Tropicana Products, Inc.

Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC

Closure Systems International Inc.

Lanny D Baker

Carl Feducia

Marc T Wiescinski

Brent S Nelson

Peter E Arnell

Wade L Clark

Samantha Brown

Michael G Cannamela

Bryan J Lembke

Andrew Thomas Tilton

Jung-ah Suh

Jonathan Kim

James A Whisenhunt

Michael J Ryan

Garrett W Kohl

A container includes a body forming an interior and having a sidewall with a distal edge portion forming an opening to the interior. A liner is disposed over the opening and includes an inner portion and an outermost radial portion disposed radially outwardly of the distal edge portion. A lid including an interior surface and at least one tab projecting inward from the interior surface is disposed over the liner and engages the body. The liner is sized to be releasably rotatably secured within the lid while the lid is initially attached to the body so that the at least one tab remains generally rotationally fixed relative to the outermost radial portion while being assembled to the body. The at least one tab is arrange to press the outermost radial portion while the lid is being removed from the body so that the outermost radial portion maintains a bent orientation.

Method and container lid to manipulate a container opening liner

A tamper-evident dispensing spout is configured for use on single-serve cartons, such as paper-based gable-topped cartons. The spout structure includes a spout body having a generally cylindrical wall portion, and a mounting flange extending outwardly from one end of the wall portion. The spout body defines a dispensing opening generally opposite the flange portion, with an opening member hingedly mounted on the spout body for movement from a first, sealed position, to a second, opened position for consumption of the container's contents. The opening member preferably includes a locking element so that the opening member is conveniently retained in its opened position during use.

Tamper-evident dispensing spout

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Longview, TX, United States of America

Lanny D Baker