Patent ID: 6488187
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A sifter dispensing cap base for attachment to a package containing material to be dispensed, comprising:(a) a vertical cylindrical shell portion; (b) a web portion covering an upper end of said vertical cylindrical shell portion; (c) said web portion including a flap, opening of said flap permitting access to said material; and (d) said flap including a living hinge disposed completely along one edge thereof from a first end of said edge to a second end -of said edge without any other structure being disposed in said one edge; and (e) a first stop mechanism disposed in said sifter dispensing cap base to prevent said flap from protruding substantially into an opening created by downward and inward pressing of said flap to create an opening in said web, without said first stop mechanism grasping a portion of said flap.