Patent ID: 7712638
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A closure for a container having a round mouth, the closure for sealable connection to the mouth of the container and for dispensing a product from the container, the closure comprising: a monolithic cylindrical body having a skirt with an upper end and defining a perimeter of the closure, an end wall having a substantially planar outer surface and a pair of opposing abutments extending upward from the outer surface of the end wall and from opposing portions of the skirt and having a top abutment surface, the end wall coupled about the perimeter of the upper end of the skirt for closing the mouth of the container when the closure is mounted to the container, the monolithic body further including first flap, a first hinge, a second flap and a second hinge and an opening in the end wall fur dispensing a product held by the container; the first flap having at least one aperture that is smaller than the opening, the first flap centered relative to a line between the pair of opposing abutments and being adapted for selectively opening and closing the opening; the first hinge coupling the first flap to the upper surface of the end wall spaced apart from a periphery of the end wall for rotatable movement of the first flap relative to the end wall, the first flap having an outer edge opposing the first hinge in a first orientation; and the second flap adapted for overlaying the first flap and the outer surface of the end wall between the air of abutments and having a first state wherein one or more of the apertures in the first flap are open and a second state wherein the apertures in the first flap are sealed, the second hinge coupling the second flap to the body about a periphery for rotatable movement of the second flap relative to the end wall in a second orientation that is the same as the first orientation, and wherein the second flap includes two opposing straight edges each of which angles outwardly from opposing sides of the second hinge, the two straight edges dimensioned for positioning between the pair of abutments when the second flap is in the second state, the second flap including a substantially semicircular outer edge between the two straight edges and opposite of the second hinge.