Patent ID: 8763830

Claim:
A plastic closure cap, comprising: a closed top wall; a discontinuous annular score defining a series of frangible bridges; an annular skirt portion depending from said closed top wall to said discontinuous annular score, said skirt portion having an internal thread formation for threaded engagement with an external thread formation on an associated container; a tamper-indicating pilfer band comprising: an annular band portion detachably depending from said skirt portion by said frangible bridges, said annular band portion having a continuous interior surface a tamper-ring movable from an axially downward initial orientation to an axially upward orientation, said tamper-ring comprising: a continuous end having an annular distal edge extending radially inwardly from said annular band portion; an inner surface proximal to said interior surface of said annular band portion; an outer surface distal to said interior surface of said annular band portion; a plurality of circumferentially spaced shoulders, each of said shoulders having a raised free edge protruding from the outer surface and the annular distal edge; a plurality of circumferentially spaced tabs protruding from the inner surface and spaced from the annular distal edge.