Patent ID: 8348082

Claim:
A pull-tab sealing member configured to be secured to a lip around an opening of a container, the pull-tab sealing member comprising: (a) a bottom laminate sheet comprising: a support layer having a bottom surface facing the container and a top surface on the opposite side thereof; a lower polymer layer disposed on the bottom surface of the support layer; and an adhesive coating formed on a bottom surface of the lower polymer layer for securing the bottom laminate sheet to the container; (b) a top laminate sheet comprising: a polymer support having a bottom surface and a top surface; and an adhesive layer disposed on the bottom surface of the polymer support layer; and (c) a tube portion comprising: a polymer tubed layer having a bottom surface directly secured to a portion of the top surface of the support layer of the bottom laminate sheet with an outer edge of the bottom surface of the polymer tubed layer meeting and ending at an outer edge of the top surface of the bottom laminate sheet; and a tubed tab portion formed integrally with the polymer tubed layer and secured to a portion of the adhesive layer of the top laminate sheet, wherein the support layer of the bottom laminate sheet is secured to the adhesive layer of the top laminate sheet by a remaining portion of the adhesive layer and the polymer support layer, the tubed tab portion and the portion of the adhesive layer therebetween form a tab portion.