MUMBAI, India, Nov. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202627000724 A) filed by Unilever Global Ip Limited on January 04, 2026, for Flip Top Dispensing Closure.
Inventors include Anderson, David, William; Dewson, Lee; Moran, Dion, Francis; Rogers, Charlotte, Breony, Tandy; and Stokes, Daniel, Peter.
The application for the patent was published on October 30, 2026, under issue no. 44/2026.
Abstract: The invention provides a flip top dispensing closure for a container that has an opening to the container interior where a fluent product may be stored, the dispensing closure comprising: a closure body having a closure deck, a closure skirt which depends from the closure deck and which is adapted to engage with the container at the container opening, and a dispensing spout for communicating with the interior of the container which extends upwardly from the closure deck and which incorporates a dispensing orifice; wherein the dispensing spout has a tapered sidewall terminating in an annular collar which defines the peripheral edge of a recessed upper dispensing face from which the dispensing orifice projects, and a closure cap which is hinged to the closure body, and which is operable between a closed position occluding the dispensing spout to prevent dispensing from the container and an open position away from the dispensing spout to permit dispensing from the container, the closure cap incorporating a sealing spud with surfaces adapted for sealing engagement with the annular collar of the dispensing spout when the closure cap is in the closed position, characterized in that the dispensing orifice is of a generally rectangular cross section.
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