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Tab-interconnected dispensing closure and container neck finishRelated Patent Categories: Bottles And Jars, Closures, Closure Pivoted About Receptacle Opening, With Fastening MeansTab-interconnected dispensing closure and container neck finish description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070187351, Tab-interconnected dispensing closure and container neck finish. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
[0001] The present disclosure relates to dispensing closures and packages, and more particularly to dispensing closures that resist removal from a container neck finish. BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE [0002] U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,638,916 and 5,489,035 disclose dispensing closures of one-piece integrally molded plastic construction. These closures include a base with a dispensing opening and an internally threaded skirt for securement to a container neck finish. A lid is integrally connected by a hinge to a periphery of the base. U.S. Patent Document 2005/0023285A1 discloses a child-resistant dispensing closure that includes a base having a deck with a dispensing opening and a peripheral skirt. A lid is integrally molded with the base and coupled by a hinge to a periphery of the base so as to be pivotable between closed and open positions. One of the lid and the base has a latch arm resiliently extending from its periphery diametrically opposite the hinge. The latch arm has a pair of oppositely extending tabs adjacent to a free end of the arm. The other of the base and the lid has an axial passage for receiving the latch arm, and a pair of laterally spaced ledges in the passage for engagement by the tabs to lock the lid in a closed position. The latch arm is directly manually engageable by a user from a radial direction external to the closure to pivot the latch arm radially inwardly within the passage and release the tabs from the ledges so that the lid can be pivoted to the open position. [0003] The present disclosure embodies a number of aspects that may be implemented separately from or in combination with each other. [0004] A package in accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure includes a container having a neck finish with at least one external thread segment and at least one pair of angularly spaced external lugs disposed beneath the thread segment. A closure has a cylindrical wall with at least one internal thread segment for mating engagement with the external thread segment on the container neck finish and at least one tab extending from the wall for receipt between the lugs to resist removal of the closure from the container neck finish. One of the lugs is disposed in a clockwise direction from the other lug as viewed from above the container neck finish. The clockwise-disposed lug prevents over-tightening of the closure on the container neck finish and aligns the closure with the container body, while the counterclockwise-disposed lug resists unthreading of closure from the container neck finish when the tab on the closure skirt has been received between the lugs. The clockwise-disposed lug that prevents over-tightening of the closure on the container neck finish has a greater radial dimension than the counterclockwise-disposed lug, preferably by being radially thicker than the counterclockwise-disposed lug. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0005] The disclosure, together with additional objects, features, advantages and aspects thereof, will best be understood from the following description, the appended claims and the accompanying drawings, in which: [0006] FIG. 1 is a fragmentary sectional view of a closure and container package in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure; [0007] FIG. 2 is a fragmentary elevational view of the package in FIG. 1 taken substantially from the direction 2 in FIG. 1; [0008] FIG. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken substantially along the line 3-3 in FIG. 2; [0009] FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken substantially along the line 4-4 in FIG. 1; [0010] FIG. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view taken substantially along the line 5-5 in FIG. 2; [0011] FIG. 6 is a partially sectioned perspective view of the package illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 5; [0012] FIG. 7 is a top plan view of the container of the package in FIGS. 1-6; [0013] FIG. 8 is a fragmentary plan view on an enlarged scale of the portion of FIG. 7 within the area 8; [0014] FIG. 9 is a fragmentary sectional view taken substantially along the line 9-9 in FIG. 7; [0015] FIG. 10 is a top plan view of the closure in the package of FIGS. 1-6; [0016] FIG. 11 is a sectional view taken substantially along the line 11-11 in FIG. 10; [0017] FIG. 12 is a fragmentary side elevational view taken substantially from the direction 12 in FIG. 11; and [0018] FIG. 13 is a fragmentary side elevational view taken substantially from the direction 13 in FIG. 11. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS [0019] The disclosure of U.S. Patent Document 2005/0023285A1 is incorporated herein by reference. [0020] FIGS. 1-5 illustrate a child-resistant package 20 in accordance with one presently preferred embodiment of the disclosure as including a container 22 and a dispensing closure 24 secured to the container. Container 22 has a body 26 of flexible resilient construction, preferably molded plastic construction, that can be squeezed by a user to dispense product from within the container through closure 24. Container 24 also has a neck finish 28, preferably cylindrical in contour, having one or more external thread segments 30 to which closure 24 is secured. The term "thread segment" is used in its usual broad sense to include both continuous and discontinuous thread portions. [0021] Closure 24 includes a base 32 and a lid 34 integrally coupled to base 32 by a pivot hinge 36. Hinge 36 may be of any suitable type, such as that illustrated in U.S. Pat. No. 6,041,477 or those illustrated in above-noted U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,638,916 or 5,489,035. Closure base 32 includes a deck 38, which may be flat, dished, domed, slanted or of other suitable contour. A dispensing opening 40 is provided in deck 38, and may be surrounded by a wall 42 that extends axially from deck 38. Opening 40 and wall 42 may be diamond-shaped as illustrated in the drawings, or may be circular or of any other suitable geometry. A dispensing valve or the like could be disposed within opening 40, and the dispensing opening can be concentric with or offset from the axis of the closure. An outer wall or skirt 44 extends from the outer periphery of deck 38. Peripheral skirt 44 is cylindrical in the embodiment illustrated in the drawings. However, skirt 44 may be of other suitable geometry, such as oval, for matching the geometry of container body 26. 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