Patent ID: 8636161

Claim:
A reclosable two-part closure configured to be removably fastened to a container having threads, the closure comprising: a metal disc and a metal skirt coupled to the metal disc, the metal disc having a seal and a surrounding rim and is held within the skirt moveably between an inwardly projecting rim at an upper end of the skirt and a lower skirt rim defined by either an annular inward projection on a wall of the skirt or lugs at a lower end of the skirt, wherein a sum of a first distance measured from the seal to a contact point of the disc rim and lower skirt rim along a first direction and an effective thickness of the annular inward projection or lugs measured along the first direction is greater than a second distance measured from the top of the threads on the container to a top of the container along the first direction, the first distance being greater than the effective thickness.