Patent ID: 7303088

Claim:
A tamper-evident closure comprising a body formed to include a product-dispensing spout and adapted to mount on a container filler neck, the body being formed to include a finger-receiving channel, a lid unit including a flip-top cap, a tear strip extending around a perimeter side wall of the flip-top cap, and frangible connectors coupled to the flip-top cap and to the tear strip to retain the tear strip in a temporary anchored position on the flip-top cap, a hinge coupled to the body and to the flip-top cap to support the flip-top cap for movement relative to the body from a closed position on the body covering the product-dispensing spout to an opened position away from the body uncovering the product-dispensing spout, the tear strip including retention fingers arranged to extend into the finger-receiving channel formed in the body to limit movement of the flip-top cap relative to the body from the closed position toward the opened position until the tear strip is separated from the body to leave the temporary anchored position in response to fracture of the frangible connectors, and wherein the tear strip includes a curved band formed to include the retention fingers and a connector support ridge coupled to the curved band and wherein the frangible connectors are coupled to the connector support ridge.