CONTAINER, CLOSURE, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods provided herein are useful for dispensing a fluid from a bottle that includes a closure cap with a flip-top lid, a base, and a tamper evident structure configured to indicate whether the closure cap has been previously opened. In some configurations, an area of the closure cap that a user manually leverages to open the cap includes a recess.
1 . A closure cap comprising:
a base;
a flip-top lid hingedly connected to the base, the flip-top lid being movable between an open position and a closed position, the flip-top lid and the base together forming a recess in an outer wall of the closure cap when the flip-top lid is in the closed position, the recess allowing a user to apply a force to move the flip-top lid from the closed position to the open position;
a guide pole protruding from an upper surface of the base;
a movable ring disposed round the guide pole after an initial closing of the flip-top lid, the movable ring being movable from a first position where the movable ring is located near or at an upper end of the guide pole to a second position lower than the first position; and
a breakable member configured to break upon the flip-top lid being moved from an initial closed position toward the open position.
2 . The closure cap of claim 1 comprising a plurality of breakable members that forms spokes connecting the movable ring to the flip-top lid prior to initial opening of the flip-top lid.
3 . The closure cap of claim 1 wherein the guide pole comprises a wide upper top which is slightly wider than a portion of the guide pole near the wide upper top.
4 . The closure cap of claim 3 , wherein the movable ring is located under the wide upper top in the second position.
5 . The closure cap of claim 4 wherein the movable ring includes a ledge along an internal side of the movable ring, the ledge engaging with the wide upper top when the flip-top lid is in the initial closed position.
6 . The closure cap of claim 5 wherein a maximum internal diameter formed by a most protruding edge of the ledge is slightly smaller than a diameter of a widest portion the wide upper top.
7 . The closure cap of claim 5 wherein a side surface of the ledge and a side surface of the wide upper top are sloped in a same direction.
8 . The closure cap of claim 1 , wherein the movable ring is located at a substantially same plane of an upper wall of the flip-top lid in the first position.
9 . The closure cap of claim 1 wherein, an upper surface of the flip-top lid, a top surface of the guide pole, and an upper surface of the movable ring are substantially flat when the movable ring is in the first position.
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11 . A dispensing bottle comprising:
a container body with a thixotropic fluid therein, the container body having a neck with threads thereon; and
a closure cap coupled to the container body, the closure cap comprising:
a base;
a flip-top lid hingedly connected to the base, the flip-top lid being movable between an open position and a closed position, the flip-top lid and the base together forming a recess in an outer wall of the closure cap when the flip-top lid is in the closed position, the recess allowing a user to apply a force to move the flip-top lid from the closed position to the open position;
a guide pole protruding from an upper surface of the base;
a movable ring disposed round the guide pole after an initial closing of the flip-top lid, the movable ring being movable from a first position where the movable ring is located near or at an upper end of the guide pole to a second position lower than the first position; and
a breakable member configured to break upon the flip-top lid being moved from an initial closed position toward the open position.
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13 . A closure cap comprising:
a base;
a lid comprising a flip member hingedly connected to the base, the lid including a pair of side panels that are integrally molded with the lid and subsequently fastened to the base upon initial closure, one of the side panels disposed on a first side of the flip member and another of the side panels disposed on a second side of the flip member, the flip member being movable between an open position and a closed position,
wherein the lid and the base together form a recess in an outer wall of the closure cap when the flip member is in the closed position, the recess forming a grasping area providing user to apply a force to move the flip member from the closed position to the open position; and
a plurality of breakable members formed of bridges of material on a top surface of the lid, wherein the bridges of material connect the flip member with the side panels and are configured to break upon the flip member is moved from the closed position to the open position.
14 . The closure cap of claim 13 , wherein the flip member is connected to the side panels in an initial closed position via the plurality of breakable members and wherein the flip member is separated from the side panels upon the flip member being moved from the initial closed position to the open position.
15 . The closure cap of claim 13 , wherein the side panels are fastened to the base upon the initial closure with a plurality of engaging members that extend from a surface of the lid and engage corresponding receiving openings in the base.
16 . The closure cap of claim 15 wherein the engaging members are inserted into the base through insertion of the engaging members into the corresponding receiving openings in an upper wall of the base such that inserted portions of the engaging members are disposed under the upper wall of the base.
17 . The closure cap of claim 16 wherein the engaging members comprising a post and a barb that is, after the initial closure, disposed under the upper wall of the base near the corresponding receiving opening and a shelf structure of the barb inhibits the barb from being pulled out from the base after the initial closure.
18 . The closure cap of claim 17 wherein a maximum width of the barb is slightly wider than a width of the corresponding receiving opening and the barb has angled surfaces that facilitate passing the barb through the corresponding receiving opening.
19 . The closure cap of claim 18 wherein a leading end of the barb is narrower than or equal to the width of the corresponding receiving opening.
20 . The closure cap of claim 13 , wherein a boundary of the flip member indicates a logo of a company.
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