Patent ID: 8313001

Claim:
A threaded closure assembly for a container, accompanied by a scoop for a product enclosed within the container, comprising: an injection-molded threaded closure having a generally cylindrical skirt depending from a top panel of the closure, with internal threads formed on the skirt, and a liner positioned in the closure against an inside surface of the top panel, an overcap of injection-molded plastic, generally similar in shape to the threaded closure but without threads, the overcap having an overcap top panel and a generally cylindrical overcap skirt depending from the overcap top panel, the overcap skirt having an annular lip of increased diameter extending down at a bottom of the overcap skirt, the lip being closely fitted over a top of the threaded closure, a scoop contained within the overcap, in a space defined between the overcap top panel and the top panel of the threaded closure when the overcap is fitted over and nested together with the threaded closure, with means for retaining the scoop firmly in the space, and an annular shrink band extending around the overcap and threaded closure and covering a joint between the overcap and threaded closure and sealing the space within the overcap.