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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2015
Gateway Plastics, Inc., Mequon, WI (US);
William C. Vogel, Mequon, WI (US);
Terrence M. Parve, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Robert E. Proudfoot, West Bend, WI (US);
GATEWAY PLASTICS, INC., Mequon, WI (US);
Abstract
A closure includes a body having an open bottom formed of a skirt that defines an outer periphery of the body and an end wall defining a body dispensing aperture and a raised body portion providing a closed barrier. The closure also includes a cover coupled to the end wall of the body and having a cover dispensing aperture, the cover being rotatably movable relative to the body between a dispensing position with the cover dispensing aperture substantially aligned with the body dispensing aperture, and a closed position with the cover dispensing aperture substantially aligned with the raised body portion, wherein the cover dispensing aperture includes one or more dividers defining sub-apertures, and wherein each of the one or more dividers includes a flat top surface and extends away from the flat surface to form a pointed bottom edge that projects toward the open bottom of the body.