Abstract: A transportable safety gasoline container suitable for use in the workplace. The gasoline container has safety features that include, an automatically venting pour spout, a protective skirt on top of the gasoline container to prevent damage to valves and fittings, and a pressure relief cap which satisfies the various regulations associated with using gasoline containers in the workplace as well as for the transportation of such gasoline containers.

Abstract: An apparatus for deploying a pressurized fluid from a pressurized container having a lip and a nozzle head, is disclosed which comprises: a mounting attachment for frictional engagement with the lip, a malleable guide member having proximal and distal guide ends, the proximal guide end being affixed to the mounting attachment, and a flexible tubular member having an internal passage and first and second tube ends, the first tube end being adapted to engage the nozzle head so as to provide continuous fluid passage therewith and the second tube end being affixed to the distal guide end.

Abstract: Disclosed is a new container for small engine oil for providing a storage and dispensing container specifically configured for use with small engines such as those used on portable generators, lawn mowers, and the like which have constricted, slow moving oil fill openings. The new container has additional enhancements for retail display whereby a product may be easily recognized by a customer as being specifically for use with small engines. The container for small engine oil comprises a hollow container body in which oil may be stored. The container body has an outlet portion formed thereon including a substantially elongated neck in communicating relationship with the hollow interior. A spout for directing flow out of the container body is threadedly mounted on the neck and includes an elongated tapered tube having an annular groove formed on the outside thereof.

Abstract: A fluid pouring aid includes a substantially flat solid imperforate disk being larger in size than a dispensing opening of a container with which the aid is to be used and an interconnecting structure attached to the solid flat disk for releasably interconnecting the disk to the container. To use the pouring aid, a user holds the container with one hand and uses the index finger to place and hold the solid flat disk in an contacting position overlying and closing the dispensing opening of the container such that flow of fluid from the container is blocked as the container is moved from an upright position to a tipped pouring position. Once at the tipped pouring position, the user moves the index finger and slides the solid flat disk laterally relative to the dispensing opening of the container to unblock the opening and allow flow of fluid directly from the container into a fluid reservoir without risk of spilling.

Abstract: A fluid dispensing apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a fluid container defining a fluid cavity. A manifold assembly is mounted over a container bunghole. A tube assembly including a fill tube extends into the fluid cavity. Keyed couplings are mounted on the manifold assembly. One of the couplings is in communication with the fill tube and another coupling is in communication with the cavity. A pressure relief valve is mounted adjacent the manifold assembly. Tamper evident assemblies are provided on the manifold assembly for determining if the fluid container has been opened.

Abstract: A storage and transport container for used anti-freeze solutions. The container includes a primary receptacle and a secondary containment and support vessel. The top of the primary receptacle is generally conical but includes a shoulder wall with an opening therein defined by a collar. The closure system includes a contoured shoulder cover, a cap support and a removable cap for the collar. The secondary containment and support vessel includes an outer sidewall and a support shoulder which engages a counterpart, lower shoulder on the primary container. The secondary vessel has a contoured bottom wall constructed so as to register with forklift tines which engage the bottom wall of the secondary receptacle and also support a portion of the primary receptacle that is in contact with the bottom wall of the secondary vessel.

Abstract: A bottle which may be in a straight-up position for storage and in an inverted position for dispensing of condiments, such as ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard, etc. The top has a cap which may be removed and replaced by a dispensing nozzle. The bottom has two parallel ridge members and has a hole in the flat area therebetween that is closable with a tethered plug. When the bottle is ready to be used for dispensing condiments, the cap is replaced with the dispensing nozzle and the bottle is turned upside down. At this time, the tethered plug is removed so as to release pressure in the bottle so its contents may escape through the dispensing nozzle. The bottle is of shape and weight so that when inverted and hung on a stand, it will hang properly perpendicular to the ground. The bottles are also shaped so that they will nestle against one another with very little clearance.

Abstract: A multiple nozzle and strap assembly is adapted to be coupled with a nozzle body of a sprayer. A strap has an opening for receiving the nozzle body and a nozzle for coupling with the nozzle body for obtaining a selected discharge pattern. Another strap can be provided with a different nozzle for obtaining another discharge pattern.

Abstract: A device for use in combination with a nozzle cap of a spray dispenser and an elongate spray tube inserted into a recessed seat of the nozzle cap for preventing the dislodgement of and the separation of the elongate spray tube from the nozzle cap. The device is a flat strip of flexible material having an in-line pattern of spaced openings. A first opening is stretched over the nozzle cap and the remaining openings receive the elongate spray tube in a weaving-type pattern.

