neck, and a cover which is hingedly secured to said base member and is sized to fit over the base member when in a closed position, said base member having a planar upper face with a peripheral skirt portion depending downwardly from the outer edge of the planar face, and an inner annular flange extending downwardly from said planar upper face and being sized to fit over the neck of the container, the planar upper face of said base member having a triangular-shaped opening extending therethrough and a pour spout extending upwardly from the upper surface of said planar face around the perimeter of the triangular-shaped opening, said pour spout having sidewalls which converge toward one edge of the planar upper face of the base member and are joined by a curve of small radius adjacent said one edge of the planar upper face to form a tip portion of the pour spout, with the sidewalls at the opposing end of the pour spout being joined by a curve having a greater radius than the curve at said tip portion to form a base portion of the pour spout, the upper edge of the pour spout sidewalls being curved outwardly and terminating in an outwardly projecting rib at the upper outer edge of said sidewalls at the tip portion of the pour spout, with the sidewalls of the pour spout sloping upwardly from the base portion of the pour spout to the tip portion thereof.