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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2000
William C. Schmeisser, Barrington, IL (US);
Thomas C. Stoneberg, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Gary Berge, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Courtesy Corporation, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Abstract
A dispensing closure of three separately formed interlocking components including a container mountable base with a central post mounting a spout for vertical movement thereon between a closed position with a post mounted plug sealing within a spout aperture, and a second open position with the plug remote from the aperture, movement of the spout relative to the post and plug being achieved by a sleeve rotatably mounted on the base and engaged with the spout for rotation of the spout with the sleeve and, through cooperating engagement of the spout with the post, for longitudinal adjustment of the spout relative to the post.