Abstract: A caulk cartridge including an end closure having a centrally extending mounting stub with a reciprocating valve positioned therein. A nozzle is thread mounted to the stub with inward threading of the nozzle engaging and inwardly shifting the valve to an open position for discharge therethrough. Outward retraction of the nozzle releases the valve for a reseating of the valve.

Abstract: A caulk cartridge cap is designed to enable the storage of unused portions of products of the types supplied within caulk cartridge type containers to thus maintain them in a reusable condition. The cap operates as a closure for purposes of resealing a caulk type cartridge to prevent the premature drying out or aging of the materials stored within the cartridge and to also prevent blockage within the cartridge applicator tube. The cap includes an orifice retention rod which is positionable within the applicator tube, and a self-threading insert positioned within the cap is then used to threadably attach the cap to the cartridge. Modified embodiments of the cap include the use of a tether, a scraping edge formed on the orifice retention rod, and a bracket assembly to which the cap is rotatably attached and which may be mounted to a conventional caulk cartridge holding gun.

Abstract: A container closure is mounted within a spout portion of an associated container, including a cylindrical head arranged for positioning upon a torroidal seat portion of the spout in a first position and displaced from the seat in a second position permitting fluid to flow thereabout, wherein the closure further includes a plurality of pairs of lobes mounted below the head portion of the closure preventing inadvertent removal of the closure from the container. A cap member is arranged for mounting to the spout to position the closure in the first position.

Abstract: A detachable lid for a beverage can is adapted to be snap fit over the lid of an opened can. The lid has a spout adapted to be fit in the users mouth, a closure for the spout, a resilient strap for holding the closure to the lid, and a pry tab to enable the user to pry up the opening tab of a "snap-open" can.

Abstract: A sealable nozzle adaptor is described for use on a caulking tube. The adaptor incudes a nozzle portion, a base including a flexible skirt portion for engaging the leading end of the caulking tube, a cap for closing and sealing the open end of the nozzle, and an elongated pin secured in the cap and extending into the nozzle portion. The cap can be attached to the base with a flexible strip or cord to prevent loss. The adaptor slides over the leading end of the caulking tube and prevents air from leaking into the caulking tube.

Abstract: A food seasoning shaker (10) for dispensing salt and the like, is described. The shaker is comprised of a container portion (11) for holding food seasoning (13), a cover portion (15) serving as a closure for the container, a pair of anchor rods (17) and (19) mounted on annular rims (11F) and (15G) on the respective container and cover and a connection spring (21) mounted on and between the rods for holding the cover on the container. The cover has a top wall (15B) with perforations or openings (15D) for dispensing food seasoning from the shaker. The anchor rods and connecting spring enable the cover to rotate about the axis of the shaker with respect to the container portion. The anchor rods and connecting spring also enable the cover to partially separate from the container for filling the shaker with food seasoning.

Abstract: A plug for draining fluids from a vehicle transmission fluid pan is described that has an externally threaded tubular valve placed through a port in the transmission fluid pan. The tubular valve is placed through a port in the transmission fluid pan and held in place on the transmission fluid pan by a bolt head on one end of the tubular valve and an internally threaded lock nut screwed onto threads on the outer surface of the tubular valve. There is a seal on the tubular valve between the bolt head and the transmission fluid pan and a seal in the end cap to reduce leakage from the port and the tubular valve. An end cap is threadingly placed on another end of the tubular valve distal the bolt head to selectively allow flow of lubricant through the tubular valve from the transmission fluid pan. There is a retaining spring strap having a loop on one end through which the tubular valve is placed.

Abstract: A spray container having a spray nozzle unit for outward discharge of fluid from the spray container often includes an elongated spray tube having a size and shape adapted for mounting onto the spray nozzle unit for guiding a spray of fluid discharged from the spray container. A spray tube support construction for use with the container retains the spray tube adjacent the container. The support construction includes a support body and a holding element for holding the spray tube. A seucring element affixes the support body to the spray container and a connecting element affixes the holding element, and hence the spray tube, to the support body.

Abstract: A dispensing system for a container holding hardenable materials having a closure member, a platform area at the top of the container, an opening defined in the platform extending into the container to form a passage whereby when the closure member is in its open mode hardenable material passes through the passage from the interior of the container and is deposited on the top of the platform. When the closure member is in its closed mode, it is adapted to flatten the hardenable material on the platform, allowing the edges of flattened material to harden and to be manually removed for continued dispensing of hardenable material.

