CA2062008A1

CA2062008A1 - Spout fitment closure plug

Info

Publication number: CA2062008A1
Application number: CA002062008A
Authority: CA
Inventors: Daniel Luch; Brian M. Adams
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1991-03-05
Filing date: 1992-02-27
Publication date: 1992-09-06
Also published as: JPH05196141A; AU1134092A; AU653779B2; EP0502716A2; MX9200986A; ATE203483T1; EP0502716A3; IE920680A1; WO1992015496A1; EP0502716B1; DE69231954D1; AR248252A1

Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
For tent-type paperboard containers as well as other containers, a spout fitment is attached surrounding a hole in the container. The fitment spout has internal threads and an external flange which seals around the hole and is fixed to the container by thermal means, adhesive or the like. The cap has a top disk from which an externally threaded skirt depends.
The exterior of the skirt has gripping ribs to assist in screwing ad unscrewing the cap. The lower edge of the skirt seals against a sealing membrane on the spout. Surrounding the skirt is a tamper-evident band attached to the lower edges of the ribs by frangible bridges. The tamper-evident band has locking means engaging complementary locking means on the fitment.
Thus, the cap cannot be unscrewed without removing the tamper-evident band. By unique design, the fitment and cap may be molded in one mold cavity.

Description

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I~v~ntor: Daniel Luch Brian M. Adams BACX~ROUND OF THE II~TION -~ield of he Invell~iQn ~rhl6 inventiorl rel~te~ to a new and improsred spout ~lt:ment and plug for clo~ing the fiame!. More particularly the invQntion relatQ~ to a ~ltment which fitE~ arouncl a hole in a panel o~ a paperboard carton or around a hole in a flexible contalnert or th~ like, 6uch a~ u~ed ~or packaging li~uid producte and powders and to a closure for ~uch I ~ t~ent .
Descriptlon o~ R~late~_~
A typical prior art ~ltiment ~nd cap i~ shown ln Fig. l of the ~ccompanying drawinys and i8 discu6sed in the pr~rred embodiZnents portion o~ thi~ ~pecifica-tion. Generally peaking, pxior fit:ment~ have ~pout6 with ~x~ernal thread~ closed by oap3 w~ th interrlal ~hreads. So~e fitment~ are used in con~unction with pla~tio bag oontainer~, the fitment bein~ lntegr~lly welded to the pl~tic bag. Oth~r prior art ~ltment~
are attach~d to a polym~r-coated paperbo~xd co~tainer ~uch ~ a gable~topped hal~-~allon cont~lner.
~enerally, prior art fit~e~ts ~or paperboard cartons include a ~in ~lange which i8 welded ~o ~he 6ur~ace of the contain~r. The closure include~ a ~oll ~eal which A-54104/JC ~l-~eal~ the ~outh of tha spout and a liner for the cap which ~erves a resealing ~unction. Attachment to the polymer-coated paperboAr~ i8 accompli~hed by welding the flange o~ the ~pout to the polymer coating. Upon initial removal, the tamper evident foil ~eal i8 removed and di~ards~.
Fitment~ of the prior art have a number of deficiencies as compared with the present ~vention.
In the ~ir~t place, they employ multiple componenta which increa~e the cost o~ the combination very greatly over the 6imple ~tructure cf the present lnven~ion.
Secondly, a~sembly i~ dif~icult and involves rotary equipment whioh i~ dif~icult to control in praetice and i8 axpen~iv~ to in~tall. Thirdly, because o~ th~ ~act tha.t the prior art spout~ are ~xternally threaded, the diameter o~ the open~ ng in the ~pout iB restricted ina~much a~ there i~ only limited spaae on the panel of the container on which the flange can be located, thereby reducing the diameter o~ the fitment flange and corre6pondingly the diameter of the 6pout. Finally, commercially available fltm2nt-closure combinations have no ~xternal tamper--avident features (as contra~ted with th~ intarnal fo~ al of the ~pout op~ning3.

