Closure for domed beverage containers and the like
AssigneeThe Continental Group, Inc.
InventorWilliam M. Heyn
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Abstract
A closure for a container in which a plastic closure part is tightly fitted into the container neck and a tab-operable disk in which the tab is releasably interlocked with the plastic part. The disk may also be directly mounted within an end portion of a container body and the container body may be provided with a replaceable overcap.
Claims16
In combination, a container having an end portion defining an open end, a plastic fitment, said end portion and said fitment having cooperating means providing sealing attachment of said fitment to said container, said fitment having an opening, a closing disk, means connecting said disk to said fitment whereby said disk closes off the opening, said disk having a weakening line defining an opening panel in said disk, and manually operable tab means cooperating with said disk to break said disk along said weakening line for removal of said opening panel and providing access to contents of said container.
A closure for a container having a neck defining bore, said closure comprising a plastic tubular insert tightly fitted into said bore and providing a pour opening, means on said tubular insert for securement to a container, a disk extending across said bore and sealed to said tubular insert, a generally circular weakening line in said disk defining a separable segment, a tab mounted upon said disk and connected intermediate its ends to said segment, said tab having a nose at one end and a handle at the other end, said nose and handle extending beyond the score at diametrically opposite areas.
A container and closure assembly comprising a container having an open dispensing mouth defined by a peripheral wall, a groove in the interior of said peripheral wall extending entirely around said mouth, a closing disk seated in said groove, and said disk having a weakening line defining an opening panel in said disk, and manually operable tab means cooperating with said disk to break said disk along said weakening line for removal of said opening panel and providing access to the interior of said container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.