TAMPER EVIDENT FLIP TOP CLOSURE

Abstract

A package includes a container and a closure coupled to the container to control release of product therefrom. The closure includes a closure body coupled to the container and a flip-top cap coupled to the closure body and configured to pivot relative to the closure cap between a closed position and an opened position.

Claims

1. A package comprising a container including a container body, a filler neck formed to include a mouth opening into an interior product-storage region defined by the container body and the filler neck, and a closure retainer coupled to the filler neck, the closure retainer including an annular closure-retainer ring and extending radially outward from the filler neck relative to a central axis of the container and a rotation-blocking tooth coupled to a radially outer end of the annular closure-retainer ring and extending radially outward from the annular closure-retainer ring relative to the central axis of the container, a closure coupled to the filler neck of the container to control release of product therefrom, the closure including a closure body coupled to the container and formed to include a discharge aperture and a flip-top cap coupled to the closure body at a hinge and configured to pivot relative to the closure body between a closed position blocking access to the discharge aperture and an opened position allowing access to the discharge aperture, wherein the closure body includes an outer body sidewall, an inner body sidewall spaced radially inward from the outer sidewall relative to a central axis of the closure body, a body top wall coupled to an upper end of both the outer body sidewall and the inner body sidewall, and a rotation-blocking tab coupled to a radially inner surface of the outer body sidewall and extending radially inward to engage with the rotation-blocking tooth of the container and block rotation of the closure relative to the container when the closure is installed on the container.

2. The package of claim 1, wherein the rotation-blocking tab is located entirely above a lower end of the outer body sidewall.

3. The package of claim 1, wherein the rotation-blocking tooth includes a ramped surface arranged at an angle to the annular closure-retainer ring, and a motion-blocking surface coupled to a distal end of the ramped surface and extending radially inward toward the annular closure-retainer ring.

4. The package of claim 3, wherein the motion-blocking surface is perpendicular to the central axis and is arranged along a plane that extends through the central axis.

5. The package of claim 4, wherein the rotation-blocking tab includes a second motion-blocking surface configured to engage with the motion-blocking surface of the rotation-blocking tooth when the closure is fully installed, the second motion-blocking surface is perpendicular to the central axis and is arranged along a plane that extends through the central axis.

6. The package of claim 5, wherein the rotation-blocking tab further includes a second ramped surface arranged at an angle to the outer body sidewall.

7. The package of claim 5, wherein the rotation-blocking tab further includes an inner ramped surface coupled to a first end of the second motion-blocking surface and an outer ramped surface coupled a second end of the second motion-blocking surface and spaced radially from the outer sidewall to provide a gap radially between the outer ramped surface and the outer sidewall.

8. The package of claim 3, wherein the angle is constant along a length of the ramped surface.

9. The package of claim 1, wherein a first circumferential extent of the annular closure-retainer ring, greater than a circumferential length of the rotation-blocking tooth, is spaced a constant radial distance from the outer body sidewall, and a distal end of the rotation-blocking tooth is spaced a second radial distance from the outer sidewall, less than the constant radial distance, and wherein the rotation-blocking tooth is offset circumferentially from the circumferential extent of the annular closure-retainer ring.

10. The package of claim 9, wherein a second circumferential extent of the outer body sidewall is aligned circumferentially with the circumferential extent of the annular closure-retainer ring when the closure is fully installed on the container, and the second circumferential extend of the outer body sidewall is deformable in a radially-inward direction toward the annular closure-retainer ring to cause movement of the rotation-blocking tab in a radially-outward direction away from the annular closure-retainer ring to disengage the rotation-blocking tab from the rotation-blocking tooth so that the closure can be uninstalled from the container.

11. The package of claim 1, wherein, when the closure is installed on the container, both the rotation-blocking tooth and the rotation-blocking tab are aligned circumferentially about the central axis with a portion of the hinge.

12. The package of claim 11, wherein the flip-top cap includes a cap sidewall, a cap top wall coupled to an upper end of the cap sidewall, and a retainer tab located diametrically opposite to the hinge and configured to engage a portion of the closure body to retain the flip-top cap in the closed position.

13. The package of claim 12, wherein the closure body includes a tab locking segment deformable in a radially-outward direction to engage with the retainer tab and block separation of the retainer tab from the closure body in the closed position.

