Patent ID: 7971747

Claim:
A closure for a container that has an interior where a product may be stored, said closure comprising: (A) a body for extending from said container and defining an opening for communicating with the container interior; (B) a lid; (C) a hinge for connecting said lid with said body to accommodate movement of said lid between a closed position occluding said opening and an open position exposing said opening; and (D) a utensil initially molded with the same material as said body, and connected to said body wherein (1) said utensil initially extends across at least part of said body opening when said lid is initially in said open position exposing said body opening; and (2), said utensil is initially frangibly connected with a frangible connection at least at a first location to said body wherein said frangible connection accommodates a structural rupture of said frangible connection in response to application of a sufficient force; said lid including a receiving structure adapted for holding said utensil in a releasable engagement of said utensil after said frangible connection has been broken and said utensil has been moved into releasable engagement with said receiving structure, whereby said utensil can be releasably held in said lid when said lid is in said open position and when said lid is in said closed position.