Patent ID: 8267274
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A dispensing closure for a container that has an opening to the container interior where a fluent substance may be stored, said dispensing closure comprising: (A) a body for extending from said container at said container opening, said body including a spout that has a dispensing passage extending through said spout; and (B) a lid for movement between (1) a closed position occluding said spout dispensing passage, and (2) an open position exposing said spout dispensing passage, said lid having a spud for entering said spout dispensing passage when said lid is in said closed position, said spud having a hollow interior, said spud further having a spud rim unitary with said spud and extending laterally from said spud, said lid further having a lid rim proximate said spud extending axially away from said lid and laterally toward said hollow interior, and said lid rim being located within said hollow interior of said spud and extending laterally toward the center of said hollow interior of said spud.