Patent ID: 8251236

Claim:
A closure-container assembly constructed to lift a liner affixed to a container neck when a closure is removed from a container comprising: a container having a container neck with an opening defined by a container rim; a liner overlying said opening of said container neck; a closure having a top wall with a depending skirt, said closure being removably engageable with said container neck to overlie said liner; and a lifting device being at least one hinged finger projecting inwardly from said depending skirt by a hinge connection thereby said at least one hinged finger is pivotable about said hinged connection relative to said skirt, said hinged finger engaging at an annular position of an underside of said liner, said annular position is at a first radius, wherein said first radius is at an outer periphery of said container rim, said engagement at said first radius of said annular position between said hinged finger and said liner underside remains substantially unchanged when lifting said liner up and away from said opening during the rotational removal of said closure from said container neck.