US 11,814,219 B2
Closure
Patrick Schmidt, Zell-Kaimt (DE); and Rainer Schawo, Zell (DE)
Assigned to OBRIST CLOSURES SWITZERLAND GMBH, Reinach (CH)
Appl. No. 17/613,572
Filed by OBRIST CLOSURES SWITZERLAND GMBH, Reinach (CH)
PCT Filed May 25, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/064457
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 23, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/239703, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1907444 (GB), filed on May 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0242625 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 47/20 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 47/2006 (2013.01) [B65D 2215/04 (2013.01); B65D 2401/00 (2020.05)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dispensing closure comprising
an actuator disc and
a base,
wherein the actuator disc is pivotally mounted on the base and is pivotable between a closed position which prevents fluid product dispensing and an open position which allows product fluid dispensing,
wherein the dispensing closure further comprises a transport lock for preventing the actuator disc moving from the closed to the open position,
wherein the transport lock comprises a pressable strip formed as part of the actuator disc that is movable from a locked position to an unlocked position,
wherein the pressable strip comprises a central portion which is displaced radially inwards when pressed,
wherein the disc comprises a disc sidewall and the pressable strip is non-frangibly attached at either side to the disc sidewall by an inclined portion that is attached to the disc sidewall by a first pair of bend lines, and in which the central portion extends between the inclined portions and is joined thereto by a second pair of bend lines, and
wherein the inclined portions are configured to change inclination and extend inward when the pressable strip is pressed.