14. The package of claim 11, wherein a first circumferential extent of the annular closure-retainer ring is offset from the rotation-blocking tooth, has a circumferential length greater than the rotation-blocking tooth, and has a distal end spaced a constant radial distance from central axis.

15. The package of claim 14, wherein a second circumferential extent of the annular closure-retainer ring is offset from the rotation-blocking tooth and the first circumferential extend, has a second circumferential length greater than the rotation-blocking tooth, and has a second distal end spaced the constant radial distance from central axis.

16. The package of claim 15, wherein the closure retainer further includes a second rotation-blocking tooth diametrically opposite to the rotation-blocking tooth and the hinge and circumferentially between the first circumferential extent and the second circumferential extent.

17. The package of claim 16, wherein the flip-top cap includes a cap sidewall, a cap top wall coupled to an upper end of the cap sidewall, and a retainer tab located diametrically opposite to the hinge and configured to engage a portion of the closure body to retain the flip-top cap in the closed position.

18. The package of claim 1, wherein the rotation-blocking tooth is included in a plurality of rotation-blocking teeth and the rotation-blocking tab is included in a plurality of rotation-blocking tabs.

19. The package of claim 1, wherein the closure body further includes body-sealing wall and the flip-top cap includes a cap-sealing wall configured to engage with the body-sealing wall in the closed position.

20. The package of claim 19, wherein the body-sealing wall is spaced a first distance from the central axis and a second distance from an outermost edge of the outer sidewall, the second distance being less than the first distance.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS OF THE DRAWINGS

[0007] The detailed description particularly refers to the accompanying figures in which:

[0008] FIG. 1 is a perspective and diagrammatic view of a package, in accordance with the present disclosure, showing that the package includes a container and a closure coupled to the container to control release of product therefrom;

[0009] FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the closure showing that the closure includes a closure body formed to include a discharge aperture and a flip-top cap coupled to the closure body in an unused, closed configuration blocking access to the discharge aperture, the flip-top cap including a tamper-evident retainer tab extending through a tab-receiving aperture formed in the closure body prior to consumer use of the package;

[0010] FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the closure of FIGS. 1 and 2 showing the flip-top cap in a first-use, opened configuration allowing access to the discharge aperture, and showing that the retainer tab includes a breakaway segment which separates from the rest of the retainer tab and the flip-top cap after the package is opened by a consumer for the first time to provide tamper evidence to consumers;

[0011] FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the closure separated from the container and the flip-top cap arranged in an unused, opened configuration following manufacture of the closure and prior to the retainer tab being received in the tab-receiving aperture;

[0012] FIG. 5A is an exploded view of the package of FIG. 1 showing the closure separated from the container in a pre-installation configuration;

[0013] FIG. 5B is an enlarged section view taken along line 5B-5B in FIG. 5A showing the closure in the pre-installation configuration in which the breakaway segment of the retainer tab is received in the tab-receiving aperture after pivoting the flip-top cap from the initial, unused opened position to the unused, closed configuration, and showing that the closure body includes an outer body sidewall, an inner body sidewall, and a top wall formed to include the tab-receiving aperture located radially between the outer and inner body sidewalls;

[0014] FIG. 6A is a perspective view of the package of FIG. 1 showing the closure in a container-installation configuration in which the closure is screwed onto the container;

[0015] FIG. 6B is an enlarged section view taken along line 6B-6B in FIG. 6A showing the closure in the container-installation configuration and a tab-locking segment of the inner body sidewall pushed radially outward toward the outer body sidewall and to urge the breakaway segment of the retainer tab into locking engagement with the outer body sidewall so that the breakaway segment remains between the outer body sidewall and the inner body sidewall when the flip-top cap is opened for the first time as shown in FIG. 7;

[0016] FIG. 7 is a section view taken along line 7-7 in FIG. 3 showing the flip-top cap in the first-use, opened configuration;

[0017] FIG. 8 is an exploded view of the package of FIG. 1 showing that the container includes a filler neck and a closure retainer extending radially outward from the filler neck, the closure retainer including a plurality of rotation-blocking teeth, and showing that the closure body includes a plurality of rotation-blocking tabs configured to engage the plurality of rotation-blocking teeth so that rotation of the closure about a central axis of the container in a removal direction is blocked when the closure is in the container-installation configuration; and

