Patent ID: 8715825

Claim:
A two-piece sealing member having a liner and a pull-tab sealing member, the two-piece sealing member comprising: a liner configured to be retained in a container closure upon opening of a container; a releasable bonding layer on a lower surface of the liner configured to releasably bond the liner to the pull-tab sealing member so that the liner is configured to separate from the pull-tab sealing member when a container closure is removed from a container; a pull-tab sealing member having an upper surface contacting the releasable bonding layer and a lower surface constructed to be secured to a lip surrounding an opening of a container, the pull-tab sealing member including a bottom member and a top member; the bottom member including a non-foam, heat-distributing polyolefin film layer having a first surface and a polymer layer including a heat-activated sealant or adhesive coating for securing the bottom member to the container; the non-foam, heat-distributing polyolefin film layer includes a blend of a first and a second polyolefin component, a density of the second polyolefin component greater than a density of the first polyolefin component, and a density of the non-foam, heat-distributing polyolefin layer from about 0.96 to about 0.99 g/cc; and the top member including the upper surface of the pull-tab sealing member and a bottom surface, a portion of the top member comprising a tab portion having a top and a bottom surface, the bottom surface of the tab portion not secured to the first surface of the non-foam, heat-distributing polyolefin film layer of the bottom member, and a portion of the bottom surface of the top member secured to the first surface of the non-foam, heat-distributing polyolefin film layer of the bottom member, the top member is secured to the bottom member in a sufficiently strong manner and the non-foam heat distributing polyolefin film layer is of a sufficient thickness so that when the heat-activated sealant or adhesive coating is secured to a container, the bottom member can be removed by pulling on the tab portion without separating the tab portion from the bottom member or rupturing the non-foam heat-distributing polyolefin film layer.