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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 1980
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1979
Leman P Albrecht, Richmond, IN (US);
W Coy Willis, Hagerstown, IN (US);
Aluminum Company of America, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A container closure assembly for maintaining a sterile sealed container is provided having a ferrule having a top annular portion and a depending skirt portion for securing a resilient stopper for sealing the mouth of a container to the container, and a ring fitment for opening the closure assembly overlying and interlocking with the ferrule. The ferrule includes a central opening in the top annular portion, upwardly projecting locking portions about the periphery of the opening and a weakening line radially outwardly of and concentric with the locking portions. The fitment includes a disk portion and a concentric outer lifting ring hingedly connected to the inner disk portion for opening the closure assembly. The disk portion is secured within the opening of the top portion of the ferrule by the locking projections.