Patent ID: 6045004
Filing Date: 2000-04-04
Classification: B65D,B67B

Abstract:
A dispensing structure for a container that has an opening to the container interior, said dispensing structure comprising:a membrane for occluding said container opening; anda cover for extending around said container opening over said membrane, said cover including(a) a peripheral frame,(b) a panel that (i) defines a dispensing aperture, (ii) is connected with said frame, (iii) is normally biased to an outwardly convex configuration as viewed from outside said cover, and (iv) accommodates movement of said panel to a self-maintained, inverted, inwardly concave configuration,(c) a dispensing valve in said cover across said dispensing aperture, and(d) a penetrator extending from said panel inwardly of said dispensing valve for penetrating said membrane when said panel is in said inwardly concave configuration.