Patent ID: 8381925

Claim:
A tamper evident dispensing closure and label system and container comprising: a container including a dispensing neck; a dispensing closure; and a label, said dispensing closure comprising a body, a lid and an integrally formed living hinge that joins the lid to the body, said body of said closure including an upper deck having a central dispensing orifice, and further including a downwardly depending skirt having internal threads configured and arranged to engage with external threads on a dispensing neck of a container, said skirt further having a substantially smooth outer surface, said lid including a top wall and a downwardly depending side wall, said side wall including a protruding tab having a substantially smooth outer surface, said tab extending downwardly beyond a parting line defined between said lid and said closure body, said label being secured around said dispensing neck of said container and said skirt just below said parting line so that said label overlaps a portion of said tab that extends downward below said parting line, said label having a width configured and arranged to wrap around a periphery of said skirt and said dispensing neck and a height configured and arranged to overlap said dispensing neck and said skirt, said tab having a shape, said tab being received in overlapping relation in a recess in an outer surface of said skirt, said recess having a shape that is complementary to said shape of said tab such that said substantially smooth outer surface of said tab and said substantially smooth outer surface of said skirt cooperate to form a substantially continuous, substantially smooth outer surface beneath said label, said lid including a lifting structure on said side wall above said tab, whereby said label is ripped in the area of said tab to evidence opening thereof when said lid is opened.