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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2017
Aptar Freyung Gmbh, Freyung, DE;
Aptargroup, Inc., Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Bruno Koenigseder, Roehrnbach, DE;
Pranav Mahesh Bhatt, Mooresville, NC (US);
Andreas Rueckert, Ringelai, DE;
Stacy L. Beilke, Eagle, WI (US);
Aptar Freyung GmbH, , DE;
AptarGroup, Inc., Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a dispensing closure comprising a base element, which can be attached to a neck of a container, a flip-top lid, being attached to said base element by a hinge and being movable between a closed and an opened position, and a tamper-evident element extending in a circumferential direction around at least part of the circumference of said dispensing closure, wherein the tamper-evident element has at least one weakening region extending at least over part of the height of the tamper-evident element and/or wherein a shoulder region of the base element, to which frangible elements of the tamper-evident element are attached, is inclined such that it declines in an outward direction of the base element.