Patent ID: 6073809
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: B65D,Y02W

Abstract:
A closure for a container having a neck with first and second spaced apart external locking beads and a first opening therethrough, said closure comprising:a. a closure disk for covering said neck and having a second opening positioned for the passage of fluids from said first opening;b. a first skirt depending from said disk substantially encompassing a position of the neck terminating adjacent said first bead, said first skirt having an angularly depending sidewall;c. a first locking member juxtaposed to and radially inwardly extending from said first skirt and sidewall, said first locking member having an engaging edge at an angle to a plane normal with said first skirt and positioned to engage said first locking bead;d. a second skirt depending from said sidewall and forming an intersection therebetween defining a first tear line, said second skirt including a second locking member positioned to engage said second locking bead and a second tear line extending from said first tear line through said second locking member to a bottom edge of said second skirt; ande. a tab fixed to said second skirt and juxtaposed to said bottom edge and said second tear line;f. a push-pull pour spout attached to said closure disk and having a third opening positioned for the passage of fluids from said second opening;wherein said push-pull pour spout comprises:(i). a spout member defining a spout opening and having positioned in spaced relationship thereto a plug with at least one support member defining said relationship; and(ii). a slidable secondary closure member for cooperation with said plug, said secondary closure member having a central opening therethrough, wherein said central opening has a diameter substantially the same as that of said plug, said opening being defined by an inner surface having at least one annular seal flange projecting radially into said opening for engagement with said plug; and(iii) a plurality of circumferentially spaced dimples extending from said spout member.