US 12,454,396 B2
Mold-material flip-top tamper evident closure
Leonora Brozell, Maumee, OH (US)
Assigned to Mold-Rite Plastics, LLC, Twinsburg, OH (US)
Filed by Mold-Rite Plastics, LLC, Twinsburg, OH (US)
Filed on May 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/312,676.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/338,604, filed on May 5, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0356897 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B65D 47/36 (2006.01); B65D 47/08 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 47/36 (2013.01) [B65D 47/0804 (2013.01); B65D 2251/20 (2013.01); B65D 2401/35 (2020.05)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A closure for use with a container, the closure comprising
a cap assembly including a lower cap configured to attach to a neck of the container;
a flip-top reclosable lid integrally molded to and hinged to the cap assembly, the hinge permitting the lid to be pivoted open and closed relative to the cap assembly; and
a plurality of frangible spokes extending between and integrally molded to the flip-top lid and the cap assembly, the spokes being spaced about a periphery of the flip-top lid and configured to break when the lid is first opened thereby providing a visual indication that the closure has been opened;
wherein the cap assembly includes an inner closure cap located in the cap assembly below the lid and integrally molded to the cap assembly, the inner closure configured to prevent access through the lower cap to a container when the lower cap is attached to the container, the inner closure cap including a push-through access door that permits access to the contents of the container when the lower cap is attached to the container.