US 11,987,425 B2
Flip top closure and container
Gregory Lalier, Brookfield, CT (US)
Assigned to Conopco, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US)
Appl. No. 17/275,301
Filed by Conopco, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 9, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/074004
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 11, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/058023, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 18194762 (EP), filed on Sep. 17, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0112006 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 47/08 (2006.01); B65D 50/04 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 47/0838 (2013.01) [B65D 50/045 (2013.01); B65D 2251/1025 (2013.01); B65D 2251/1058 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A closure comprising
a) a cap base including a barrier to egress of liquid from a package and including
i) an opening, and
ii) a fastener for fastening the cap base to the package,
b) a closing flap movably attached to the cap base and when it is in a closed position suitable for preventing egress of a liquid in the package through the opening and together with the cap base suitable for preventing egress of the liquid from the package,
c) the closing flap having a locking flap extending from an end thereof and movably attached to the closing flap,
d) the closing flap including a closing flap retainer for releasably securing the closing flap to the cap base, the closing flap including a platform from which depends sidewalls on each side thereof;
e) the closing flap having a bottom surface contacting the cap base when the closing flap is in the closed position,
f) the locking flap having a locking flap fastener for releasably fastening the locking flap to one or both of the package or the cap base (12),
g) the locking flap having at least first (A) and a second (B) alternative positions when the closing flap is in the closed position, position (A) being below the closing flap bottom surface and internal to the closing flap, the locking flap being tucked within the closing flap side walls in position (A), and position (B) being external to the closing flap whereby the locking flap can be fastened to the package or the cap base, and wherein after being in the stowed position, the locking flap is available for locking the closing flap if it is desired to again lock the closing flap.