Pouring fitment

Claim 1

A POURING FITMENT FOR A FLUID CONTAINER COMPRISING (A) A FLUID CONTAINER HAVING A DISPENSING OUTLET CONSISTING OF AN INNER BORE, A SEALING SURFACE AND AN OUTER THREAD, (B) AN ANNULAR CUT-OUT AT THE JUNCTURE OF SAID INNER BORE AND SAID SEALING SURFACE, (C) A CLOSURE CAP HAVING A SEALING ELEMENT, SAID CLOSURE CAP BEING SCREWED ON SAID OUTER THREAD SO THAT THE SEALING ELEMENT ENGAGES THE SAID SEALING SURFACE OF THE DISPENSING OUTLET TO FORM A GAS-TIGHT SEAL THEREWITH, (D) A POURING FITMENT COMPRISING AN OUTER SLEEVE HAVING A BODY AND AN OUTWARDLY EXTENDING UPPER FLANGE, A CHAMBER AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE BODY OF SAID SLEEVE WITH SAID FLANGE, SAID FLANGE BEING ASSEMBLED IN SAID CUT-OUT AT THE JUNCTURE OF THE INNER BORE AND THE SEALING SURFACE OF SAID DISPENSING OUTLET, (E) A PLURALITY OF ANNULAR PROJECTING RIDGES EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID BODY OF SAID OUTER SLEEVE TO FRICTIONALLY ENGAGE SAID INNER BORE OF SAID DISPENSING OUTLET AND FORM A TIGHT SEAL, (F) A PLURALITY OF DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING LEG MEMBERS ON THE BODY OF SAID OUTER SLEEVE, SAID LEG MEMBERS DEFINING A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED OPENINGS EQUAL NUMERICALLY TO THE NUMBER OF SAID DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING LEG MEMBERS, (G) AN INWARDLY PROJECTING ANNULAR FLANGE AT THE LOWER TERMINUS OF SAID LEG MEMBERS, (H) AN INNER SPOUT MEMBER MOUNTED CO-AXIALLY WITH SAID OUTER SLEEVE, THE UPPER END OF SAID INNER SPOUT MEMBER HAVING AN OUTWARDLY EXTENDING POURING LIP TERMINATING IN A SHAPE EDGE, (I) AN ANNULAR FIN AT LEAST PARTIALLY ENCIRCLING SAID SPOUT MEMBER INTERMEDIATE ITS ENDS, SAID FIN EXTENDING OUTWARDLY INTO SLIDING CONTACT WITH THE INTERNAL SURFACE OF THE BODY OF SAID OUTER SLEEVE, (J) A FLAT SURFACE ON SAID SPOUT MEMBER, SAID FLAT SURFACE BEING LOCATED OPPOSITE THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE SAID POURING LIP AND INTERRUPTING SAID ANNULAR FIN, (K) AN OUTWARDLY PROJECTING FLANGE AT THE LOWER END OF SAID SPOUT MEMBER, SAID OUTWARDLY PROJECTING FLANGE BEING DIMENSIONALLY LARGER THAN THE OPENING IN THE SAID INWARDLY PROJECTING FLANGE OF SAID OUTER SLEEVE, (L) A COIL SPRING MEMBER MOUNTED BETWEEN THE ANNULAR FIN ON SAID SPOUT MEMBER AND THE INWARDLY PROJECTING FLANGE ON SAID OUTER SLEEVE TO NORMALLY BIAS SAID SPOUT MEMBER UPWARDLY THEREBY CAUSING SAID OUTWARDLY PROJECTING FLANGE ON SAID INNER SPOUT MEMBER TO ENGAGE THE INWARDLY PROJECTING FLANGE ON SAID OUTER SLEEVE.