Full open disk dispensing closure
View Patent ↗A dispensing closure comprising a body portion and a flap portion is provided. The body portion comprises an end wall, a skirt that depends from end wall, and an opening about the same size as end wall. Flap portion comprises a lid comprising at least one dispensing opening and a disk comprising one or more dispensing orifices. The disk is in rotatable contact with the lid. A lock portion comprising a surface area formed on the flap portion. Lock portion also comprises a first substantially vertical piece formed on a first side of surface area, a second substantially vertical piece formed on a second side of surface area, and a substantially horizontal piece formed at a bottom of the first substantially vertical piece and the second substantially vertical piece. Surface area, first substantially vertical piece, second substantially vertical piece, and the substantially horizontal piece form a latched opening.
1. A closure, comprising:
a body portion comprising an end wall and a skirt that depends from the end wall, the skirt engages the closure with a container mouth;
an opening in the end wall about the same size as the container mouth;
a flap portion connected to the body portion by a hinge such that the flap portion can move away from the body portion to form a first position or move towards the body portion to form a second position;
the flap portion comprising:
a rotatable disk portion comprising at least one dispensing opening; and
a lid portion comprising at least one dispensing orifice, wherein
the lid portion and the rotatable disk portion are rotatably connected such that rotation of the rotatable disk facilitates alignment or misalignment between the at least one dispensing opening and the at least one dispensing orifice.
2. The closure of claim 1 , wherein the at least one dispensing opening is a slotted opening.
3. The closure of claim 1 , wherein the rotatable disk portion comprises at least a second dispensing opening.
4. The closure of claim 1 , wherein rotation of the rotatable disk portion causes alignment of the at least one dispensing opening or at least a second dispensing opening with the dispensing orifice.
5. The closure of claim 1 , wherein
the end wall further comprises an outer edge configured to engage an outer portion of the lid portion.
6. The closure of claim 1 , further comprising a grip portion formed with the rotatable disk portion, wherein the grip portion facilitates rotation of the rotatable disk portion.
7. The closure of claim 1 , wherein the at least one dispensing opening is slotted.
8. The closure of claim 1 , wherein the least one dispensing opening and the at least one dispensing orifice are round.
9. The closure of claim 1 , wherein the at least one dispensing opening and the at least one dispensing orifice are non-round.
10. The closure of claim 1 , wherein the body portion further comprises a lock portion that engages the body portion and the flap portion together in the first position.
11. The closure of claim 10 , wherein a user can disengage the lock portion to move the flap portion from the first position to the second position.