Dispensing container having a spout with separable attaching means therefor

Claim 1

A DISPENSING CONTAINER COMPRISING A BODY HAVING AN UPWARDLY EXTENDING NECK FORMED THEREIN DEFINING AN OPENING, SAID NECK MERGING AT ITS UPPER END INTO A DOWNWARDLY PROJECTING FLANGE ADJACENT SAID NECK INTERNALLY THEREOF, SAID FLANGE TERMINATING IN A DOWNWARDLY FACING RAW EDGE, A SPOUT OF RESILIENT MATERIAL, AND MEANS FOR SECURING SAID SPOUT TO SAID NECK BY AXIAL MOVEMENT THEREOF FROM EXTERNALLY OF THE CONTAINER AND ALSO FOR SEALING SAID RAW EDGE FROM CONTACTING WITH THE CONTAINER CONTENTS, SAID MEANS INCLUDING A PROJECTING PERIPHERAL BEAD ON SAID SPOUT OF SLIGHTLY GREATER DIAMETER THAN SAID NECK OPENING, AND, A PORTION OF SAID SPOUT IMMEDIATELY ABOVE SAID BEAD HAVING A DIAMETER LESS THAN THAT OF SAID BEAD, WHEREBY UPON AXIAL INSERTION OF SAID SPOUT INTO SAID NECK, SAID BEAD IS COMPRESSED IN PASSING SAID FLANGE BUT ONCE THEREPAST EXPANDS INTO FLUID-TIGHT SEALING RELATION WITH SAID NECK AND LOCKS AGAINST SAID RAW EDGE THEREBENEATH TO THEREBY SECURE SAID SPOUT TO SAID NECK AND PROTECT SAID FLANGE RAW EDGE FROM CONTACT WITH THE CONTAINER CONTENTS.