Abstract: A tamper evident container closure has a skirt for permanent attachment to the mouth end of a container and a closure crown supported by the skirt. A cover on the closure is displaceable for exposing a well on the closure crown normally closed by the closure. The well has a floor which may be part of a crown panel of the container closure and the well floor has a dispensing opening therein. A rip-out tamper evident element is fixed in closing relation to the opening and requires destructive removal for dispensing access to the opening. A digitally manipulatable handle attached to the element is confined within the well in the closed condition of the cover and is accessible when the cover is displaced from the well for digital manipulation of the handle for forcibly destructively displacing the element from the opening. The portion of the cover over the well may have a sealing surface engageable about the well in the closed position of the cover.

Abstract: A dispensing spout includes a tubular body having axially opposite ends of which one end has a cutting edge for penetrating the wall of a container from which a product is to be dispensed and an opposite end of the tubular body has a groove defined by an axial groove portion and two generally radial grooved portions each ending in a blind wall. A ring is freely slidably received on the tubular body and has a tab in registration with the groove. A gasket is sandwiched between the retaining ring and the thread of the tubular body. The tab of the ring is engaged in one of the radially grooved portions for threading the tubular body into the container after the wall has been punctured. The tab is further received in the other of the radial grooves for compressing the gasket and effecting the seal between the dispensing spout and the container.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a one piece spill proof plug which allows a container to be inverted prior to dispensing a fluid to a receiving receptacle. The plug has a plug member, stem and V-shaped retainer members which allow the plug member to snugly fit into the neck portion of a container and allows the biased retainer members to expand within the container. The one piece spill proof plug has many applications, particularly for dispensing motor oil to an engine by way of a valve cover opening.

Abstract: A flexible container for liquid storage including a collapsible bag element enclosed within an outer bag and integrally formed with a neck defining an opening for liquid flow therethrough and a valve for controllably determining the flow rate of stored liquid through the neck including an outer cap, protrusions being formed both on the lower edge of the outer cap and on the upper edge of the neck and arranged such that rotation of the outer cap relative to the neck from a fully closed position to a flow position causes engagement of the protrusions and a user-sensible resistance to rotation.

Abstract: A one piece, resilient, integrally molded container cap consisting of a rotor member, fixed member and a frangible connecting tab. The rotor member has a closed portion and an opening portion, and the fixed member has a closed portion and a sifting and pouring opening. As manufactured, the rotor member is attached to the fixed member by a frangible connecting tab. When desired to attach the container cap to a container, the rotor member is pivoted along the frangible connecting tab to be axially displaced from the fixed member. The rotor member is then pushed down on the fixed member, the members engaging each other by complementary locking surfaces. This action insures that the closed portions of the rotor and fixed members are aligned to prevent the contents of the container from undesired escape and also effects a tight, secure fit of the rotor member to the fixed member.

Abstract: An improved cap and spout assembly for a can adapted to contain a liquid, such as gasoline. The assembly includes the cap having internal threads to be threaded on an upstanding flange bordering an opening in the can, and the cap includes an outer transverse surface having a central opening. A spout is removably attachable to the cap and the inner end of the spout is provided with a flange to engage the inner face of the transverse surface of the cap. In the retail market place, the spout is inverted for storage and extends inwardly of the can. A flexible strap is integrally molded with the cap and in inserted through an opening on the can and engaged with a locking mechanism on the cap to prevent removal and theft of the cap and spout from the can. At the time of use, the spout is reversed in position so that it extends outwardly from the cap and the outer end of the spout defines an outlet which is enclosed by a removable cover.

Abstract: A two-chambered dispensing receptacle with a pair of closure assemblies integrally molded therewith. Each closure assembly includes a shaker top integrally hinged to the wall of one chamber at diametrically opposed portions of the receptacle. Each closure assembly further includes a closure lid integrally hinged to the shaker top for pivotal movement relative thereto. Each shaker top selectively closes and seals the adjoining chamber with the associated closure lid overlying the shaker top of the other closure assembly and selectively sealing dispensing openings defined therethrough.

