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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2001
Robert J. Smith, Edinboro, PA (US);
Erie Plastics Corporation, Corry, PA (US);
Abstract
A container closure is attached to a container having an opening. The closure includes a tip moveable between an open and a closed position. The tip has an opening adapted to be in fluid communication with the container opening with the tip in the open position, wherein a flow path for contents of the container is defined between the container opening and the tip opening when the tip is in the open position. The tip further includes at least one horizontal seal in the flow path for sealing the closure when the tip is in the closed position and at least one vertical seal in the flow path for sealing the closure when the tip is in the closed position. The tip may be attached directly to the container and the motion of the tip from the closed to the open position may be stopped directly by the container.