[0018] FIG. 9 is an enlarged view of the closure of FIG. 8 showing that the outer body sidewall includes the plurality of rotation-blocking tabs and showing that the tab-locking segment includes a ramp having a sloped surface adapted to engage external threads of a filler neck of the container to push the tab-locking segment towards the outer body sidewall.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0019] A package 10 in accordance with the present disclosure includes a container 12 and a closure 14 configured to be mounted on the container 12 as shown in FIG. 1. The container 12 includes a container body 16 and a filler neck 18 formed to include a mouth 20. The filler neck 18 includes external threads 19 configured to correspond with threads of the closure 14 to install the closure 14 onto the filler neck 18. The mouth 20 opens into an interior product-storage region 24 defined by the container body 16 and the filler neck 18. The closure 14 is configured to mount to the filler neck 18 of the container 12 to close the mouth 20 defined by the filler neck 18 opening into the interior product-storage region 24. The closure 14 controls release of product from the container 12.

[0020] The closure 14 may be opened and closed by a user to allow access to and block access to product inside the interior product-storage region 24, respectively, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. The closure 14 includes a closure body 26 and a flip-top cap 28 coupled to the closure body 26. The closure body 26 is configured to engage with the filler neck 18 to retain the closure 14 to the container 12 and is formed to include a discharge aperture 30. The flip-top cap 28 is mounted to the closure body 26 for pivotable movement about a cap pivot axis 28A between an unused, closed configuration blocking access to the discharge aperture 30, as shown in Fig, 2, and a first-use, opened configuration allowing access to the discharge aperture 30, as shown in FIG. 3.

[0021] The flip-top cap 28 includes a retainer tab 50 that is used to initially retain the flip-top cap 28 in the unused, closed configuration as shown in FIG. 2 and that alerts consumers when the package 10 has been opened by providing tamper evidence in the first-use, opened configuration as shown in FIG. 3. In the unused, closed configuration the retainer tab 50 of the flip-top cap 28 is received in a tab-receiving aperture 38 formed in the closure body 26. In the first-use, opened configuration a portion of the retainer tab 50 separates from the rest of the flip-top cap 28 and remains in the tab-receiving aperture 38. The retainer tab 50 of the flip-top cap 28 visually indicates that the package 10 has been opened when the flip-top cap 28 is changed from the unused, closed configuration and the first-use, opened configuration and the portion of the retainer tab 50 is separated from the flip-top cap 28. Additionally, the closure body 26 retains the portion of the retainer tab 50 captured in the tab-receiving aperture 38 so that the package 10 can be recycled as one piece.

[0022] The closure 14 may be manufactured with the flip-top cap 28 in an unused, opened configuration where the retainer tab 50 is fully attached to the flip-top cap 28 and the flip-top cap is spaced apart from the discharge aperture 30 as shown in FIG. 4. After manufacture and before installation onto the filler neck 18 of the container 12, the flip-top cap 28 is pivoted about the cap pivot axis 28A to change the flip-top cap 28 to the unused, closed configuration. The retainer tab 50 is inserted into the tab-receiving aperture 38 and locks on to the closure body 26 to block unintended opening of the flip-top cap 28.

[0023] In the illustrative embodiment, the closure 14 is made from high-density polyethylene (HDPE). HDPE is a relatively flexible material, but may be more recyclable than other stiffer materials that typically form items like closure 14. Because of the flexibility of HDPE, it may be difficult to form locking features or tamper evident features as the HDPE material can be easily deformed to defeat such features. The closure 14 in the illustrative embodiment is configured to deform upon installation on container 12 so that the tamper evident retainer tab 50 functions as intended despite being formed from HDPE and being flexible. In some embodiments, the closure 14 is made from polypropylene, which may also be more flexible than other materials. In some embodiments, the container 12 is made from HDPE or polypropylene. In some embodiments, the package 10 includes HDPE. In some embodiments, the package 10 consists of HDPE. In some embodiments, the package 10 consists essentially of HDPE. In some embodiments, the package 10 includes polypropylene. In some embodiments, the package 10 consists of polypropylene. In some embodiments, the package 10 consists essentially of polypropylene.

