Patent ID: 6889876

Claim:
A dispenser cap assembly for mounting on a container having a threaded neck and an opening formed in the threaded neck, the dispenser cap assembly comprising: an outer shell; an inner sleeve received by the outer shell; and a plug structure received by the opening of the container and the inner sleeve and cooperating with the inner sleeve to selectively allow egress of the contents of the container through the inner sleeve and outer shell, wherein the plug structure includes an outer sidewall having an upper portion and a lower portion, an elongated inner closed plug disposed radially inwardly of the outer sidewall and having a lower edge, and at least one rib extending radially between the outer sidewall of the plug structure at the lower portion of the outer sidewall and the elongated inner closed plug at the lower edge thereof to support the elongated inner closed plug in a spaced apart relationship to the outer sidewall, the outer sidewall of the plug structure and the elongated inner closed plug defining therebetween an open area to allow egress of the contents of the container to pass therethrough, the elongated inner closed plug being selectively in contact with a portion of the top wall of the inner sleeve defining the opening therein to selectively allow egress of the contents of the container to pass through the opening in the top wall of the inner sleeve.