Container with closure

Claim 2

In combination: a. a resilient thermoplastic container having an open ended cylindrical neck, the outer surface of said neck having threads formed thereon and projecting means situated between said threads and the upper extremity of the neck; b. a fitment for said neck comprising a cylindrical center portion, an annular shoulder extending outwardly from the lower end of the cylindrical portion, a wall section extending upwardly from the outer periphery of the shoulder generally parallel to the axis of the cylindrical portion, the space between said wall and the outer surface of said cylindrical portion defining an open ended well, the maximum diameter of said wall section being less than the inside diameter of said neck, said wall section having a protrusion thereon extending inwardly into said well, a generally L-shaped portion extending outwardly from the upper end of said wall section with the leg of said L extending downwardly, said downwardly extending leg having an inwardly extending bead thereon for cooperation with the projecting means on the container neck to hold said fitment in place on said neck without said wall section contacting said neck, said cylindrical portion having at least one dispensing channel formed in its outer periphery extending along its length communicating at its lower end with the interior of said container and a pin centrally located with respect to the axis of said cylindrical portion extending upwardly from said cylindrical portion; c. a cap for closing said container comprising a top wall and a sidewall extending downwardly from the circumferential edge of the top wall, said sidewall having threads formed on its inner surface for cooperation with the threads on said neck to permit movement of said cap axially along said neck, a hollow cylindrical tubular member extending downwardly from the inner surface of said top wall adapted to fit within the well of said fitment and move therein with its outer surface in sealing contact with the protrusion on the wall section of the fitment and its inner surface radially outwardly of the outer surface of said cylindrical portion as said cap moves axially along said neck, said top wall having a centrally located dome portion extending upwardly from its outer surface having a dispensing passage therein with one end communicating with said hollow tubular member and the other end opening to the exterior of the container, the wall defining said dispensing passage adapted to wipingly engage the outer surface of the pin of said fitment as said cap moves downwardly on said neck to close said dispensing passage, said wall of the dispensing passage being out of engagement with said pin when said cap is moved upwardly on said neck to permit material to flow from the interior of said container through said dispensing channel in the fitment and out said dispensing passage in said cap and to permit residual material to flow back into the container after dispensing; and d. locking means associated with the outer surfaces of said neck and said cap to hold said cap captive on said neck yet permit rotative movement thereof.

Claim 3

In combination: a. a resilient thermoplastic container having an open ended cylindrical neck, the outer surface of said neck having threads formed thereon and projecting means situated between said threads and the upper extremity of the neck; b. a fitment for said neck comprising a cylindrical center portion, an annular shoulder extending outwardly from the lower end of the cylindrical portion, a wall section extending upwardly from the outer periphery of the shoulder generally parallel to the axis of the cylindrical portion, the space between said wall and the outer surface of said cylindrical portion defining an open ended well, the maximum diameter of said wall section being less than the inside diameter of said neck, said Wall section having a protrusion thereon extending inwardly into said well, a generally L-shaped portion extending outwardly from the upper end of said wall section with the leg of said L extending downwardly, said downwardly extending leg having an inwardly extending bead thereon for cooperation with the projecting means on the container neck to hold said fitment in place on said neck without said wall section contacting said neck, said cylindrical portion having at least one dispensing channel formed in its outer periphery extending along its length communicating at its lower end with the interior of said container and a pin centrally located with respect to the axis of said cylindrical portion extending upwardly from said cylindrical portion; c. a cap for closing said container comprising a top wall and a sidewall extending downwardly from the circumferential edge of the top wall, said sidewall having threads formed on its inner surface for cooperation with the threads on said neck to permit movement of said cap axially along said neck, a hollow cylindrical tubular member extending downwardly from the inner surface of said top wall adapted to fit within the well of said fitment and move therein with its outer surface in sealing contact with the protrusion on the wall section of the fitment and its inner surface radially outwardly of the channel in the surface of said cylindrical portion as said cap moves axially along said neck, said top wall having a centrally located dome portion extending upwardly from its outer surface having a dispensing passage therein with one end communicating with said hollow tubular member and the other end opening to the exterior of the container, the wall defining said dispensing passage adapted to wipingly engage the outer surface of the pin of said fitment as said cap moves downwardly on said neck to close said dispensing passage, said wall of the dispensing passage also adapted to be out of engagement with said pin when said cap is moved upwardly on said neck to permit material to flow from the interior of said container through said dispensing channel in the fitment and out said dispensing passage in said cap, said dome portion also having at least one elongated slot formed therein extending outwardly from the surface of said dispensing passage and extending axially upwardly in a direction substantially parallel to the dispensing passage, said slot terminating short of the outer surface of the dome portion, whereby liquid contents may flow out of said container through said slot while an upper portion of the pin of said fitment is still in contact with a lower portion of the surface of said dispensing passage.