[0024] The closure 14 is configured to change from a pre-installation configuration shown in FIGS. 5A-5B to a container-installation configuration shown in FIGS. 6A-6B in response to being screwed onto container 12. In the pre-installation configuration, the closure 14 is separated from the container 12 and the retainer tab 50 of the flip-top cap 28 is received in the tab-receiving aperture 38 but may be removed from the tab-receiving aperture 38 without separating from the rest of the flip-top cap 28. In the container-installation configuration, the closure 14 is installed onto the container 12 and the closure body 26 deforms to apply a load 100 on the retainer tab 50 to block removal of a portion of the retainer tab 50 from the tab-receiving aperture 38. The load 100 applied on the retainer tab 50 by the closure body 26 ensures that, upon rotation of the flip-top cap 28 about the cap pivot axis 28A, the portion of the flip-top cap 28 is separated from the flip-top cap 28 to provide tamper evidence to a consumer. The separated portion of the flip-top cap 28 remains in a space 40 defined by the closure body 26 so the package 10 can be recycled as one piece.

[0025] The closure body 26 is configured to secure the closure 14 to the filler neck 18 and includes an outer body sidewall 32, an inner body sidewall 34, and a body top wall 36 as shown in FIGS. 5B, 6B, and 7. The inner body sidewall 34 is spaced radially inward from the outer body sidewall 32 relative to a central axis 26A of the closure body 26. The body top wall 36 is coupled to an upper end 32U, 34U of both the outer body sidewall 32 and the inner body sidewall 34. The body top wall 36 is formed to include the tab-receiving aperture 38. The space 40 is positioned radially between the outer body sidewall 32 and the inner body sidewall 34.

[0026] The outer body sidewall 32 includes a shell wall 33 and a tab retainer 35 coupled to the shell wall 33 as shown in FIGS. 5B and 6B. The shell wall 33 provides a radially outer surface 33S of the closure body 26. The tab retainer 35 extends radially inward from the shell wall 33 toward the central axis 26A and includes a lower surface 35S configured to engage the retainer tab 50 of the flip-top cap 28 to block a portion of the retainer tab 50 from being removed from the space 40.

[0027] The inner body sidewall 34 includes a retainer segment 42 and a tab-locking segment 44 as shown in FIG. 5B. The retainer segment 42 and the tab-locking segment 44 of the inner body sidewall 34 both include internal threads 58 which correspond to the external threads 19 of the filler neck 18 to install the closure 14 onto the filler neck 18. The tab-locking segment 44 is spaced circumferentially from the retainer segment 42 about the central axis 26A of the closure body 26. The tab-locking segment 44 is also aligned circumferentially with the tab-receiving aperture 38. The inner body sidewall is formed to include a pair of vertical slots 43, 45 which separate the tab-locking segment 44 from the retainer segment 42 as shown in FIG. 9.

[0028] The tab-locking segment 44 is movable relative to the rest of the closure 14 when the closure 14 is installed on the container in the container-installation configuration as shown in FIG. 5B. The tab-locking segment 44 deforms radially outward away from axis 26A and into engagement with the retainer tab 50 to apply the load 100. The load 100 applied by the tab-locking segment 44 locks a portion of the retainer tab 50 to the lower surface 35S of the tab retainer 35 so that the portion of the retainer tab 50 breaks away from the rest of the flip-top cap 28 when the flip-top cap 28 is opened for the first time.

[0029] The flip-top cap 28 includes a cap top wall 46, a cap sidewall 48, and a retainer tab 50 as shown in FIG. 1-4. The cap top wall 46 is coupled to an upper end 48U of the cap sidewall 48. The cap sidewall 48 has an outer surface 48S, at least a portion of which is aligned radially with the outer surface 33S of the closure body 26 relative to the central axis 26A when the flip-top cap 28 is in the closed position. The retainer tab 50 is coupled to at least one of the cap sidewall 48 and the cap top wall 46 and extends into the tab-receiving aperture 38 of the closure body 26.

[0030] The retainer tab 50 includes a cap-lifting segment 52, a breakaway segment 54, and a frangible border 56. In the illustrative embodiment, the cap-lifting segment 52 is coupled to both the cap sidewall 48 and the cap top wall 46. The breakaway segment 54 extends away from the cap-lifting segment 52 and includes a tab-retaining surface 54S configured to engage the lower surface 35S of the tab retainer 35 when the flip-top cap 28 is in the closed position. In the illustrative embodiment, the frangible border 56 connects the breakaway segment 54 to both the cap-lifting segment 52 and the cap sidewall 48. In other embodiments, the frangible border 56 may connect the breakaway segment 54 to only one of the cap-lifting segment 52 and the cap sidewall 48. The breakaway segment 54 of the retainer tab 50 is configured to breakaway from the rest of the flip-top cap 28 after the flip-top cap 28 is initially opened to provide tamper evidence to a user.

