Patent ID: 7950550
Filing Date: 2011-05-31
Classification: B65D,G01F

Abstract:
1. A dispensing closure for a container, the dispensing closure comprising: a cap adapted to be received on the container and having an area defining an interface between the cap and the container, the cap having an inside face and an outside face, the cap also having a first aperture extending from the inside face to the outside face through the cap to allow materials within the container to be dispensed and a second aperture extending from the inside face to the outside face through the cap positioned adjacent the interface between the cap and the container to allow moisture entering the interface between the cap and the container to drain from the cap to outside of the container; a first movable member positioned adjacent the inside face of the cap to selectively block the first aperture in the cap, the first movable member being movable between a first position in which the first aperture is blocked and a second position in which the first aperture is not blocked; and a second movable member positioned adjacent the outside face of the cap to selectively block the first aperture in the cap, the second moveable member being movable between a first position in which the first aperture is blocked and a second position in which the first aperture is not blocked, movement of the first moveable member and the second moveable member being sequenced such that at least one of the moveable members is always blocking the first aperture.