Patent ID: 6935543

Claim:
A dispensing closure system for dispensing a ribbon of product from a container having a container opening lying substantially in a plane, the closure system comprising: a body having a deck and a skirt extending from the deck for engaging the container; and a spout extending from the deck and including an oblong dispensing orifice having a long front and a long back substantially parallel to said orifice long front, said orifice being located above said container opening plane when said closure system is installed on said container; said body including (1) a front interior surface between said deck and said orifice long front, and (2) a back interior surface between said deck and said orifice long back, said front and back interior surfaces being continuously curved according to a geometric function wherein the (1) lower end of each front interior surface and each back interior surface is substantially parallel to said container opening plane, and (2) the upper end of each front interior surface and each back interior surface adjacent said orifice is directed toward said orifice.