Patent ID: 7617954
Filing Date: 2009-11-17
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A dispensing closure for a container, comprising: a closure body including an upper wall having a dispensing orifice, said closure body further including an upper peripheral skirt depending from said upper wall, a closure deck depending from the upper peripheral skirt, and a lower peripheral skirt depending from said closure deck, said lower peripheral skirt having a diameter larger than said upper peripheral skirt, said lower peripheral skirt being configured to be mounted on a container; a cap having an upper wall and a wall flange depending from said upper wall; a hinge body; a first living hinge joining a first end of said hinge body to said lower peripheral skirt, said hinge body being hingeably movable from an open position to a closed position in facing mating relation with said upper peripheral skirt, said hinge body and said upper peripheral skirt including interfitting mating formations to secure said hinge body in facing mating relation with said upper peripheral skirt; a second living hinge joining a second end of said hinge body to said cap, said cap being hingeably movable from an open position to a closed position overlying said upper wall of said closure body; a latch bump on said closure deck adjacent to said hinge; and a latch bead on the upper wall of said cap.