Patent ID: 6986434

Claim:
A container closure comprising: a base part having a dispensing opening and a lid part pivotally joined to the base part by a hinge along a hinge axis, the lid part being rotatable about the hinge axis to a closed position covering the dispensing opening, and a lid positioner comprising on the base part a first positioning member extending from the base part in a plane perpendicular to the hinge axis and offset laterally from the hinge axis and having adjacent a first free end, a first stop surface, formed by a first hook projecting generally toward the hinge axis, and on the lid part, a second positioning member extending from the lid part in the plane perpendicular to the hinge axis and offset laterally from and extending partially around the hinge axis and having adjacent a second free end, a second stop surface formed by a second hook projecting generally away from the hinge axis facing and engaging the first stop surface to set a selected full open position of the lid part, the second positioning member having an outer surface facing away from the hinge axis forming a contact surface which frictionally engages the first positioning member over an extended range of movement of the lid part between the closed position and the selected full open position to retain the lid part in any selected partially open position over the extended range of movement, wherein at least one of the first and second positioning members is resilient to bias the contact surface on the second positioning member into frictional contact with the first positioning member during movement of the lid part over the extended range of movement.