Abstract: A device for controllably retaining liquid in and releasing liquid from a squeeze deflectable hollow container having a tubular neck defining a rim, about a mouth defined by the neck, incorporates a seal strip bonded to the rim about the mouth to extend over the mouth and block discharge of liquid from the container via the mouth. The strip is characterized as releasing from the rim in response to manual squeezing of the bottle and its liquid contents when the bottle is inverted, causing the contents to increasingly press against the strip; and a holder tab is carried by the strip and attached to the neck so as to retain the strip to the neck after it releases from the rim.

Abstract: A dispensing closure is provided with a body portion and a strap connected to the body portion. The strap includes a plug for occluding a dispensing hole in the closure body portion and may include a projection for anchoring the strap to the closure body portion through another hole. A vent tube may be provided through the anchoring projection. For providing tamper indication, an orifice-defining anchor portion may be mounted in the dispensing hole of the closure body portion and connected via a frangible web to a retaining member overlying a portion of the strap.

Abstract: A container comprises a molded tube having a cap portion attached at one of its ends by a break-away junction and a sealed closure at the other end of its ends. The closure is formed after filling the tube with a unit dose. A cord is attached at one end to the cap by a thickened portion used as an alignment guide when filling and at the other end to the closure, and the cap remains attached to the tube by the cord after breaking the break-away junction.

Abstract: A child resistant dispensing closure characterized by a closure member and a lid member which is mounted on the closure member for movement between closed and open positions. A peripheral edge of the lid member abuts an annular shoulder provided on the closure member in the closed position, the point of abutment being concealed by an annular ring provided on the closure member. In the closed position, thickened portions provided on the peripheral edge of the lid member engage in recesses formed in the annular shoulder. The lid member is adapted to be moved upwardly from the closed to an open position when a user applies with one hand a manual compressive force to a panel provided on the exterior skirt of the closure member. This manual force results in deformation of the panel inwardly into a slot formed clearly through an enlarged portion of the shoulder.

Abstract: A safe, effective self-defense device including a container having a non-toxic deterrent fluid mixture therein is disclosed. The container is provided as a thin-walled, manually-collapsible, squeeze bottle having a nozzle, a nozzle closure cap and a sealing substance positioned in the nozzle, which cap can be removed and the sealing substance ejected from the nozzle by a single hand of the user. The deterrent mixture includes a surfactant lachyrmal agent, a food-grade dye and an odor or oleofactory agent.

Abstract: A flexible tether arrangement is provided between a fluid container (10) and a cap (12) to permit free swiveling of the cap for enabling it to be screwed onto the container. A tether line (14) has one end (30) attached to the container and the other end (32') attached in a swivelable manner to the cap. The cap has a projecting boss (20) with a relatively small journal hole (28) drilled into its end and a relatively large assembly hole (26) drilled into its side so as to communicate with the assembly hole. The end of the tether line has a stop (32') thereon, made of a ball of fusion, which is positioned at the junction of the two holes. The stop is smaller than the assembly hole so that after it is formed on the free end of the tether when it projects out from the assembly hole, it can be pulled back into the assembly hole. The stop is larger than the journal hole so that after it is so pulled back, it can not be pulled out of the journal hole.

Abstract: A syphon head (10) is configured to fit over neck (17) of a bottle (19) in sealing relationship. A lever (22) is mounted to exterior surface (13) of body (12) by breakaway filaments (26, 28) and a spring strip (30). In use, the user pulls upward on handle (80) of lever (22) to rupture the filaments (26, 28). The strip (30) pivots end (48) on lever (22) through opening (78) in body (12) and into cavity (46) in actuating rod (38). Actuating rod (38) is attached to interior surface (20) of the body (12) by resilient diaphragm (40). Rod tip (57) seals opening (59) in syphon tube (56) until force on handle (80) moves rod (38) to allow dispensing of seltzer water (76). Head (10) may be fabricated in a single injection molding step.

Abstract: A hand-held dispenser including a container having a dispensing neck portion provided with an exterior, annular locking-type retention bead and a nozzled dispenser cap adapted to be forcibly applied to the neck portion and to be permanently retained thereon. The container neck portion has a circumferentially facing abutment shoulder disposed above its bead, and the cap has an internal locking-type retention bead cooperable with the bead on the neck portion. The cap also has a locater lug which can engage the abutment shoulder of the neck portion during initial relative turning application of the cap, thereby to halt the latter in a predetermined rotative position. A recess on the neck portion receives the locater lug as the cap, subsequent to its halting, is axially applied. The arrangement is such that the cap will always be positioned on the neck portion at a fixed, rotative position.

