Patent ID: 8074849

Claim:
A toggle-acting dispensing closure for use with a container, the closure comprising: a. a housing having a transverse floor with an upper surface and outer wall; b. an actuator having a top wall including a top rear wall overlying the transverse floor and defining a nozzle opening with a nozzle floor, the actuator being asymmetrically and pivotally mounted inside the housing for movement between a closed, non-dispensing position and an open, dispensing position; c. a rear actuator flange extending below the top rear wall at a first location within the housing; d. the rear flange having a hinge with a major axis that divides the rear flange into an upper rear flange adjacent to the top rear wall and a lower rear flange adjacent to a rear flange rim; and e. whereby the hinge major axis is oriented substantially parallel to the transverse floor.