Patent ID: 8038035

Claim:
A normally-closed pour spout operable to pour fluid from a container to a receptacle, said container operable to store fluid and presenting an opening, said normally-closed pour spout comprising: a fluid conduit operable to be removably attached to the container, said fluid conduit including a conduit wall that forms a passageway configured to pass fluid therethrough; and a locking valve including a trigger shiftably attached relative to the wall and a shiftable valve element positioned relative to the wall for movement into and out of a normally closed valve position, in which the passageway is occluded, said trigger including a trigger lever and a shiftable catch, said trigger lever operably coupled to the valve element so that movement of the trigger lever in a valve-opening direction causes the valve element to shift out of the closed valve position, said catch shiftable into and out of a locking condition when the valve element is in the closed valve position, wherein the catch engages the trigger lever and thereby restricts the trigger lever from moving in the valve-opening direction, said catch having an unlocked condition where the catch is disengaged to permit movement of the trigger lever in the valve-opening direction, with movement of the catch from the locking condition to the unlocked condition requiring the catch to shift, at least in part, along a first direction and then along a nonparallel second direction before the trigger lever is permitted to move in the valve-opening direction and thereby permit shifting of the valve element out of the closed valve position, said trigger including a first spring element that urges the catch in a direction opposite the first direction, said trigger including a second spring element that urges the catch in a direction opposite the second direction, with the springs cooperatively biasing the catch into the locking condition.