[0031] In the unused, closed configuration, the breakaway segment 54 of the retainer tab 50 is received in the tab-receiving aperture 38 and is coupled to at least one of the cap-lifting segment 52 and the cap sidewall 48. In the first-use, opened configuration, the breakaway segment 54 is separated from the retainer cap-lifting segment 52 and the cap sidewall 48 and the flip-top cap 28 after a consumer opens the package 10 for the first time. The flip-top cap 28 may be reclosed after the breakaway segment 54 is detached from the cap-lifting segment 52 and the cap sidewall 48 in the first-use, opened configuration by rotating the flip-top cap 28 about the pivot axis 28A to block access to the discharge aperture 30 and product inside the interior product-storage region 24 to maintain freshness of the product.

[0032] The tab-locking segment 44 retains the breakaway segment 54 within the space 40 to provide tamper evidence to a user and to allow the package 10 to be recycled as one piece once all product is removed from the interior product-storage region 24. The tab-locking segment 44 includes a segment wall 60, the internal threads 58, and a ramp 62 coupled to an inner surface 60S of the segment wall 60 below the internal threads 58 as shown in FIGS. 5B, 6B, and 9. The ramp 62 includes a sloped surface 62S that extends radially inward toward the central axis 26A from the inner surface 60S of the segment wall 60 so that the sloped surface 62S engages the external threads 19 of the filler neck 19. The engagement of the external threads 19 and the sloped surface 62S pushes the tab-locking segment 44 radially outward towards the outer body sidewall 32 in the container-installation configuration to apply the load 100 on the retainer tab 50.

[0033] In the pre-installation configuration, the closure 14 is separated from the container 12 and the breakaway segment 54 of the retainer tab 50 is received in the tab-receiving aperture 38 as shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B. A lower end 44L of the tab-locking segment 44 is located a first radial distance D1 from the outer body sidewall 32 relative to the central axis 26A in the pre-installation configuration. In the container-installation configuration, the closure 14 is installed onto the container 12 and the sloped surface 62S of the ramp 62 engages the external threads 19 as shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B. The engagement of the sloped surface 62S and the external threads 19 pushes the tab-locking segment 44 of the inner body sidewall 34 radially outwardly relative to the central axis 26A towards the outer body sidewall 32. In this position, the lower end 44L of the tab-locking segment 44 is located a second radial distance D2 from the outer body sidewall 32 in the container-installation configuration relative to the central axis 26A. The second radial distance D2 is less than the first radial distance D1. The tab-retaining surface 54S of the breakaway segment 54 may engage the lower surface 35S of the tab retainer 35 in both the pre-installation configuration and the container-installation configuration.

[0034] The container 12 further includes a closure retainer 22 configured to block rotation of the closure 14 relative to the container 12 after installation of the closure 14 onto the filler neck 18 as shown in FIG. 8. The closure retainer 22 extends radially outward from the filler neck 18 relative to a central axis 12A of the container 12. The closure retainer 22 includes a closure-retainer ring 23 and a plurality of rotation-blocking teeth 25 extending radially outward from the closure-retainer ring 23. The plurality of rotation-blocking teeth 25 are configured to engage with a portion of the closure 14 when the closure 14 is installed on the container 12 to block rotation of the closure 14 relative to the container 12. The closure-retainer ring 23 may also help to block the breakaway segment 54 from falling out of the space 40 after the breakaway segment 54 is separated from the flip-top cap 28 so that the package 10 can be recycled as one piece after all product is removed from the interior product-storage region 24.

[0035] The outer body sidewall 32 further includes a plurality of rotation-blocking tabs 37 configured to engage the plurality of rotation-blocking teeth 25 as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9. The plurality of rotation-blocking tabs 37 extend radially inward from the shell wall 33 relative to the central axis 26A. When the plurality of rotation-blocking tabs 37 engage the plurality of rotation-blocking teeth 25, rotation of the closure 14 about the central axis of the container 12A in a removal direction is blocked. When the closure 14 is installed on the container 12, at least one of the rotation-blocking teeth 25 and at least one of the rotation-blocking tabs 37 are aligned circumferentially about the central axis 12A with a portion of a hinge connecting the flip-top cap 28 to the closure body 26.

