Patent ID: 8584875

Claim:
A container closure comprising a body adapted to mount onto a container formed to include an outlet opening into an interior region formed in the container, a cap configured to be mounted on the body in a closed position overlying the outlet and separated from the body in an opened position uncovering the outlet, the cap having a rearwardly facing rear portion and an opposite forwardly facing front portion comprising a finger-grip region, a hinge coupled to the rearwardly facing rear portion of the cap and coupling the body to the cap for pivoting movement of the cap about a pivot axis between the open position and the closed position, tamper-evident means coupled to the cap and to the body for breaking in response to movement of the cap relative to the body from the closed position toward the opened position to provide a tamper-evident signal visible to an observer that the cap has been moved relative to the body from the closed position toward the opened position, the tamper-evident means being on at least one side of the cap between the rear portion and the front portion, wherein the tamper-evident means is viewable from above the cap.