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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2006
Randall G. Bush, Evansville, IN (US);
Gary V. Montgomery, Evansville, IN (US);
William J. Shankland, Evansville, IN (US);
Randall G. Bush, Evansville, IN (US);
Gary V. Montgomery, Evansville, IN (US);
William J. Shankland, Evansville, IN (US);
Rexam Closures and Containers Inc., Evansville, IN (US);
Abstract
A dispensing system having a reverse taper dispensing orifice seal. The reverse tapered seal depends from a lid of a flip-top closure providing a sealing engagement with a dispensing spout of the flip-top closure body when in a closed position. As the dispensing spout may have a variety of shapes, the reverse tapered seal is shaped to conform to the irregularities of the contacted surfaces of the dispensing spout. The decreasing thickness of the reverse tapered seal decreases the complexity of the molding process as well as minimizing the weakening or breaking of the seal during removal from the mold cavity.