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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2024
Aptargroup, Inc., Crystal Lake, IL (US);
John Wisniewski, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
AptarGroup, Inc., Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Abstract
A dispensing closure () with non-frangible tamper evidence features includes a body () having a locking pin () with an initial configuration and a locking configuration moved relative to the initial configuration when engaged by a portion of a container () or a spout (). The closure () includes a lid () connected to the body () and is movable between an initially closed position, an open position, and a subsequently closed position returned from the open position. The lid () has an aperture () and a tamper evidence tab (), wherein, in the initially closed position of the lid (), the locking pin () is located in the locking configuration and the tamper evidence tab () is retained beneath the locking pin (). In the subsequently closed position of the lid (), the tamper evidence tab () is rotated laterally outwardly into the aperture () to indicate evidence of tampering to a user.