Patent ID: 8602252
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A liquid dispensing cover for a container for a liquid, the container having a container side wall with a generally circular open container top end, the container top end having an outwardly protruding container flange extending circumferentially therearound, said cover comprising: a generally circular cover top wall having a downwardly facing annular peripheral groove extending around and defining a periphery thereof, said groove releasably and sealingly receiving the container flange for releasably and sealingly connecting said cover top wall to the container top end; and a dispensing recess recessing downwardly from said cover top wall adjacent a portion of said peripheral groove, said dispensing recess having a recess bottom wall, downwardly inset from said cover top wall, and at least one recess protrusion extending upwardly from said recess bottom wall and vertically above said cover top wall, said recess bottom wall having a free edge extending adjacent and along said portion of said peripheral groove, said recess bottom wall being resiliently movable, by application of a downwardly directed force to said protrusion, between a closed configuration for said cover being constructed of a single piece of material, in which said recess bottom wall closes said dispensing recess, and an open configuration for said cover, in which said recess bottom wall is opened at said free edge, thereby enabling flow of said liquid therethrough; said dispensing recess being formed by a proximal recess side wall extending adjacently proximal alongside said portion of said peripheral groove relative to said free edge, a distal recess side wall spaced radially inwardly apart from said proximal side wall and away from said groove portion relative to said free edge, and first and second end walls extending between and connecting to said distal and proximal recess side walls, said recess bottom wall being connected to said distal and proximal side walls and said recess end walls, said distal recess side wall partially forming said protrusion, said proximal and distal recess side walls and said recess end walls being substantially perpendicular to said cover top wall; said free edge starting at a first intersection of said proximal recess side wall, said recess bottom wall, and said first recess end wall, and ending at a second intersection of said proximal recess side wall, said recess bottom wall, and said second recess end wall so as to entirely extend adjacent and along said proximal recess side wall; said proximal recess side wall partially forming said groove, said recess bottom wall comprising a proximal wall portion extending adjacently proximal and from said proximal recess side wall and a distal wall portion extending adjacently proximal and from said distal recess side wall, said free edge extending on said distal wall portion; said groove having a groove entrance with a radial width generally smaller than a radial thickness of the container flange so as to, when said cover is in said closed configuration, resiliently bias said proximal wall portion against said distal wall portion with said free edge extending underneath said proximal wall portion and in abutment therewith, thereby closing said dispensing recess, said distal wall portion being moved downwardly by said force when applied and separated thereby from said proximal wall portion, thereby enabling the liquid to flow between said proximal and distal wall portions and through the dispensing recess, said cover being placed thereby in said open configuration.