LIQUIDS DISPENSING CONTAINER WITH SPOUTED FITMENT AND ANTI-BACKOFF AND ANTI-ROTATION FEATURES
A liquids dispensing container is provided which includes a cap, a spout fitment and a bottle. The spout fitment includes a spout, an interior wall surrounding the spout, and an exterior wall surrounding the interior wall. The exterior wall has an upper and a lower circumferential edge. An anti-backoff window and an anti-rotation window are formed spacedly apart along the lower edge. The bottle includes a threaded finish, an open and a closed end, the open end receiving the spout fitment, an anti-backoff lug and an anti-rotation lug spacedly separated and positioned below threads of the finish projecting outwardly therefrom. The lugs are engageable within the respective anti-backoff and anti-rotation windows.
1 . A liquids dispensing container comprising:
a cap;
a spout fitment comprising;
a spout;
an interior wall surrounding the spout;
an exterior wall surrounding the interior wall, the exterior wall having an upper and a lower circumferential edge, the interior and exterior walls being joined along the upper circumferential edge, an anti-backoff window and an anti-rotation window formed spacedly apart along the lower circumferential edge, and screw threads formed along an inner surface of the exterior wall;
a bottle comprising a threaded finish, an open and a closed end, the open end receiving the spout fitment, an anti-backoff lug and an anti-rotation lug spacedly separated and positioned below threads of the finish projecting outwardly therefrom, the lugs being engageable within the respective anti-backoff and anti-rotation windows, and the cap being sealably arranged over the fitment.
2 . The liquids dispensing container according to claim 1 wherein the windows are each formed of walls one of which is slanted at an obtuse angle relative to another adjacent wall.
3 . The liquids dispensing container according to claim 2 wherein each window is further formed with adjacent walls oriented toward one another at a right angle.
4 . The liquids dispensing container according to claim 3 wherein the slanted wall of the anti-backoff window and the slanted wall of the anti-rotation window taper toward one another.
5 . The liquids dispensing container according to claim 1 wherein the anti-backoff lug and the anti-rotation lug project from the neck finish and are positioned on a surface of an outwardly extending upper surface of a collar surrounding the neck finish.