Patent ID: 7134574

Claim:
A pour spout to assist in pouring a liquid from a container including a body having a top opening circumscribed by a rim channel for holding a lid covering said top opening, an inner rim inward of said rim channel, and an outer rim outward of said rim channel, said pour spout comprising: a generally horizontally extending channel cover for covering said rim channel after a lid covering said top opening is removed from said rim channel, thereby to prevent liquid from dripping into said rim channel after said liquid is removed from said container, a locking flange extending downward of said channel cover, said locking flange being adapted to extend downwardly adjacent said inner rim interiorly thereof, a lower outer flange extending downwardly of said channel cover, said lower outer flange being adapted to extend exteriorly of said outer rim, an imperforate liquid control trough extending generally vertically and upwardly of said channel cover, and an upper flange extending unwardly of said lower outer flange and upwardly of said channel cover, said upper flange extendinig around a circumference of the pour spout in an area around the circumference not occupied by the liquid control trough, the liquid control trough extending vertically upwardly of the upper flange.