SUM~ARY OF ~HE_INVEN~ION
~5 one e~bodi~ent Or ths pre~nt invention employs a fi~ment having ~ spout which i~ int~rnally threa~ed an~ having a flanga or other ~aans which ~
welded or otherwi~ adhered to the container panel on which the ~itment i8 in~tall~d. ~h~ clo~ur~ i~ an externally threaded plug closure whiah ~eals again~t membr~n~ on the fitment, which membrane al o protect~
the exposed edge o~ th~ holQ formed in the conta$ner panel. A tamper-evident band on tha clo~ure i~ joined to tha clo~ure by a plurality o~ ~rangible bridges or ~5 the parts ~y ba ~niti~lly connected by other frangible ~ean~ embly of the cap on th~ ~itm~nt ~e preferably performed by a direct axlal pushing movemen~, the thraad~ slipping past each other during the ~xial movement. Th~ lower edge o~ the tamp~r-evident band has ~ngagem~nt meana wh~ch fit into complementary engagem2nt maan~ on the ~poutO The inter-engagement o~ these ~ean~ prevent~ rot~tion of the cap 80 long aa the bridyes whi~h ~oin tha band to the cap are intact. Thu~, ~fter axia~ a~sembly the threaded plug cannot be removed prior to re~oval of the ta~par evident band.
A~ an additional feature, the plug and 6pout may be mold d ~imultaneou~ly in a ~ingle cavity in an in~ection molding machine. Further, a6 the part~ are e~ec~ed from the cavity, the threaded plug may be moved axially 80 that it fits in~de the spout and the threads of the 6pout and plug lntar engage.
In another e~bodiment, the parts ~ay be inter~itted by a ~riction fit between the exterior of the plug and the interior o~ the 6pout.
As those 6k~11ed in the art will realize, materials such as polyolefins having relatively high flexibility and toughnes~ will be most ~uitable in praotice of the invantion~

DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
The accompanying drawings, which are incorporat d in and ~orm a part ~ thi~ specificat~on, illu3trate embodlments o~ the in~ention and, togeth~r with the de~cription, ~erve to explain the prin~ipls6 o~ th~ lnvent~ on:
Fig~ 1 is a fragmentary ~ectional view o~ a portion o~ a prior art f$tment and closure assembly.
Fig. 2 1~ ~ sid~ elevational view of a fitment and clo6ur~ ln accordance with th~ pr~nt invention prior to a~mbly.

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Fig. 3 i~ an enlarged fragmentary ~ctlonal view ~hrough ~n aa~emblQd ~lo~ure ~nd ritment attached to the panel o~ a container.
Fig. 4 i~ a top plan view o~ a i~itment.
Fig. 5 i~ a top plan view o~ a clo~ureO
F$gs. 6, 7, 8 and 9 are fragmentary ~ection~l view~ taken sub~tanti~lly along the line~ 6--6, 7-~7, and 8--8 and 9--9, rla~pectively, of Fig. 5.
Fig. 10 1~ an anlarg~d vertical ~3ctional Yi9W through tha struoture of Fiç~. 2.
Flg. 11 iB a ~ragmentary ~ectional view ~imilar to ~tructure to Fig. 10 but angularly rotated to ~how the integral conneckiorl between clo~ur~ and epout .
Fig6. 1~, 13, and 14 are, r2sp~ctivQly, ~odification~ of the Gtrllcture o~ Fig~ 11, taken ~ub~tantially along the same lines ~6 Fig. 11.
Fig. 15 is a v$ew similar to Fig. 14 of ~till another modlfied combination.
Fig. 16 i~ a top plan vi~w of a still ~urther modifi~at~ on o~ the inventlon.
Fig. 17 ia a vertical ~eational view taken aubstantlally along line 17- 17 of Flg. 16 ~howing the combined closure and fitment in initial condition.
Fig. 18 iB a view aimilar to Fig. 17 ~howing the part~ ~n re ~losure position.
Figs. 19 and 20 are vertical sectional views of a modification ~howing a di~ferent mechanism ~or attachment to the container.

