Pouring top assembly for fluid containers

Claim 1

A POURING TOP ASSEMBLY FOR USE WITH CONTAINERS HAVING AN OPEN UPPER END, COMPRISING A ONE-PIECE POURING TOP BODY FORMED OF RESILIENT DAMAGE-RESISTANT MATERIAL, SAID BODY COMPRISING A BAND HAVING AN UPPER EDGE PORTION AND A LOWER EDGE PORTION AND BEING SPLIT COMPLETELY FROM SAID UPPER EDGE PORTION TO SAID LOWER EDGE PORTION TO DEFINE OPPOSITE FREE ENDS OF THE BAND INDEPENDENTLY MOVABLE RELATIVE TO ONE ANOTHER WHEREBY THE ENTIRE BAND IS ADAPTED TO EXPAND AND CONTRACT, ATTACHING MEANS AT SAID ENDS FOR SECURING SAID BODY TO A HANDLE, SAID BODY INCLUDING A POURING SPOUT FORMED THEREON AT THE UPPER EDGE PORTION THEREOF, SAID BODY INCLUDING AN INTEGRAL DEPENDING FLANGE PORTION ADAPTED TO FIT ABOUT THE UPPER PART OF AN ASSOCIATED CONTAINER, SAID BODY INCLUDING A CIRCUMFERENTIAL INWARDLY EXTENDING PORTION DEFINING A DOWNWARDLY FACING SHOULDER EXTENDING AROUND THE INNER PERIPHERY OF SAID BODY AND ADAPTED TO OVERLIE AND PROTECT THE UPPER EDGE OF A CONTAINER, SAID OPPOSITE ENDS HAVING UPPER EDGE PORTIONS CORRESPONDING TO THE UPPER EDGE PORTION OF THE BODY AND HAVING INTERENGAGEABLE UPPER PORTIONS FOR PROVIDING A LIQUID SEAL THEREBETWEEN TO PREVENT LEAKAGE OF LIQUID, THE LOWER EDGE PORTIONS OF SAID OPPOSITE ENDS BEING SPACED FROM ONE ANOTHER.