Plastic closure for containers

A plastic closure for receipt on a container having a finish with an end surrounded by an external bead, said closure including:

• a circumferentially continuous plastic ring having an internal recess adapted to be received by snap fit over the finish bead such that said ring lies at or below the end of the container finish and said ring is retained against axial movement on the container finish, and
• a plastic lid coupled by a hinge to said ring, said ring, said lid and said hinge being of one-piece integrally molded plastic construction,
• said lid having a skirt and an external bead on said skirt,
• said ring having an internal channel and a conical internal surface adjacent to said channel for guiding said bead on said lid into said channel on said ring such that said bead is received by snap fit in said internal channel on said ring in a closed position of said lid over said ring,
• said ring having a conical internal surface facing away from said lid and disposed adjacent to said recess in said ring for guiding said ring over the bead on the container finish.

A package that includes:

• a glass container having a finish with an end surrounded by an external bead, and
• a closure that includes:
• a plastic ring having an internal recess received by snap fit over said container finish bead such that said ring lies at or below said end of said container finish and said ring is retained against axial movement on said container finish, and
• a plastic lid coupled by a hinge to said ring, said ring, said lid and said hinge being of one-piece integrally molded plastic construction,
• said lid having a skirt adapted to be releasably snapped to said ring in a closed position of said lid over said ring.