Patent ID: 8122922

Claim:
A closure for a container for storing a fluid to be dispensed from the container through the closure, the container being provided with an opening, the closure comprising: a body having an outer surface for location outwardly of the opening of the container, and an inner surface for location within the container, the outer surface being provided with a cavity for sealingly receiving a part of a dispensing device therein, said cavity extending partially from the outer surface through the body so as to have an end wall located within the body; the inner surface of the body being provided with a duct extending from the inner surface of the body towards the end wall of the cavity; a membrane being located intermediate the end wall of the cavity and the duct, said membrane being made from the same material as the closure and formed at the end wall of the cavity to provide a seal intermediate the end wall of the cavity and the end of the duct so as to seal the closure; said duct being maintained in a normally closed condition preventing movement of fluid from the container therethrough; wherein the cavity and the duct are arranged coaxially with each other such that when the part of the dispensing device is received in the cavity, the part of the dispensing device pierces or penetrates the membrane to open the duct allowing fluid communication between the duct and the part of the dispensing device in the cavity permitting fluid to be withdrawn from the container through the duct into the dispensing device when located within the cavity; and when the part of the dispensing device is removed from the duct, the duct and membrane close to reseal the container by preventing fluid communication between the duct and the cavity.