US 11,814,224 B2
Closure with hinge
Sungsuk Steve Kim, Batavia, IL (US)
Assigned to Silgan White Cap LLC, Downers Grove, IL (US)
Filed by Silgan White Cap LLC, Downers Grove, IL (US)
Filed on Nov. 2, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/086,951.
Application 17/086,951 is a continuation of application No. 15/974,871, filed on May 9, 2018, granted, now 10,836,544.
Prior Publication US 2021/0047084 A1, Feb. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. B65D 55/16 (2006.01); B65D 43/16 (2006.01); B65D 41/04 (2006.01); B65D 41/34 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 55/16 (2013.01) [B65D 41/0414 (2013.01); B65D 41/3428 (2013.01); B65D 41/3447 (2013.01); B65D 43/169 (2013.01); B65D 2251/023 (2013.01); B65D 2251/10 (2013.01); B65D 2251/1008 (2013.01); B65D 2401/30 (2020.05)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A twist and flip closure comprising:
a first closure portion including:
a polymeric top wall portion,
a polymeric annular skirt portion depending from the polymeric top wall portion, the annular skirt portion including an internal thread formation for mating engagement with an external thread formation of a container; and
a second closure portion including:
a polymeric tamper-evident band depending from and being partially detachably connected to the polymeric annular skirt portion by a first frangible connection,
the first frangible connection extending around the circumference of the closure, the first frangible connection having a first end and a second end, the first end and the second end being spaced apart,
a second frangible connection having a first section and a second section, the first section being located a first distance from the top wall portion, the second section being located a second distance from the top wall portion, the second distance being greater than the first distance, the second frangible connection being spaced from the first frangible connection, at least a portion of the second frangible connection being located further from the top wall portion than a portion of the first frangible connection, the first and second sections of the second frangible connection defining an area that is adapted to form a tab, the area adapted to form the tab being between the first and second ends of the first frangible connection in an unopened position;
wherein the closure is adapted to be opened by twisting so as to break the first and second frangible connections and expose the tab and then flipping the first closure portion from the second closure portion via the tab,
wherein the closure is adapted to be locked via the tab during the flipping of the first closure portion from the second closure portion.