US 11,840,382 B2
Molded dispensing closure with biasing hinge assembly
Gary Berge, Crystal Lake, IL (US)
Assigned to Silgan White Cap LLC, Downers Grove, IL (US)
Filed by Silgan White Cap LLC, Downers Grove, IL (US)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/504,003.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/238,479, filed on Aug. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0068104 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B65D 51/18 (2006.01); B65D 47/20 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 51/18 (2013.01) [B65D 47/2006 (2013.01); B65D 2251/0021 (2013.01); B65D 2251/0078 (2013.01); B65D 2251/1066 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A closure comprising:
a pivoting closure cap including an upper surface and a lower surface;
a hinge assembly extending downward from the pivoting closure cap including a support member including a top end connected to the cap and extending to a bottom end, a truncated hinge pin extending generally perpendicular to and from the lower end of the support member to a distal end and a detent rib extending upwardly from the pin toward the top end; and
a closure base including a hinge pin receiver having a receiver top and a receiver bottom, the receiver including an elongated hinge pin socket formed in the receiver proximate the receiver bottom, the hinge pin socket extending through an inner surface of a wall of the closure base and a detent groove extending from the pin socket toward the receiver top, the hinge pin being located and rotatable within the socket;
wherein the closure cap pivots relative to the closure base between a closed position in which the detent rib rests within the detent groove and an open position in which the detent rib rests outside of the detent groove.