Toggle-action dispensing closure
CA 2178929 C · Owner: Aptargroup, Inc. · Inventors: Lay, Dieter
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A toggle-action container dispensing, closure (20) is provided for manipulation between a closed, non-dispensing orientation and an open, dispensing orientation. The closure (20) includes an actuator (60) mounted on a body (24) secured to the container. The actuator (60) is tiltable between a closed position and an open position. The body (24) has a severable abutment (110) under the actuator (60). The actuator (60) has a shearing wall (140) confronting the abutment (110). The actuator (60) includes a depending structure defining a pair of spaced-apart retaining surfaces (152) for sliding into engagement with the abutment (110) when the actuator (60) is subjected to at least a predetermined …
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- Filed August 23, 1994 and granted July 29, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 23, 2014.
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