Patent ID: 8881959

Claim:
A dispensing closure ( 1 ) for an opening of a container wherein said closure comprises: a dispensing condition of operation and a charging condition of operation; a neck structure ( 7 ) for fixing the closure to a container or for being fixed to a container; an outlet port ( 3 ) for communicating with an opening of said container; an actuator ( 9 ) movably mounted on said neck structure ( 7 ) between a closed position for occluding said outlet port ( 3 ) and an open position for vacating said outlet port ( 3 ) when a force is applied to said actuator ( 9 ); a deck structure ( 13 ) extending from said neck structure ( 7 ) transversely over said opening and forming a discharge channel ( 61 ) extending substantially linearly from said outlet port ( 3 ) to said opening and defining a longitudinal discharge direction, said movable actuator ( 9 ) occluding said discharge channel ( 61 ) in said closed position and vacating said discharge channel ( 61 ) in said open position, said longitudinal discharge direction of the discharge channel ( 61 ) being inclined to a horizontal (H) in an acute inclination angle (α), and in the dispensing condition of operation the deck structure ( 13 ) being immovably fixed to the neck structure ( 7 ) in between the actuator ( 9 ) and the neck structure ( 7 ) such that regardless the position of the actuator ( 9 ) the inclination angle (α) remains unchanged; wherein said closure further comprises a first pivot joint ( 31 ) for pivotally supporting said actuator ( 9 ) on said neck structure ( 7 ); a locking means for releasably fixing said deck structure ( 13 ) to said neck structure ( 7 ); and a second pivot joint ( 50 ) between said deck structure ( 13 ) and said neck structure ( 7 ), and wherein said deck structure ( 13 ) is arranged bet actuator ( 9 ) and said neck structure ( 7 ) in such a way that when said actuator ( 9 ) is detached from said neck structure ( 7 ) and said locking means are released said deck structure ( 13 ) be pivoted second pivot joint ( 50 ) between a mounting position and a release position in which said opening of said container is essentially uncovered by said deck structure ( 13 ).