Patent ID: 9315306
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: B65D

Claim Text:
1. A composite closure for a container, said composite closure comprising: a circular plastic fitment having a central opening defined by an inwardly extending circumferential flange and a downwardly depending skirt extending from said flange; an end panel received in said fitment, an upper, outer peripheral surface of said panel underlying a bottom surface of said flange and in intimate contact therewith when said composite closure is fully applied to a container; said skirt of said plastic fitment including a radially inwardly extending circumferential contact bead that includes a substantially non-deformable vertically flat surface in cross-section that is substantially parallel to a vertical axis of said closure and axially positioned for contact with a radial outermost surface of said end panel when said closure is fully applied to said container, said bead being sized so that the vertical contact surface thereof imparts a predetermined radial force on said radial outermost surface of said end panel which produces a perceptible resistance upon initial rotation of said closure from its fully applied state and provides assurance to a user that said composite closure has been fully applied to the container prior to said initial rotation.