Patent ID: 6786363
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A dispensing closure for fluid products, which comprises:a closure base Including a ledge with a skirt for external securement to a container finish and a cylindrical wall extending from said ledge, a collar having a deck with a central opening, a first cylindrical wall surrounding said opening, and a second cylindrical wall externally surrounding and secured to said cylindrical wall on said base, and a dispensing valve of flexible resilient elastomeric construction, said dispensing valve having a peripheral portion captured in compression between said collar deck and said base cylindrical wall for securing said valve in position and simultaneously functioning as a seal between said base and said collar, an intermediate portion underlying said collar deck, an annular wall portion extending from an inner end of said intermediate portion radially inwardly adjacent to an inner surface of said first cylindrical collar wall, an inwardly concave inner portion extending radially inwardly from said annular wall portion, and at least one dispensing slit in said inner portion.