Abstract: A tamper evident hinge type closure includes, as is conventional in such closures, a body portion, a lid portion and a hinge portion. Advantageously, at least one tamper evident band is provided so as to mechanically secure the lid portion to the body portion at a position that is distal from the hinge. The tamper evident band, which is designed to break upon initial opening of the closure by a consumer, is preferably integral with both the body portion and the lid portion, so as to ensure more reliably than was possible with interlocking mechanical tamper evident structures that the closure may not be opened without defeating the tamper evident band. A process for making the improved closures is also disclosed.

Abstract: A closure for a container includes a main body portion that is constructed and arranged to be secured to a container. The main body portion has an upper deck that defines an upper surface and a dispensing spout that projects upwardly from the upper surface. A dispensing orifice is defined in the dispensing spout for dispensing liquid material from the container when the closure is open. The dispensing spout advantageously constructed and arranged so as to have a noncircular shape when viewed in plan. This noncircular shape could be for aesthetic and marketing purposes, for functional purposes, or both. A lid member is hingedly mounted to the main body portion and includes a plug member that is shaped and sized to selectively plug the dispensing orifice when the lid member is in the closed position.