One-piece fitment and tethered plug with tamper-evident means

In combination, an intermediate product comprising a fitment and a plug therefor shaped to seal around an aperture in a container,

• said fitment comprising an annular flange shaped to fit on one side of said container and around said aperture, a hole in said flange for alignment with said aperture, a spout having an inside wall having an upper edge upstanding relative to said flange surrounding said hole, and first attachment means on said inside wall,
• said plug having a top, a skirt having an exterior surface depending from said top, second attachment means on said exterior surface cooperable with said first attachment means to detachably secure said plug to said fitment with said skirt disposed inside said spout, said plug and said spout having a common central axis,
• in which said plug is integrally molded with said fitment and a lower portion of said exterior surface of said skirt and said upper edge of said spout are frangibly joined together in alignment on said common axis along a line of weakness, said flange comprising a thin member extending outward relative to said spout, first tamper-evidencing means integral with said fitment and second tamper-evidencing means integral with said plug, said first tamper-evidencing means comprising a finger attached to and extending upward from said fitment parallel to said central axis and said second tamper-evidencing means comprising a tab extending outwardly of said plug formed with an aperture to receive said finger, said finger and said aperture being aligned parallel to said common axis, a portion of said finger extending through said aperture while said line of weakness is intact, said tamper-evidencing means being interengagable by axial movement of said plug relative to said fitment along said common axis without turning said plug and fitment relative to each other, said line of weakness fracturing by said movement of said plug toward said fitment along said common axis and said finger moving through said aperture and said plug being restrained from removal from said spout after said axial movement without displacing at least one of said tamper-evidencing means, said first tamper-evidencing means being frangibly attached to said fitment.