Patent ID: 8522990

Claim:
A holographic sealing member for a container designed for attachment to a land area of a container rim around an opening in the container, the holographic sealing member comprising: a holographic layer having an upper plastic layer at its upper side and a lower embossed image layer at its lower side, the upper plastic layer and the lower embossed image layer being separable and the lower embossed image layer being configured to tear when the holographic sealing member is removed from the container; heat actuated sealant or adhesive layer effective to secure the holographic sealing member to a container, the heat actuated sealant or adhesive layer applied to at least those portions of the lower side of the holographic layer that are in direct contact with the container's rim when the holographic sealing member is placed upon and is sealed to the container; a metal foil layer bonded to the upper side of the holographic layer; and a tab structure bonded to said metal foil layer, the tab structure comprising a tab configured such that the tab can be pulled to remove the holographic sealing member from the container, wherein after said holographic sealing member is attached to the container, and when the tab is pulled to remove the holographic sealing member from the container and with the tab structure remaining bonded to the metal foil layer and with the placement of the holographic layer below the metal foil layer, the upper plastic layer and the lower embossed image layer of the holographic sealing member separate at a peripheral portion of the holographic sealing member above the land area of the container rim and adjacent the container opening, and the lower embossed image layer tears adjacent the separated peripheral portion to destroy the holographic layer so that the holographic sealing member pulls away from the container with the tab structure except for portions of the holographic layer's lower embossed image layer that are attached directly to the land area of the container rim by the heat actuated sealant or adhesive layer to leave a ring-shaped portion of the lower embossed image layer attached to the land area of the container's rim.