Abstract: A dispensing closure construction of the type having a base part or body that is held captive on a container neck, and a sealing cap and integral hinge connected to the body. The body has an off-center discharge orifice and a high, domed top portion behind the orifice and extending above the level thereof so as to channel product from the top portion back toward the orifice after the container is used and returned to an upright position. A continuous sealing shoulder on the body engages the inner cylindrical surface of the sealing cap near its edge when the latter is swung to its closed position to minimize the possibility of water or other liquid from entering the area around the underside of the cap. A rib carried on the underside of the sealing cap is receivable in a recess in the domed top portion, and can engage opposed, facing shoulders so as to limit relative turning between the cap and body. The rib and recess are adjacent the location of the hinge.

Abstract: A device for the dosed dispensing of liquid from a storage container through a delivery tube which comes out of a lower pouring chamber. The dispensing takes place upon the second upside down turning of the container. A cup-shaped housing is divided by a transverse wall into an upper chamber and the lower pouring chamber, the pouring chamber and the upper chamber communicating with each other through a flow hole. The transverse wall is traversed by a feed tube which opens above it. Projecting above this is the delivery tube. An air passage extends through the transverse wall. At least three feed tubes are arranged in symmetrical angular distribution with a respective air passage opening arranged between them.

Abstract: A combined closure and pouring spout is disclosed which includes a neck for fitting into the filling opening of a container and a pouring spout connected to the neck by an annular frangible diaphragm. The spout includes a sleeve and a conical wall. The sleeve extends into the neck to guide the spout during opening of the closure. A pull ring is provided which enables the spout to be pulled through the neck to break the diaphragm. Elements are deformed by the neck as the spout is pulled through it and thereafter engage a neck surface to prevent the spout returning to its initial position. For pouring purposes the spout is pulled further through the neck to a position in which a sealing face thereof engages the neck. Pouring occurs through an opening and air enters through an aperture and passage.

Abstract: A reversible filler spout assembly is sealably engaged with the filler neck when in the pouring position by camming surfaces on the spout inner end and on the distal end of the filler neck. When reversed and inserted into the neck for storage, the closure cap engages the filler neck and clamps a horizontal flange on the spout between the interior of the cap and the upper end of the neck with resilient seals between the cap and spout and between the spout and filler neck so that no leakage can occur.

Abstract: A threaded elongated flexible pouring spout is detachably connectable with the threaded outlets of variously sized liquid containers by means of a multi-threaded adapter having threaded sleeve portions of different diameters, one of which at each end of the adapter is engageable with the threads of the flexible spout. A threaded extension cap for the flexible spout enables the servicing of small openings requiring liquids. The extension cap can also be threadedly engaged with the outlets of certain containers.

Abstract: A cell-culture flask which may be readily charged under sterile conditions, having a cap capable of covering its neck opening and an orientation strip attached to the flask at one end and to the cap at the opposite end; the orientation strip supports the cap in a first position in which the cap overlaps and covers the neck opening without sealing it; the strip is flexible to allow manual displacement of the cap away from that first position to a position in which the cap does not obstruct the introduction of a pipette into the opening; in the absence of displacing forces, the strip has a memory which returns the cap to the first position.

Abstract: A dispenser is provided for dispensing one or more items, such as pills from a container. The dispensing member is located at or near the top of the container and has an aperture. When the container is closed by a cover and inverted, an item such as a pill passes through the aperture and is positioned between the cover and the top surface of the dispensing member. When the container is turned back to its initial position and the cover removed, a pill can easily be taken off the outer surface of the dispensing member. The dispensing member may form part of the container; may be inserted as a separate member in the container; or it may be located in the cover for the container.

Abstract: A device for dispensing a viscous product comprises a cylindrical barrel having a piston sealingly slidable therewithin under the action of a reciprocating rack actuated by a manually-operable push-button. The piston includes a sealing skirt which is separate from the catch-engagement lips which allow unidirectional entrainment of the piston by the reciprocating rack, and it serves to seal the piston to the rack to prevent wastage of product.

Abstract: A paste dispenser having a body (1) of plastics with an expanded head (8) having a cap (5) formed integrally therewith by a hinge adapted to engage the head part of the tube with a snap fit, the tube having a nozzle (3) for discharge of the contents, closed by a hollow member (14) in the cap, the cap and head a dimension in width some what similar to the crimped end (9) of the tube being moulded by using in the dies at least one channel (37) to give longitudinal flow of the plastics material during moulding but latterally spread from the channels to enable a long controlled thin wall to be formed.

