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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2000
John E. Harrold, Bloombury, NJ (US);
Bruce M. Mueller, Brookfield, WI (US);
Richard A. Gross, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Seaquist Closures Foreign, Inc., Crystal Lakes, IL (US);
Abstract
A closure structure includes a closure body having a deck and depending sidewall, and a dispensing orifice through said deck. A closure cap has a lid part attached by a hinge to the body, and a cover part frangibly connected to the lid part, on a side of the lid part opposite the hinge. The lid part is latched to the body at lateral positions located between the hinge and the cover part. The cover part covers a lifting lip extending from the lid part. Removal of the cover part exposes the lifting lip for lifting by the user to open the lid part from the closure body.