~ESCRI~TION OF P~EFERRED EMBODI~NTS
Re~erence will now be ~adQ in detail to the preferred e~bod~ents o~ th~ lnvention, exampl~ o~
which are illu~tra~ed ln the accompany$ng drawlngs.
~hile the invsntion will be de~cribed in con~unction with the pre~erred embodimQnts~ it will ~e understood that they are not intended to l~mit the inventlon to A-54104/JC -4~

~J ~ 3~?~.3 tho6e embodlment~. On the contrary, the ~vention is intended to cover alternatives, modiEication~ and egulvalent~, which may be lncluded within the 6pirit and acope of the invention as de~in~d by the app~nded claims.
Directing attention now to tha typical prlor art ~tructure shown in Fig. 1, a ~arton o~ paperboard coated with a Eultable polymer ha~ a panel 2l ~ormed with a hole 22. Surrounding hole 22 i~ a ~itm~nt ~3 10 having an upstanding spout 24 ~or~ed with ~xternal threads 2~. The lower edge o~ spout 24 ha~ an external ~lange 27 which iB cau~ed to adhere to the panel 21 by welding, adhesive or other 6uit2ble means.
The prior art cap 3l has a top di6k 32 ~rom 15 which depend~ a ~kirt 33 having internal thxead~ 34 mating with th~ threads 26. Init~ally, the cap 31 may be provided with a liner 36 which ~unction~ a~ a re-closure ~eal and al~o with a ~oil ~eal 37 which ~eal~ against the upp~r end o~ thQ ~pout 24 and 20 provides ta~per-evident fQature~. Once the seal 37 ifi removed, the liner 36 perform~ a sealing function on re-closure.
Some o~ the advantage~ of the pre88nt inventlon over prior art structures such as thQ typical 25 a~sembly ~hown in Fig. 1 have heretofore be2n described.
A preferred ~tructure of ~h~ present invention i~ sho~ in F~gB. 2 - ll. Fitment 41 hae an upstanding spout 42 ~ormed with a top edge 43 and 30 having int~rnal ~hreads 44. Prsferably the thr2ad~ 44 ~rQ multipl~ lezd ~hreade, ~ince ~ h~r~inafter deæcribed) thi~ ~alances the gating of tha 6pout (~ae below description~ o~ Fig~. l0 ~nd ll).
~low thread~ 44~ ~pout i~ ~ormed with a 35 downward-inward slanted æeal membrane 48 which, as ~hown in Fig. 3, p~rforms a ~ealing funation with ths cloæure a~ hereinafter ~ppaars. Diametrically opposed 2 ~
ratchets 46 are ~ormed $n the top edge 43 for the purpose of locking with the tamper-2vident band o~ the clo~ura as hereina~ter appear6. At the bottom of the fitment i~ an enlarged peripheral flange 47, the underside Or which i~ aaufied to adhere to the panel 21.
Clo~ur~ 51 functions a~ a plug to clo~ the ~pout 42. It i~ ~ormed with a top di6k ~2 h~vlng a rounded corner 53 ~rom whiah depends a ekirt 54. The upper pnrt$on of ~Xirt 54 i~ formed with vertioal ribs 56 which extend around the corner 53 and partially inward o~ the di~k 52. Rlbs 56 are ~eparated by ~paoes 57. By gripping the rib~ 56 ~h~ user may ~urn the clo~ure 51. Midway o~ th~ sklrt 54 and imm~dlately below the ribs 55 i6 an external wall 58 and below the wall 58 are thread~ 59 which mate with the threads 44.
8urround~ng the ~klrt 54 i8 a narrow tamper-evid~nt band 61 which ia conn2ct~d to the lower end~ o~
~oma of the ribs 56 by horizontal frangtble bridg~s 62.
At diametrically ~paced position6 on the undex ~ide of band 61 are depending pawl~ 63 which engage the ratchet~ 46 of 6pout 4a to re~trai,n rotation of closure 51 relative to ~itment 41 60 long as the bridge~ 62 are intaat. One or more t~ar tab~ 64 ~h~re ~hown ~ two in numb~r and depending ~rom band 61. immediately outward of pawls 63) are attached to the band 61. By pulling the tab 64 u~ward, the band 61 ~ay be ~i connected ~rom the closure 51 and the closure ~ay be turned relative to the fitment since th pawls 63 are out of engagement with the ratchet6 46. ~owever, the removal o~ band 61 or any tQaring o~ th~ bridge~ 62 gives evldencQ o~ tampering with the contsnts of ths cont~iner. To facilitats removal, bridge~ 62 arQ
o~itted in the ~icinity of tsar tabs 63 (See Figs. 3, 5 and 6) The consumer ~ay turn clos~r~ 51 to open and close th~ aontain~r. In the clo6ed condition, the ~nd A~54104/JC -6~

