US 12,234,063 B2
Lid assembly for a package, lid-spout group for a package and package having a lid-spout group
Paolo Zanon, Modena (IT); Rocco De Paola, Modena (IT); and Anna Rosa Vietri, Modena (IT)
Assigned to TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A., Pully (CH)
Appl. No. 17/914,119
Filed by TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A., Pully (CH)
PCT Filed Apr. 1, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/058621
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 23, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/204673, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 14, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20168903 (EP), filed on Apr. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0208699 A1, Jun. 27, 2024
Int. Cl. B65D 47/08 (2006.01); B65D 5/74 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 47/089 (2013.01) [B65D 5/746 (2013.01); B65D 2251/20 (2013.01); B65D 2547/066 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Package filled with a pourable product, the package comprising:
a sealed main body containing the pourable product and having a top wall provided with a designated pour opening configured to allow outflow of the pourable product from the main body to dispense the pourable product from the main body, the main body being comprised of a multilayer structure;
a spout fixed to the top wall of the main body and arranged about the designated pour opening, the spout projecting upwardly away from an outer surface of the top wall of the main body, the spout having a pouring outlet through which the pourable product flows as the pourable product is being dispensed from the main body;
a coupling ring surrounding a portion of the spout;
a lid positioned in a closed configuration in which the lid covers and closes the pouring outlet of the spout and movable away from the spout to an open configuration in which the pouring outlet of the spout is open;
a connecting unit connecting the lid to the coupling ring in a manner allowing the lid to move from the closed configuration to the open configuration, and from the open configuration to the closed configuration;
the lid comprising a cover wall that covers the pouring outlet;
the lid comprising a sealing ring that protrudes away from the cover wall and interacts with spout to seal the pouring outlet;
the sealing ring comprising at least a first ring portion and a second ring portion;
the first ring portion comprising a first end spaced apart from the cover wall and the second ring portion comprising a second end spaced apart from the cover wall; and
a first distance of the first end from the cover wall with respect to a normal axis of the cover wall is greater than a second distance of the second end from the cover wall with respect to the normal axis.