Two-Piece Pull-Tab Sealing Member With Improved Heat Distribution For A Container

A two-piece sealing member having a liner and a pull-tab sealing member, the two-piece sealing member comprising:

• a liner configured to be retained in a container closure upon opening of a container;
• a releasable bonding layer on a lower surface of the liner configured to releasably bond the liner to the pull-tab sealing member so that the liner separates from the pull-tab sealing member when a container closure is removed from a container;
• a pull-tab sealing member having a surface contacting the releasable bonding layer and a surface constructed to be secured to a lip surrounding an opening of a container, the pull-tab sealing member including a bottom member and a top member;
• the bottom member including a non-foam, heat-distributing polyolefin layer having a top surface and a bottom surface and a polymer layer including a heat-activated sealant or adhesive coating for securing the bottom member to the container;
• the non-foam, heat-distributing polyolefin layer has a thickness of about 2.5 to about 10 mils and includes a blend of a first and a second polyolefin component, a density of the second polyolefin component greater than a density of the first polyolefin component, where the blend is about 50 to about 70 percent of the second polyolefin component to form a density of the non-form, heat-distributing layer from about 0.96 to about 0.99 g/cm3 so that the non-foam, heat-distributing polyolefin layer is effective to redirect heat towards the polymer layer for securing the heat-activated sealant or adhesive coating to a container;
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• the top member including a top surface and bottom surface, a portion of the top member comprising a tab portion having a top and a bottom surface, the bottom surface of the tab portion not secured to the top surface of the non-foam, heat-distributing polyolefin layer of the bottom member, and a portion of the bottom surface of the top member secured to the top surface of the non-foam, heat-distributing polyolefin layer of the bottom member, the top member is secured to the bottom member in a sufficiently strong manner, so that when the heat-activated sealant or adhesive coating at the bottom surface of the bottom member is secured to a container, the bottom member can be removed by pulling on the tab portion.