Patent ID: 8353413

Claim:
A closure and container combination comprising: a one-piece plastic closure having a top wall, an annular sidewall, closure threads on the annular sidewall and a detachable ring; a container having a neck with threads on an upper portion for engaging the closure threads, an annular shoulder underneath said threads dividing said upper neck portion from a lower neck portion, for engaging the detachable ring, said annular shoulder having a lower shoulder portion meeting said lower neck portion along a circumferential line about the neck, said lower shoulder portion having an inward and downward angle, said lower neck portion extending simultaneously downwardly and outwardly from said circumferential line; the annular sidewall having a top portion and a lower portion, a bridge portion severably connecting the detachable ring to the lower annular sidewall portion at an upper portion of the detachable ring, the detachable ring having a lower portion, and a plurality of tabs connected to the lower ring portion, said tabs comprising a plurality of discrete generally elongated finger of substantially uniform width and a substantially flat inner surface, whereby substantially the entire inner surface of each said tab contacts and initially conforms to an outer surface of said lower neck portion and subsequently during removal of said closure from said container, moves away from said outer surface, said tabs initially extending away from said top wall and engaging said shoulder and said annular side wall along said circumferential line upon removal of said closure from said container, said tabs extending towards said top wall when engaging said shoulder and said annular side wall and restrained from downward movement by said downward and outward extension of said lower neck portion upon said removal.