Patent ID: 7530478

Claim:
A dispensing closure system for a container that has an interior where a product may be stored, said dispensing closure system comprising: (A) a peripheral wall for extending from said container around an opening to the container interior, said peripheral wall defining a first access region and a second access region, said first access region having a first configuration and a size to accommodate pouring of said product out of said container, said first access region having a wide end and having a narrow end with a converging shape for pouring, said second access region being located adjacent said wide end of said first access region and having a second configuration and a size to accommodate scooping of said product out of said container interior; (B) a top that is unitary with said peripheral wall and that includes: (1) a first lid, (2) a second lid, and (3) a first film hinge for connecting said first lid with said second lid to accommodate movement of said first lid between a closed position occluding said first access region and an open position exposing said first access region; and (C) a second film hinge that is unitary with said peripheral wall and with said second lid for connecting said second lid with said peripheral wall to accommodate movement of said second lid between a closed position occluding said second access region and an open position exposing said second access region, and in which said first lid and said second lid each has a peripheral flange for depending alongside an upper portion of said peripheral wall; said peripheral flange of each said lid has a laterally inwardly extending latch bead; said peripheral wall has a laterally outwardly extending latch bead for engaging said laterally inwardly extending latch bead of said first lid and for engaging said laterally inwardly extending latch bead of said second lid; said peripheral wall includes a rim having at least one latch aperture defined by a surrounding latching shoulder on the underside of said rim; said rim is temporarily elastically deformable laterally around said at least one latch aperture; and at least one of said lids includes at least one latch post for being pushed into said at least one latch aperture when said at least one lid is closed, said at least one latch post including a laterally extending latching bead for causing said rim around said at least one latch aperture to deform elastically and laterally to temporarily increase the size of said at least one latch aperture as said at least one latch post is pushed into said at least one latch aperture so that at least one said latch post latching bead becomes disposed inwardly of said latching shoulder in a snap-fit engagement when at least one said latch post is received in said at least one latch aperture whereby the opening resistance of said at least one lid is increased.