Patent ID: 6988828
Filing Date: 2006-01-24
Classification: B31B,B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. In combination a container and a closure for enhancing accessibility to contents of the container when the container is opened and for minimizing exposure of the container contents to ambient air when the container is closed, the container is having two opposite walls connected to each other and a mouth for providing an access to the container contents, each of said two opposite walls is having an inner surface and an outer surface, the closure comprising: two separate elongated male units, each having a longitudinal axis, the two male units being disposed a gap apart, completely separated from each other by said gap, on the outer surface of one of said two opposite walls adjacent to the mouth, such that the longitudinal axes of said two male members coincide with each other; and two separate corresponding elongated female units, each having a longitudinal axis, the two female units being disposed a gap apart, completely separated from each other by said gap, on the outer surface of the second wall opposite the two male members, such that the longitudinal axes of said two female members coincide with each other; wherein the male and female units are configured to snap fit into each other and wherein each one of the two male units is disposed opposite a corresponding female unit, forming two separate male-female pairs completely separated from each other by a gap.