Container with Pour Spout

Abstract

A container includes a neck finish extending from a body and having at least two thickened wall portions circumferentially spaced apart and extending radially inwardly, and including interior surfaces disposed radially inwardly of a neck finish interior surface to at least partially establish an internal trough, and axially facing shoulders axially recessed with respect to a sealing lip of the neck finish.

1 . A container that includes:
 a body including a base and a sidewall extending from the base;   a neck finish extending from the body and including:
 a neck finish interior surface facing radially inwardly and including one or more circular portions, and 
 a sealing lip facing generally axially and fully circumferentially continuously around the neck finish interior surface; and 
   at least two thickened wall portions circumferentially spaced apart and extending radially inwardly and chordally with respect to the neck finish, and including:
 interior surfaces disposed radially inwardly of the neck finish interior surface to at least partially establish an internal trough, and 
 axially facing shoulders axially recessed with respect to the lip of the neck finish. 
   
     
     
         2 . The container set forth in  claim 1  wherein the body includes an interior, the sidewall includes a sidewall interior surface, and the interior surfaces of the thickened wall portions extend chordally with respect to the neck finish. 
     
     
         3 . The container set forth in  claim 1  further including a shoulder between the body sidewall and the neck finish, and the thickened wall portions extend from the neck finish to the shoulder. 
     
     
         4 . The container set forth in  claim 1  further including a shoulder between the body sidewall and the neck finish, wherein at least a portion of each of the thickened wall portions axially overlaps at least a portion of the shoulder. 
     
     
         5 . The container set forth in  claim 1  wherein the thickened wall portions extend from the neck finish to the body sidewall. 
     
     
         6 . The container set forth in  claim 1  wherein the one or more circular portions of the neck finish include a semi-circular trough wall disposed between forward ends of the thickened wall portions and an oppositely disposed semi-circular rear wall disposed between rearward ends of the thickened wall portions. 
     
     
         7 . The container set forth in  claim 6  wherein the rear and trough walls are on a common circle and have interior surfaces concentric with an outer surface of the neck finish. 
     
     
         8 . The container set forth in  claim 1  wherein the shoulders are disposed in a plane perpendicular to a longitudinal central axis of the container. 
     
     
         9 . The container set forth in  claim 1  wherein the shoulders are disposed at a non-perpendicular angle with respect to a longitudinal central axis of the container and extend in a direction axially inwardly into the container and radially inwardly toward the axis. 
     
     
         10 . The container set forth in  claim 1  wherein the interior surfaces of the chordally-extending thickened wall portions are straight. 
     
     
         11 . The container set forth in  claim 1 , wherein the sealing lip is circular. 
     
     
         12 . The container set forth in  claim 1 , wherein the sealing lip is non-circular. 
     
     
         13 . A package including the container of  claim 1  and a closure coupled thereto. 
     
     
         14 . A container, comprising:
 a neck finish having:
 an interior surface, 
 an outer surface, 
 a semi-circular rear wall having a rear interior surface, 
 a sealing lip fully circumferentially continuously around the neck finish interior surface, and 
 a pour spout including:
 a semi-circular trough wall disposed on an opposite side from the rear wall, and 
 at least two spout walls circumferentially spaced apart and laterally opposed from one another on either side of the trough wall, and having thickened wall portions with radial wall thicknesses greater than that of the rear and trough walls and interior surfaces disposed radially inwardly of the interior surfaces of the rear and trough walls to form an internal trough; 
 
   a body; and   a shoulder between the neck finish and the body,   wherein the thickened wall portions extend from the neck finish to the shoulder to at least partially establish an internal trough to direct flow of product out of the container.   
     
     
         15 . The container set forth in  claim 14  wherein the thickened wall portions extend from the neck finish to the shoulder. 
     
     
         16 . The container set forth in  claim 14  wherein at least a portion of each of the thickened wall portions axially overlaps at least a portion of the shoulder. 
     
     
         17 . The container set forth in  claim 1  wherein the thickened wall portions extend from the neck finish to the body sidewall. 
     
     
         18 . The container set forth in  claim 14 , wherein the rear wall includes a rear interior surface, and the trough wall includes a trough interior surface coaxial with the rear interior surface and with the outer surface. 
     
     
         19 . The container set forth in  claim 14 , wherein the sealing lip is circular. 
     
     
         20 . The container set forth in  claim 14 , wherein the sealing lip is non-circular.