TAMPER-EVIDENT CLOSURE
First Claim
1. A tamper-evident closure for mounting on a container formed to include an interior region, the closure comprisinga body adapted to mount on the container to overlie the interior region and formed to include dispensing apertures arranged to open into the interior region of the container when the body is mounted on the container,a lid including first, second, and third flip-top caps, a removable tamper band, and a frangible link arranged to couple the removable tamper band to each of the flip-top caps temporarily to define a frangible tear line between the removable tamper band and each of the flip-top caps, anda lid tether arranged to interconnect the body and each of the flip-top caps permanently and configured to support each of the first, second, and third flip-top caps for independent movement relative to the body and to one another between a closed position covering selected ones of the dispensing apertures and an opened position exposing the selected ones of the dispensing apertures, andwherein the removable tamper band includes retainer means for engaging the body to retain each of the flip-top caps in a temporary anchored position on the body covering the dispensing apertures after movement of the lid from an unassembled spread-apart body-disengaging position alongside the body to an assembled tamper-resistant body-engaging position overlying the body until the removable tamper band is separated from the flip-top caps in response to fracture of the frangible link to free each of the flip-top caps for pivoting movement about a pivot axis associated with the lid tether between the closed and opened positions andwherein the removable tamper band is arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to the body to locate the first, second, and third flip-top caps between the lid tether and the removable tamper band while the lid lies in the unassembled spread-apart body-disengaging position alongside the body.
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Abstract
A container closure includes a body that is adapted to mount on an underlying container to cover a mouth opening into an interior region formed in the container. The container closure further includes flip-top caps mounted for movement relative to the body to open and close dispensing apertures formed in the body. The container closure also includes a tamper band coupled to the flip-top caps and to the body until a consumer opens the flip-top caps for the first time.
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Citations
20 Claims
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1. A tamper-evident closure for mounting on a container formed to include an interior region, the closure comprising
a body adapted to mount on the container to overlie the interior region and formed to include dispensing apertures arranged to open into the interior region of the container when the body is mounted on the container, a lid including first, second, and third flip-top caps, a removable tamper band, and a frangible link arranged to couple the removable tamper band to each of the flip-top caps temporarily to define a frangible tear line between the removable tamper band and each of the flip-top caps, and a lid tether arranged to interconnect the body and each of the flip-top caps permanently and configured to support each of the first, second, and third flip-top caps for independent movement relative to the body and to one another between a closed position covering selected ones of the dispensing apertures and an opened position exposing the selected ones of the dispensing apertures, and wherein the removable tamper band includes retainer means for engaging the body to retain each of the flip-top caps in a temporary anchored position on the body covering the dispensing apertures after movement of the lid from an unassembled spread-apart body-disengaging position alongside the body to an assembled tamper-resistant body-engaging position overlying the body until the removable tamper band is separated from the flip-top caps in response to fracture of the frangible link to free each of the flip-top caps for pivoting movement about a pivot axis associated with the lid tether between the closed and opened positions and wherein the removable tamper band is arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to the body to locate the first, second, and third flip-top caps between the lid tether and the removable tamper band while the lid lies in the unassembled spread-apart body-disengaging position alongside the body.
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17. A tamper-evident closure for mounting on a container formed to include an interior region, the closure comprising
a body adapted to mount on the container to overlie the interior region and formed to include dispensing apertures arranged to open into the interior region of the container when the body is mounted on the container, a first aperture cover including a first flip-top cap and a first hinge coupled to the first flip top cap and to the body to support the first flip-top cap for movement about a pivot axis between a closed position covering a first of the dispensing apertures to an opened position away from the body uncovering the first of the dispensing apertures, a second aperture cover including a second flip-top cap and a second hinge coupled to the second flip-top cap and to the body to support the second flip-top cap for movement about the pivot axis between a closed position covering a second of the dispensing apertures to an opened position away from the body uncovering the second of the dispensing apertures, and a cap-motion blocker coupled to each of the first and second flip-top caps along separate first and second frangible tear lines and mated to the body to block movement of each of the first and second flip-top caps about the pivot axis from the closed positions to the opened positions as long as the cap-motion blocker is coupled to the first and second flip-top caps along the first and second frangible tear lines.
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