Tamper indicating closure

A plastic tamper indicating closure comprising a base wall,

• a peripheral skirt having an inner surface with thread means adapted to engage cooperating thread means on a container such that said closure is removed by relative rotation,
• an interrupted score line extending circumferentially about the skirt defining a weakened line by interrupted scores which form bridges and define a wider connecting portion,
• said score line defining a tamper indicating band having interengaging means thereon for engaging means on a container to inhibit removal to said closure such that the weakened line must be broken to remove said closure,
• a first axial score line on said tamper indicating band adjacent said connecting portion and having an upper end intersecting said interrupted score line and a lower end spaced from the lower edge of said tamper indicating band,
• a second axial score line on said tamper indicating band spaced circumferentially from said first axial score line and extending from the lower edge of said tamper indicating band and having an upper edge spaced from the upper end of said band to form a strap such that said band successively expands at said second score and first score line as the closure is applied to a container and as the closure is removed, said strap yields and the weakened line is broken and the strap is severed from the tamper indicating band leaving the tamper indicating band attached to said closure by said connecting portion.