Closure lid and resealable closure system with tamper-evident features

A tamper-evident closure system for a container, the closure system comprising:

• (A) a closure body for being directly engaged with a container that has a lip, said closure body having a skirt with a skirt bottom and defining a corresponding dispensing orifice for permitting flow through the closure body;
• (B) a lid cooperatively associated with said closure body and adapted to be moved between (1) a closed position in which the lid engages the closure body to occlude the dispensing orifice, and (2) an open position in which the lid is spaced away from the closure body, said lid having a first location at which said lid is integrally connected with a hinge to said closure body in a unitary construction;
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• (C) a drop ring connected to the lid with a frangible tamper-evident member at a second location on said lid which is spaced from said first location, said tamper-evident member being of sufficient length to permit the drop ring to be positioned on the closure body skirt bottom only when the lid is in the closed position wherein the drop ring can be prevented from moving upwardly beyond said container lip.

A closure lid and tamper-evident feature combination for use on a closure system, the closure system including a closure body for being directly engaged with a container that has a lip, said closure body having a dispensing orifice, the combination comprising:

• (A) a lid adapted to be moved between (1) a closed position in which the lid engages the closure body to occlude the dispensing orifice, and (2) an open position in which the lid is spaced away from the closure body, said lid having a first location at which said lid is integrally connected with a hinge to said closure body in a unitary construction;
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• (B) a tamper-evident feature integrally molded to form a unitary construction with the lid at a second location on said lid that is spaced from said first location and including:
• (1) a drop ring;
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• (2) a frangible tamper-evident member (1) extending between the drop ring and the lid, and (2) having a length sufficient to permit the drop ring to be positioned on the bottom of the closure body below said container lip to prevent said drop ring from moving upwardly beyond said container lip.

A method of assembling a tamper-evident closure system comprising:

• (A) integrally molding the closure system to form a unitary construction, the closure system including
• (1) a closure body having a dispensing orifice for permitting flow through the closure body, and a skirt defining a skirt bottom;
• (2) a lid having an as-molded condition in which it is in an open position relative to said closure body, said lid being connected at a first location to said closure body;
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• (3) a tamper-evident feature extending from the lid and including:
• (a) a frangible tamper-evident member affixed to the lid at a second location on said lid that is spaced from said first location;
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• (b) a drop ring affixed to the frangible tamper-evident member;
• (B) moving the lid from the as-molded position to a closed position in which the lid engages the closure body and occludes the dispensing orifice;
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• (C) fastening the drop ring to the skirt bottom and thereby orienting the frangible tamper-evident member adjacent the skirt with the drop ring being effective to engage a lip on a container to which said closure system can be installed, the frangible tamper-evident member thereby tending to fracture upon relative movement of the lid relative to the closure body and upon relative movement of the closure body relative to the drop ring.