RECLOSABLE CONTAINER LID

• Main Authors: DOTY, HEATH A, JOINES, JAMES TAM, JR, HUSTON, DAWN ELLEN, AHMED, MOHAMMED MAQSOOD, RUTTER, BRYCE G, SANDUSKY, RICHARD MICHAEL, SMITH, STEPHEN ALAN, LANGELAN, DAVID RAYMOND, CHIN, RICH MATTHEW, WIEDMEYER, WARREN GILES, ANHALT, MARK GERALD, SMITH, KEVIN RAY, GITSCHLAG, JOHN STEWART, CHAUHAN, RAJENDRA RANJITBHAI, SULLIVAN, STEPHEN WILLIAM, BONE, BRIAN C, HURST, WILLIAM EDWARD
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 24.02.2005
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS,e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES,DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; CONVEYING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; PACKAGES; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; STORING; TRANSPORTING

A reclosable lid (310) for a container holding a flowable substance has a cover (312) and a rotatable element (50) rotatably supported by the cover (312). The cover (3l2) has an opening (28) and a slot (30) located in a top wall (14) of the cover (312). The cover (312) also has a tab (323) extending outward from a portion of the cover (312). The rotatable element (50) has at least one aperture (78) and an actuator (54) that is accessible through the slot (30). The element (50) is moveable by manipulation of the actuator (54) between a first position wherein the aperture (78) is misaligned with the opening (28), and a second position wherein the aperture (78) is aligned wit h the opening (28). The cover (312) has at least one support member (l02) extending radially inward from an inner surface (100) of the cover (312), wherein the support member (102) rotatably supports the element (50).