The Procter Gamble Company

Willy A Hertogs

Mario Albanesi

Robert C De Caluwe

James Robert Langmeier

Mohamed N Chehab

Lucio Pieroni

Adil M Khan

Miriam H Van Loon

Jean B Van Den Broeck

In the closable lid assembly comprising two elements joined together by means of a hinge, provision is made for the first element or lid to have a channel-shaped peripheral cavity designed to receive the peripheral relief of the second element, in the form of a small frame, which has a flat flange designed to delimit the opening of the packaging onto which the assembly is applied. Either or both the flanks of the peripheral relief have corrugations which cooperate with the vertical walls of the channel provided in the movable lid element, such corrugations forming an airtight seal between the two elements of the assembly. In order to improve further the airtightness of the closure, a gasket is also provided on the bottom of the cavity and comes into abutment against the relief of the small frame.

Lid assembly

An easy-open/reclosure device intended to be attached to the top lid of a container having an upstanding peripheral rim. The device includes a base portion and a moveable portion preferably hingedly attached thereto. The base portion has a dispensing aperture, a depending flange encircling the aperture, and a deformable pouring lip/drain surface. The moveable portion has a depending plug member which is shaped complementary to the base portion's aperture for reclosing the container. When the device is applied to the container, the base portion's depending flange is pushed through a prescored or pre-cut aperture in the container's top lid. In applying the device to the container, the container's peripheral rim bends the base portion's deformable pouring lip/drain surface upward and inward such that it assumes an inclined, trough-shaped configuration. This resultant shape provides an excellent surface for both channeling product up and over the container's peripheral rim when the container is tipped as well as for channeling any residual product remaining on this surface back into the container when it is returned to its upright position.

Easy-open/reclosure device having deformable pour spout

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Willy A Hertogs