Patent ID: 7713605

Claim:
A sealed container comprising: a container body including an access opening surrounded by a finish with a sealant sheet heat-bonded to the finish and covering the opening, and a closure engaged with finish over the sealant sheet, with a promotional token loosely disposed between the sealant sheet and the closure; wherein the sealant sheet includes a heat-sealable surface and a tacking surface, and the promotional token includes a tacking surface and an obverse surface, at least one surface of the promotional token having promotional indicia visible thereon; the sealant sheet and the promotional token being applied to the finish of the container as an integral sheet material prior to heat-bonding; the integral sheet material comprising the sealant sheet and the promotional token, with the tacking surface of the promotional token being bound to the tacking surface of the sealant sheet by a layer of wax, and at least one of the tacking surface of the promotional token and the tacking surface of the sealant sheet being capable of absorbing a sufficient amount of liquid wax from the layer of wax to cause the promotional token to release from the sealant sheet when the layer of wax is melted, wherein the heat-sealable surface of the sealant sheet is bound to the finish of the container by application of a sufficient amount of heat to fuse the heat-sealable surface to the finish and to melt the layer of wax, and the token is thereby released from the sealant sheet so that the token is loosely disposed between the closure and the sealant sheet such that when the closure is removed from the container, the token remains loose on the sealant sheet.