Patent ID: 9090386
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A tamper-evident dispensing closure comprising: a body adapted to be attached to a container, said body having a peripheral wall and a top wall which extends over one end of the peripheral wall, such that the corresponding end of the body is closed off by the top wall and an opposite end of the body is open, said top wall being provided with a dispensing passage; a pivotable lid, which is hingedly attached to the body, said pivotable lid being pivotable between a closed position, in which the pivotable lid is positioned over said dispensing passage, and an open position, in which said pivotable lid is spaced apart from said dispensing passage, the pivotable lid having a cover wall and a skirt portion that extends from the cover wall, such that in the closed position of the pivotable lid, the cover wall is substantially parallel to the top wall of the body and the skirt portion engages the top wall of the body with an end remote from the cover wall; a tamper-evident strip located within the contour of the body and attached to the body by means of predetermined frangible connecting points, said tamper-evident strip being engaged or engageable by at least one locking member provided on said skirt portion of the pivotable lid, such that the pivotable lid is only pivotable to the open position when the tamper-evident strip is permanently removed by breaking the frangible connecting points; wherein the body and the pivotable lid in the closed position define a recess in which the tamper-evident strip is received in a countersunk manner, said recess having an outer contour being defined on an upper side of the recess by the cover wall of the pivotable lid and on a lower side of the recess by the top wall of the body, and on lateral side ends of the recess by lateral wall portions adjoining the top wall of the body or the cover wall of the pivotable lid; wherein at the outer contour of the recess a gap between the cover wall and an upper side of the tamper-evident strip is present, as well as between the lateral wall portions and the lateral side ends of the tamper-evident strip, said gap being small such that edges of the tamper-evident strip are unreachable with a user's finger; and wherein the body is provided with an indent, which adjoins the recess on the lower side thereof, and which allows a user to engage the tamper-evident strip from below with a finger so as to pull the tamper-evident strip and the pivotable lid up in one movement, during a first-time opening of the tamper-evident dispensing closure.