Claim 4

In combination: a. a resilient thermoplastic container having an open ended cylindrical neck, the outer surface of said neck having threads formed thereon and projecting means situated between said threads and the upper extremity of the neck; b. a fitment for said neck comprising a cylindrical center portion, an annular shoulder extending outwardly from the lower end of the cylindrical portion, a wall section extending upwardly from the outer periphery of the shoulder generally parallel to the axis of the cylindrical portion, the space between said wall and the outer surface of said cylindrical portion defining an open ended well, the maximum diameter of said wall section being less than the inside diameter of said neck, said Wall section having a protrusion thereon extending inwardly into said well, a generally L-shaped portion extending outwardly from the upper end of said wall section with the leg of said L extending downwardly, said downwardly extending leg having an inwardly extending bead thereon for cooperation with the projecting means on the container neck to hold said fitment in place on said neck without said wall section contacting said neck, said cylindrical portion having at least one dispensing channel formed in its outer periphery extending along its length communicating at its lower end with the interior of said container and a pin centrally located with respect to the axis of said cylindrical portion extending upwardly from said cylindrical portion; c. a cap for closing said container comprising a top wall and a sidewall extending downwardly from the circumferential edge of the top wall, said sidewall having threads formed on its inner surface for cooperation with the threads on said neck to permit movement of said cap axially along said neck, a hollow cylindrical tubular member extending downwardly from the inner surface of said top wall adapted to fit within the well of said fitment and move therein with its outer surface in sealing contact with the protrusion on the wall section of the fitment and its inner surface radially outwardly of the channel in the surface of said cylindrical portion as said cap moves axially along said neck, said top wall having a centrally located dome portion extending upwardly from its outer surface having a dispensing passage therein with one end communicating with said hollow tubular member and the other end opening to the exterior of the container, the wall defining said dispensing passage adapted to wipingly engage the outer surface of the pin of said fitment as said cap moves downwardly on said neck to close said dispensing passage, said wall of the dispensing passage also adapted to be out of engagement with said pin when said cap is moved upwardly on said neck to permit material to flow from the interior of said container through said dispensing channel in the fitment and out said dispensing passage in said cap, said dome portion also having at least one elongated slot formed therein extending outwardly from the surface of said dispensing passage and extending axially upwardly in a direction substantially parallel to the dispensing passage, said slot terminating short of the outer surface of the dome portion, whereby liquid contents may flow out of said container through said slot while an upper portion of the pin of said fitment is still in contact with a lower portion of the surface of said dispensing passage.

Claim 5

The structure of claim 2 wherein said cap has a plurality of additional slots in said dome portion which extend outwardly around the periphery of the wall defining said dispensing passage, said slots extending axially upwardly from the inner surface of said dome portion terminating short of the upper end of said elongated slot whereby the contents of said container may flow through said slots in reduced amounts while the upper end of said pin is in peripheral contact with the wall of said dispensing passage intermediate said slots.

Claim 6

The structure of claim 3 including means on said cap and neck for registering said slots with respect to said pin as said cap is moved along said neck.