~ 3~.3 66 of the ~kirt 54 seal~ against the ~eal ~ember 48 o~
~itment 41.
One preferred ~ean~ for the production of the fitmant ~l and clo6ure 51 i8 ~hown in Fig8. 10 and 11 whereby the two parts may be made simultaneously in a ~ingle cavity of a pla tic $njection mold. Thu~ in the mold, the fitment 41 i~ positioned below tha ~106ure 51. A~ 6hown in Fig. ll, there are gate~ 71 connectin~
the fitment to the clo~ure. Gate~ 71 ar2 po~tioned to coinclde with the theoretical pro~ections o~ the lower end~ (or run-out6) of h~lical threads 59. The plastio i~ in~ectQd at the top o~ the clo~ur~ and the ~olten pla6tic extend~ through the gate 71 into the top o~ the spout 42. Acoordingly the two part~ may be molded simul~aneously. In order to ~eparate the part~, the gate 71 is fxactured. Such ~racture ~ay be accompli~hed merely by ~ushing axially downward on the closure, the threads 59 olipping over the thread~ 44.
It will be understood, however, that the parts may be molded separately. When molded simultaneously/ by proper ~old construction, tha parts may be as~emblsd before being e~ected ~rom the mold.
Fig. 12 illustrat~s an alt~rnate cons'ruction. In thi~ modification, ~ oontinuou~
frangible web conneotion 76 oonno~t~ the plug to the ~op adga 43a cirau~fer~ntially around the part~. ~he parts may be installed on the container in the condition ~hown in Fig. 12. So long as th~ ~onnector 76 i8 lntact, the consumer iR a~sured that th~rs has 3C been no tampering with the container. ~t th~ time of con~mption, the user fracture~ the connection 76 - either by tw~stlng the closura 51a or other conven~ent mean~O ~h~ closurQ 51a m~y be ~nstalled on the ~itment 41a after par~ o~ the contents o~ tha container have been di~pen~sd merely by screwing ~he closure 51~ $nto the spout ~a.

