Patent ID: 7770746

Claim:
A tubular container comprising a tube ( 1 ) and a cap ( 2 ), the cap ( 2 ) being provided with a hole ( 24 ) in the centre of its outer top surface ( 5 ), wherein the tube ( 1 ) has an externally screw-threaded neck ( 9 ) on which an internally screw-threaded inner skirt ( 10 ) of the cap ( 2 ) is engaged, a horizontal wall ( 17 ) within the neck ( 9 ), the horizontal wall ( 17 ) being provided with holes ( 16 ) so that a product can pass through the holes ( 16 ) from the inside of the tube ( 1 ) towards the hole ( 24 ) in the cap ( 2 ); wherein the cap ( 2 ) also has a second inner skirt ( 19 ), a solid projection ( 12 ) fixed to and extending upwardly from the horizontal wall ( 17 ) of the tube ( 1 ); a hollow insert ( 13 ) open at one end, comprising an annular outer ledge ( 20 ) by which the hollow insert ( 13 ) is seated on the wall ( 17 ), the hollow insert ( 13 ) defining an internal cavity ( 22 ) having a diameter larger than the solid projection ( 12 ) to receive therewithin the solid projection ( 12 ), and the hollow insert ( 13 ) comprising an upper end finishing off in a spherical area ( 25 ) that protrudes through the hole ( 24 ) in the top surface ( 5 ) of the cap ( 2 ), wherein the solid projection ( 12 ) has a height which does not reach the outer top surface ( 5 ) of the cap; at least one annular ledge ( 23 ) on the inner side of the screw-threaded neck ( 9 ) against which the second inner skirt ( 19 ) of the cap is engaged and adjusted, and a flexible tongue ( 15 ) on the interior of the cap ( 2 ), which makes contact and flexes, during the turning of the cap ( 2 ), with a fixed ledge ( 14 ) made on the tube.