Patent ID: 7823736

Claim:
A plastic closure for receipt on a container having a neck finish with an end surrounded by an external bead, said closure including: a plastic ring having an internal recess adapted to be received by snap fit around the container neck finish external bead such that the neck finish bead is captured within said recess and said ring is retained by the external bead against axial movement on the container neck finish, and a plastic lid coupled by a hinge to said ring, said ring, said lid and said hinge being of one-piece integrally molded plastic construction, said lid having a skirt adapted to be releasably snapped to said ring in a closed position of said lid over said ring and with said ring secured by snap fit around the container neck finish bead so that said lid is secured to the neck finish bead only through said ring and is not secured to the neck finish directly, and said skirt having an inside portion adapted to engage an outside portion of the neck finish so as to stabilize the closure on the container.