Container closure with foil seal

A container closure comprising a top wall having a dispensing opening extending therethrough, a flap hinged to said wall and swingable between positions opening and closing the upper side of said opening, a tearable film covering the lower side of said opening and sealed to the lower margins of said opening, a door located within said opening and positioned above said film, said door substantially corresponding in shape to the shape of said opening and having first and second sections, two pivots made of breakable material and alined with one another along an axis defining the dividing line between said first and second door sections, said pivots connecting said door to the wall of said opening and permitting said door to swing vertically within said opening, said film having a first portion which underlies and is sealed to the first door section and having a second portion which underlies and is free of the second door section, and means depending from said first door section for puncturing a hole in said first film portion when finger pressure is initially applied to said first door section in a direction to swing the latter downwardly whereby such downward swinging causes said first door section to tear the punctured first film portion away from the margins of said opening, said second door section swinging upwardly as said first door section swings downwardly and defining a finger grip which may be held and pulled upwardly to break said pivots and enable removal of said door from said opening, said first film portion remaining sealed to said first door section and causing said second film portion to tear away from the margins of said opening as said door is removed from said opening.

A container closure comprising a cover having a top wall molded of plastic, a dispensing opening extending vertically through said top wall and having a substantially vertical wall defined by a rib molded integrally with and depending from said top wall, a flap hinged to said top wall and swingable between positions opening and closing the upper side of said opening, a tearable film covering the lower side of said opening and sealed to the lower edge of said rib around the entire perimeter of said opening, a door molded of plastic and located within said opening and above said film, said door having first and second sections with at least said first door section corresponding substantially in shape to the shape of that portion of the opening within which said first door section is located, two pintles molded integrally with and extending between said rib and the edge of said door and alined with one another along an axis defining the dividing line between said first and second door sections, said pintles being breakable and connecting said door to said rib for vertical swinging of said door within said opening, said film having a first portion which underlies and is sealed to said first door section and having a second portion which underlies and is free of said second door section, a tab molded integrally with said first door section adjacent the free edge thereof and hinged to said first door section to swing downwardly relative to the latter about an axis extending substantially parallel to said one axis, a prong molded integrally with and depending from said tab and being located on a line which substantially bisects said one axis and which extends substantially perpendicular to said one axis, said prong puncturing a hole in said first film portion when said tab is swung downwardly relative to said first door section whereby said first door section thereafter may be swung downwardly to tear the punctured first film portion away from the lower edge of said rib, said second door section swinging upwardly as said first door section swings downwardly and defining a finger grip which may be held and pulled upwardly to break said pintles and enable removal of said door from said opening, said first film portion remaining sealed to said first door section and causing said second film portion to tear away from the lower edge of said rib as said door is removed from said opening.