Patent ID: 6648188
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: B29C,B29L,B65D

Abstract:
A container and closure package that comprises:a container having a body with a side handle, a finish wall extending from said body with an external thread, a circular throat at an axial edge of said finish wall remote from said body and having a lesser inner diameter than said finish wall, an elongated cylindrical pour spout extending axially from said throat at greater inner diameter than said throat and having a planar upper edge that is non-perpendicular to the axis of said spout, and a pour lip extending around an upper edge of said spout on a side of said spout remote from said handle, said pour lip comprising a part-cylindrical wall portion radially outwardly offset from said cylindrical pour spout, said container body with handle, finish wall, throat, pour spout and pour lip being of integrally blow molded construction as formed, and a closure having a base wall, a peripheral outer skirt extending from said base wall and having an internal thread secured over said external thread on said finish wall, and an inner cylindrical skirt extending from said base wall and spaced radially inwardly from said outer skirt in sliding plug-sealing receipt within said throat with said pour spout being disposed between said inner and outer skirts of said closure, said base wall being free of sealing contact with said upper edge of said pour spout.