Dispensing cap for a container
Granted 20 Nov 2001 · no office action yet
Assignee: Sonoco Products Company
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Inventors: James F. Kick · Examiner: Cathron C. Brooks · AU 2913 · TC 2900
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1 parts›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a dispensing cap showing a first embodiment of my new design, shown with the closures in the closed position;
FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the dispensing cap of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the dispensing cap of FIG. 1 shown with the closures in an open position;
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a dispensing cap showing a second embodiment of my new design, shown with the closures in the closed position;
FIG. 5 is a top plan view of the dispensing cap of FIG. 4; and,
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the dispensing cap of FIG. 4.
The broken line showing of the array of circles in the rectangular closure in FIGS. 1-3, the circles underneath the rectangular closure in FIG. 3, and the remainder of the container body is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.
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