Abstract: A one-piece dispensing closure has a laterally oriented dispensing opening therein, communicating with a longitudinal bore. A cap is integrally joined to the closure by a "living" hinge at one side of the cap and closure, and a male plug depends from the underside of the cap in a position to close the longitudinal bore and dispensing opening. The plug has spaced sealing areas thereon which cooperate with spaced sealing areas in the bore, and the cap has a detent on a marginal portion opposite the hinge to retain the cap in a closed position and to also retain the cap in an open position. The detent also effects a seal in the dispensing opening when the cap is in a closed position. Further detents on the cap and closure cooperate to limit opening movement of the cap relative to the closure. Thus, when the cap is closed, primary and secondary seals are provided in both the bore and dispensing opening, and when the cap is open, a seal is maintained in the bore.

Abstract: This relates to closure assemblies for containers which are subject to tampering. This particularly relates to closure assemblies of the type which include a lever type actuator wherein the lever must be lifted to apply leverage to a closure plug portion to facilitate opening of the closure assembly. Such levers are customarily retained in place by rivets which include frangible portions. This particularly relates to the configuration of such rivets and the details of the lever wherein, once the lever has been pried from its original position and disengaged from the rivet, the lever or an end portion only thereof tilts upwardly due to the non-returnability of the rivet through its original opening thereby to present a visual indication of tampering which can be readily ascertained.

Abstract: An automobile fuel tank cap retaining device includes a flexible member interconnecting a pair of mounting ends having adhesive surfaces. One end of the device can be adhesively secured to a cap and the other end to a stationary surface so that when the cap is removed from its reservoir inlet the cap will hang adjacent thereto.

Abstract: A squeeze bottle contains a dry funnel cake mix, an opening and a selectively removable and replaceable cover for the opening. A funnel integral with the cover extends from the remainder of the bottle. With the cover removed from the opening, water is poured through the opening. The liquid and mix in the bottle are mixed by shaking the bottle to form a funnel cake batter while the cover and funnel are closed so the contents of the bottle can not escape during mixing. Then, while the funnel is open, the batter is dispensed through the funnel into a cooking vessel having heated cooking oil therein. The batter is dispensed by holding the bottle so an open end of the funnel remote from the remainder of the bottle is in a generally downward direction while the bottle is squeezed to exert pressure on the batter. A cap for the open end of the funnel is placed on the funnel open end to close the funnel after the batter has been dispensed to enable remaining batter in the bottle to be stored.

Abstract: A unitary dispensing closure having a lid mounted on a closure part or base in such a manner that the lid will automatically move toward either a closed or an opened position when it is released after being manipulated to any position between these two positions can be constructed so as to utilize the resiliency within a "live" hinge to provide the force necessary to move the lid. In any position intermediate these two positions the hinge connects to the lid and closure part or base so that contact between the lid and closure part causes temporary deformation of the hinge. As a result of the resiliency of the material in the hinge such temporary deformation is adequate to move the lid as described.

Abstract: A dispensing cap construction for hand-held dispensers, comprising a tubular cap body with a top discharge opening and a closure cap adapted to mount on the cap body by beads of a flexible hinge. The body has an upstanding spout which surrounds the opening and which is arranged to receive a depending pin disposed on the underside of the closure cap. There are provided on the cap body and closure cap, cooperable detent beads which yieldably hold the closure cap in an assembled, sealing position. The length of the pin on the closure cap is sufficiently great such that engagement with a guide wall portion of the spout occurs prior to the engagement of the detent beads. The arrangement is such that proper alignment and centering of the cap on the body will occur, facilitating proper closing of the dispenser.

Abstract: A one piece child resistant closure for containers in which the closure is permanently attached to a container and dispensing of the container contents is through an orifice closed and sealed by a plug. Removing the plug from the orifice requires pressing of the closure in a specific location to expose an edge of a hinged cover permitting gripping and swinging of the cover member and plug to a fully opened position. During pressing to expose a lifting edge, the plug remains in sealing engagement with the dispensing orifice.

Abstract: A unitary closure for a spice dispenser includes a spooning cap and a sifter cap which are provided with respective protuberances and niches which cooperate in an overcentering arrangement for positively locking either cap in the fully opened, upright condition and concomitantly preventing both caps from being raised at the same time.