Patent ID: 8474646

Claim:
A dispensing closure for a container that has an opening to the container interior where a fluent substance may be stored, said dispensing closure comprising: (A) a body for extending from said container at said container opening, said body including a spout that has a dispensing passage extending through said spout; and (B) a lid for movement between (1) a closed position occluding said spout dispensing passage, and (2) an open position exposing said spout dispensing passage, said lid having (1) a top end defining an inside surface, (2) a spud having a hollow interior and projecting from said lid inside surface for entering said spout dispensing passage when said lid is in said closed position, and (3) a rim proximate said spud extending from at least one of said spud and said lid inside surface, said rim also extending laterally toward, and exposed to, said hollow interior, said rim extending only partially circumferentially to define a discontinuous configuration which is laterally open.