Container closure

A composite closure assembly comprising:

• a stopper for sealing the mouth of a bottle and having inner and outer annular sealing projections upwardly extending from the top surface of the stopper;
• a metal ferrule having a top annular portion and a skirt portion depending from the outer periphery of the top portion for engaging a shoulder about the bottle mouth for securing the stopper, said top annular portion defining a central opening in said ferrule and having at least one arcuate upward locking projection about the periphery of the opening, said locking projection having a downwardly oriented curled upper section, and said top portion having adjacent locking projection terminal ends spaced apart in a region defining an access opening continuous with the central opening of said top annular portion and having a weakening line radially outwardly of said locking projection and concentric with the central opening to define a removable sector;
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• a plastic fitment including a disk portion having an arcuate rib about its top periphery in locking engagement with the curled section of the locking projection of said ferrule for securing said disk portion within the opening of said top annular portion of said ferrule and in overlying and sealing contact with the annular sealing projections of said stopper, and said fitment including an outer lifting ring concentric with said disk portion and hingedly connected to said disk portion in a region adjacent the access opening and the weakening line of said top annular portion of said ferrule.