Patent ID: 7114625
Filing Date: 2006-10-03
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A cap for sealing a container having a spout, said cap including a top wall and a downwardly depending skirt, said skirt including an upper portion extending downwardly from the top wall and a lower portion downwardly extending from the upper portion, a threaded portion having threads, wherein the threads are located within the lower portion and is arranged to engage with a correspondingly shaped threaded portion of the spout, said cap also including a plug means extending from a lower surface of the top wall arranged in use to sealingly engage within the spout of the container and wherein the threaded portion of the cap can be moved over the threaded portion of the spout so that the cap can be snapped onto and off the spout, said cap further including an engaging surface against which pressure can be applied separating the threaded portion of the cap from said spout, so as to snap said cap off said spout, said engaging surface extending substantially perpendicularly from said skirt and being located in its entirety between the top and the threads of the threaded portion.