Multiposition dispensing cap

Claim 2

A multiposition closure construction comprising, in combination: a. a tubular orifice member having a discharge passage through which the contents of a container may pass; b. a cap member movably mounted on the orifice member; c. one of said members having a cylindrical imperforate stopper portion devoid of passages through which a discharge can occur, said stopper portion having a free end and the other member having a transverse wall with a circular discharge opening receiving said stopper portion to halt the flow of the container contents tHerethrough; d. said imperforate stopper portion having detent means at a point spaced from its free end, comprising a side projection providing an enlarged cross-sectional size at said point, those areas of said stopper portion which are located axially apart at the opposite sides of said side projection being cylindrical and of different diameters, and each constituting a tight sealing fit in said circular discharge opening of said transverse wall; e. said side projection constituting a minor obstruction having a distinct tactual detent action which halts the cap member in a predetermined, clearly defined shallow closing position with the said discharge opening receiving the smaller-diameter stopper portion and being closed thereby and with the smaller diameter stopper portion exerting radial pressures on said transverse wall and an edge of said opening engaging the side projection when light closing pressures are applied to the cap member to move the same to said shallow, closing position; and f. said cap member moving to a deeper closing position wherein said transverse wall bypasses said side projection while the larger-diameter stopper portion closes the said discharge opening, when heavy closing pressures are applied to the cap member to overcome said detent means.

Claim 3

A multiposition closure construction comprising, in combination: a. a tubular orifice member having a discharge passage through which the contents of a container may pass; b. a cap member movably mounted on the orifice member; c. one of said members having a cylindrical imperforate stopper portion devoid of passages through which a discharge can occur, said stopper portion having a free end and the other member having a transverse wall with a circular discharge opening receiving said stopper portion to halt the flow of the container contents therethrough; d. said imperforate stopper portion having, at a point spaced from its free end, a side projection providing an enlarged cross-sectional size at said point, those areas of said stopper portion which are located axially apart at the opposite sides of said side projection being cylindrical and of different diameters, and each constituting a tight sealing fit in said circular discharge opening of said transverse wall; e. said side projection constituting a minor obstruction which halts the cap member with the said discharge opening receiving the smaller-diameter stopper portion and closed thereby with the latter exerting radial pressures on said transverse wall and with an edge of said opening engaged with the side projection when light closing pressures are applied to the cap member to move the same to a shallow, closing position; f. said cap member moving to a deeper closing position wherein said transverse wall bypasses said side projection while the larger-diameter stopper portion closes the said discharge opening, when heavy closing pressures are applied to the cap member; g. said side projection on the stopper portion comprising an annular bead; and h. said transverse wall being forced over and past said bead when the cap member is moved to said deeper closing position.

Claim 4

A multiposition closure construction comprising, in combination: a. a tubular orifice member having a discharge passage through which the contents of a container may pass; b. a cap member movably mounted on the orifice member; c. one of said members having a cylindrical imperforate stopper portion devoid of passages through which a discharge can occur, said stopper portion having a free end and the other member having a transverse wall with a circular discharge opening receiving said stopper portion to halt the flow of the container contents therethrough; d. said imperforate stopper portion having, at a point spaced from its free end, a side projection providing an enlarged cross-sectional size at said point, those areas of said stopper portion which are located axially apart at the opposite sides of said side projection being cylindrical and of different diameters, and each constituting a tight sealing fit in said circular discharge opening of said transverse wall; e. said side projection constituting a minor obstruction which halts the cap member with the said discharge opening receiving the smaller-diameter stopper portion and closed thereby with the latter exerting radial pressures on said transverse wall and with an edge of said opening engaged with the side projection when light closing pressures are applied to the cap member to move the same to a shallow, closing position; f. said cap member moving to a deeper closing position wherein said transverse wall bypasses said side projection while the larger-diameter stopper portion closes the said discharge opening, when heavy closing pressures are applied to the cap member; g. said side projection on the stopper portion comprising an annular bead; and h. said transverse wall being forced over and past said bead when the cap member is moved to said deeper closing position.

Claim 5

A closure construction as in claim 2, wherein the stopper portion is carried by the cap member.

Claim 6

A closure construction as in claim 2, wherein the stopper portion is carried by the tubular orifice member.

Claim 7

A closure construction as in claim 1, wherein: a. said members have cooperable annular detent shoulders disposed at the exterior of the tubular orifice member; b. said detent shoulders being engaged substantially simultaneously with engagement of said side projection and transverse wall; and c. one member having a raised land portion adjacent its said annular shoulder, engaged by the annular shoulder of the other member when the cap member is in said deeper closing position.

Claim 8

A closure construction as in claim 5, wherein the cap member has the raised land portion.