Patent ID: 6675995
Filing Date: 2004-01-13
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A rotary valve cap and container comprising:a cap having a dispensing nozzle, an inner sidewall, upper and lower guide bosses disposed on said inner sidewall and a sealing skirt downwardly disposed from the top of the cap concentric with said inner sidewall, said sealing skirt provided with a dispensing passage, a container neck portion having an inner sidewall and an outer sidewall and a continuous, undulating bead provided on said outer sidewall of said container neck, wherein said cap is retained on said container neck through the engagement of said upper and lower guide bosses with said undulating bead such that rotation of said cap results in the raising and lowering of said cap relative to said container neck and does not result in the removal of said cap from said container neck, wherein said upper and lower guide bosses control the rotation said cap between a raised, open position and a lowered, closed position relative to said container neck, wherein when said cap in the closed position, said sealing skirt sealably engages said container neck and passage of container material through said dispensing passage is prevented, and wherein when said cap in the open position, said dispensing passage is in dispensing communication with said cap nozzle to allow for the dispensing of container material through said cap nozzle.