[0036] A first circumferential extent of the annular closure-retainer ring 23 is spaced a constant radial distance from the outer body sidewall 32. The first circumferential extent is greater than a circumferential length of each individual rotation-blocking tab 37 and a circumferential length of each individual rotation-blocking tooth 25. A distal end of each rotation-blocking tooth 25 is spaced a second radial distance from the outer body sidewall 32 less than the constant radial distance. Each rotation-blocking tooth 25 is offset circumferentially from the circumferential extent of the annular closure-retainer ring.

[0037] A second circumferential extent of the outer body sidewall 32 is aligned circumferentially with the circumferential extent of the annular closure-retainer ring 23 when the closure 14 is fully installed on the container 12. The second circumferential extend of the outer body sidewall 32 is deformable in a radially-inward direction toward the annular closure-retainer ring 23 to cause movement of the rotation-blocking tab(s) 37 in a radially-outward direction away from the annular closure-retainer ring 23 to disengage the rotation-blocking tab(s) 37 from the rotation-blocking tooth 25 so that the closure 14 can be uninstalled from the container 12.

[0038] The rotation-blocking tab(s) 37 is located entirely above a lower end of the outer body sidewall 32. The rotation-blocking teeth 25 each include a ramped surface arranged at an angle to the annular closure-retainer ring 23 and a motion-blocking surface coupled to a distal end of the ramped surface and extending radially inward toward the annular closure-retainer ring 23. The motion-blocking surface is perpendicular to the central axis 12A and is arranged along a plane that extends through the central axis 12A. The angle is constant along a length of the ramped surface.

[0039] The rotation-blocking tab(s) 37 includes a second motion-blocking surface configured to engage with the motion-blocking surface of the rotation-blocking tooth 25 when the closure is fully installed. The second motion-blocking surface is perpendicular to the central axis 12A and is arranged along a plane that extends through the central axis 12A. Each rotation-blocking tab 37 further includes a second ramped surface arranged at an angle to the outer body sidewall 32, an inner ramped surface coupled to a first end of the second motion-blocking surface, and an outer ramped surface coupled a second end of the second motion-blocking surface and spaced radially from the outer sidewall to provide a gap radially between the outer ramped surface and the outer sidewall such that each rotation-blocking tab 37 is cantilevered to the outer body sidewall 32.

[0040] The closure body 26 may further include a body-sealing wall 64 coupled to and extending axially away from the body top wall 36 relative to the central axis 26 as shown in FIGS. 3, 4, 5B, 6B, and 7. The body-sealing wall 64 defines the discharge aperture 30 and is located radially inward from the inner body sidewall 34. Similarly, the flip-top cap 28 may further include a cap-sealing wall 66 coupled to and extending axially away from the cap top wall 46. The cap-sealing wall 66 is positioned radially inward from the cap sidewall 48 and radially outward from the body-sealing wall 64 when the flip-top cap 28 is in the closed position. The cap-sealing wall 66 and the body-sealing wall 64 engage with one another to secure the flip-top cap 28 to the closure body 26 when flip-top cap 28 is reclosed after the breakaway segment 54 is separated from the flip-top cap 28. The body-sealing wall 64 is spaced a first distance from the central axis and a second distance from an outermost edge of the outer body sidewall 32. The second distance is less than the first distance to provide a larger discharge aperture 30.

[0041] The closure body 26 may further include an annular plug seal 68 and a rim sealer 70 as shown in FIGS. 5B, 6B, and 7. The annular plug seal 68 is formed on an inside surface of the body top wall 36 and is adapted to engage the filler neck 18 of the container 12 to seal between the closure 14 and the container 12. The annular plug seal 68 is positioned radially inward from the inner body sidewall 34 relative to the central axis 26A. The rim sealer 70 is also formed on an inside surface of the body top wall 36 and is adapted to engage a top end of the filler neck 18 to seal between the closure 14 and the container 12. The rim sealer 70 is positioned radially between the inner body sidewall 34 and the annular plug seal 68 relative to the central axis 26A.