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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
May. 05, 2023
Applicant:
Mold-rite Plastics, Llc, Twinsburg, OH (US);
Inventor:
Leonora Brozell, Maumee, OH (US);
Assignee:
Mold-Rite Plastics, LLC, Twinsburg, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 47/36 (2006.01); B65D 47/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 47/36 (2013.01); B65D 47/0804 (2013.01); B65D 2251/20 (2013.01); B65D 2401/35 (2020.05);
Abstract
A closure for use with a container, the closure including a cap assembly with a lower cap configured to attach to a neck of the container. A flip-top reclosable lid is hingedly attached to the cap assembly. The hinge permitting the lid to be pivoted open and closed relative to the cap assembly. A plurality of frangible spokes extend between and are integrally molded to the flip-top lid and the cap assembly. The spokes are spaced about a periphery of the flip-top lid and configured to break when the lid is first opened thereby providing a visual indication that the closure has been opened.