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A closure structure for a container includes a closure body having a deck and a depending skirt, the skirt being adapted to be mounted on a container neck or formed with the container. A dispensing orifice is formed through the deck. A protruding member extends from a surface of the deck, the protru

A closure structure for a container includes a closure body having a deck and a depending skirt, the skirt being adapted to be mounted on a container neck or formed with the container. A dispensing orifice is formed through the deck. A protruding member extends from a surface of the deck, the protruding member including a first locking ledge at an intermediate position along a length of the protruding member. A lid, hinged at one side to the closure body at a position opposite to the protruding member, has a socket on a side of the lid opposite the hinge. The socket has a receiver cavity open in an axial direction of the lid and includes a second locking ledge extending radially within the receiver cavity. The first and second locking ledges are engageable when the protruding member is positioned sufficiently within the receiver cavity when the lid is initially closed to the body. The engagement of the first and second locking ledges prevents the lid from being opened from the body, the socket and the protruding member being connected to the lid and the body respectively by frangible elements. The body includes an inset on a surface thereof below the protruding member, and the lid includes an apron extending from the socket. The apron and the inset being shaped and configured such that the apron fits within the inset to be flush with adjoining surfaces of the annular skirt of the body when the lid is engaged to the body.

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1. A closure structure, comprising:a closure body having a deck and a depending sidewall, said deck having a dispensing opening therethrough; a lid hingedly attached to said body and having a lid portion aligned with said dispensing opening such that closing of said lid to said body covers said disp

1. A closure structure, comprising:a closure body having a deck and a depending sidewall, said deck having a dispensing opening therethrough; a lid hingedly attached to said body and having a lid portion aligned with said dispensing opening such that closing of said lid to said body covers said dispensing opening with said lid portion; and said closure body having a protruding member extending above said deck, said protruding member having a first locking element, and said lid having a socket, said socket having a receiver cavity and a second locking element located inside said receiver cavity, said receiver cavity aligned with said protruding member such that upon closing of said lid to said body said protruding member enters said receiver cavity and said first and second locking elements engage to lock said protruding member to said socket, said protruding member and said socket connected to said body and said lid respectively by frangible connections.