Patent ID: 6981603

Claim:
A package comprising: a container having a main body with an upper portion having closure engaging members thereon, and a spout extending upward and inward from the upper portion and topped with an upwardly and outwardly flared portion terminating in a rim defining a container opening; a closure having an end wall extending across the container opening when in place on the container, and a skirt extending outwardly and downwardly from a periphery of the end wall and having an inner surface with container engaging members adjacent a lower end which engage the closure engaging members on the container to removably secure the closure to the container; and sealing elements including an annular sealing flange extending downwardly and inwardly from the end wall of the closure and having an outer sealing surface which engages an inner sealing surface on the flared portion of the container, and an annular upper portion of the inner surface of the skirt being inclined downwardly and outwardly relative to the outer surface of the annular sealing flange to form with the annular sealing flange an upwardly converging annular gap forming a wedge-shaped recess into which the rim of the container wedges as the container engaging members on the closure and the closure engaging members on the container engage, the inner and outer edges of said rim, when wedged on said recess, respectively bearing upon said annular sealing flange and said annular upper portion of the inner surface of the skirt at a distance spaced from the upper end of said wedge-shaped recess.