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13, which ie particularly useful where the device i~ to be attached to a containsr having ~olid contente, the lower end of the ~itment 41b ha~ a downward ~xtending ring 81 which fit~ ln~ide the hol~ 22 and i~ retained therein ~y an outward extending barb 82 which ~ng~ge~
under the panel 21. To ~tabilize and al50 to ~eal the fitment, an outer ~eal member 83 similar to th~ ~eal ~ember 48b engages the top ~urface of the panel 21. In 10 Fig. 13 the part~ ~re ~hown prior to as~embly of the plug to fitment ~pout. It will be under~tood that norMally a closure 51b i~ attached to ths ~tment 41 before the ring 81 i~ in~ert~d in th~ panel 21.
Fig. 14 ~hsws still another modi~ication.
15 The ~tructure in Flg. 14 16 6ub6tantially similar to that in Fig. 13 except that the stabilizing seal member 83 ~f Fig. 13 ~ omit~ed.
Fig. 15 show~ a very ~imple, tamper-evident con~truction. No threads are reguired on th~ clo~ure 20 or ~pout. Rather, the ~xte:rior o~ skirt 54~, immediately below ribs 56d ls for~d with a cylindr~cal external ~ealing ~ur~ace 86 and ~elow sur~ace 86 i6 an undexcut 87 merging into outwar~d curv2d portion 88.
Portion 88 extend~ around the clrcumference of closure 25 51d and i~ ~olned to the inner corner o~ top ed~e 43d ~f ~it~ent 41d by a ~rang~le clrcumferential web 76~.
Web 76d makes the combination tamper-evident ~ince thQ container cannot be opened without br~a~ing th~ same. When th~ consumer wishes to open the 30 container, clo~ur~ 51d i8 dl~connected ~rom fit~nt 41d by breaking w~b 76d by any conv~nient ~ean~. For reclosure purposes, ~ealing end 66a contact~ ~e~l ~e~ber 48d.
Fig~. 16-18 lllustrate a ~urther modi~ication 35 whereln the clo6ure Sle and fitment 41e ~re ~olded together and, a initially mslded, provide ~ tamper-evident combination which i~ liquld-tight, When the con~umer æeparates the two parte, the clo~ure ~ay be used for reclosure purpo~e~.
Thu~ ~pout 42e need not be threaded. Cloeure 51e i8 ~oined to the upper edge 43e o~ ~pout 42e in a frangible, ¢ontinuou~, circumferential tear band 91 wh~ch functlons a~ a connection or gate during mold~nq o~ the parts and further make~ the parto in the condition 6hown in Flg. 17 tamper-evident. In the prefarred form best ~hown in Fig. 17, circumferential flange 36 Qxtends horizontally out frDm top disk 52e beyond the confinee of ~kirt 5~e. At one or more positions around the circum~erence of band 91 i~ a pull tab 92, of limited width, which may extend up above khe level o~ closure top di~k 52e and out beyond the edge of flange 96 60 that it ~ conveniently grippe~ by the aonsumer. Below the level of ~lange 96, tab ~2 ~lants downward-inward to ~oin tear ~and 91. At lea~t one point, tab 92 1~ connected to the edge of ~lange 96 by one or more frangible bridges 94 which help~ ~tabillze the tab and al~o m~kes addltional contribution to tamper-avidency.
The flange 47e ~ay be adhered around a hole in a container with the combination shown in Fig. 17 intact and tamper-evident ~ince il~ long as bridge 94 and tear band 91 are inta~t th~ u~er c~nnot obtain acce~s to ~he ~ontents o~ the ~ontalner. To open the container, thQ con~umer grasp~ tab 92, breaking bridge 94 and then tear band 91. Clo~ure 51e i~ ~hen ramsved by gripplng flange 96.
For reclo~ure 6kirt 54~ i~ in~rted in ~pout 42e and top 52~ push~d downward. Coll~r 58e sQals against the in~ide o~ ~pout 42e and seal member 48~
seale agains~ the outside Or skirt 66e, both ~aling with a ~riction ~it. Flange ~6 seat~ on top ~dg~ 43~, limiting downward ~ov~mant o~ the clo~ur~. The closure 51e may be removed by grlpping fl nge 96 and replaced rapeatedly.
A-54104~JC -9-~ 7 In the ~odi~ication o~ Figs. 19-20, Pitment 41~ i8 applied to a container 101 o~ ~ny convenient type such a~ one having an ext~rnal locking bead 102 below top edge 103. Fit~ent 41f ha~ an annular top 106 having upward extsnding spout 42~. Th~ undarsiAe o~
top 106 has an inner æklrt or hollow plug 107 which ~it~ in~ide the wall of container 101. Outward of plug 107 i~ a groove 108 which receive edge 103 and b~yond groove 108 ls a 6houlder 109 which ~ against the upper outer 2dge of cuntainer wall 101. A pe~ipheral ~hort ~kirt 111 ha~ an internal be~d 112 which locks under be~d 102.
~he closure 51~ i~ quite ~i~il~r to that of Figs~ 16-18 except that skirt 54~ may be di~en~ioned to fit tightly within ~pout 42f without u6e o~ a collar ~uch as collar 58e of Fig, 17. The lower edge of ~kirt 54f i6 bevell~d and 16 initially connected by frangible connector 76f to the inner edga of the upp~r end of spout 42f.
The oloEure a~ ~hown in Fig. 19 i~ ta~per-evident. The consumer grasp~ closure 51~, breaking connector 76f. For reolosure purposes, clo~ure ~kirt 54f if inserted in spout 42f and pushed down to a~sume the closed po~ition ~hown in Fig~. 20.
In many respect~ th0 ~odification~ of Figs~
12, 13, 14, 15, 17 and 19 resembl~ thos~ o~ the preceding ~odi~ication~, and the ~ame r~ferQnce nu~eral~ ~ollowed by the 8ub6cript8 a, k, , d, e and f, re~pectively, ~re u~ad to designate aorresponding part~.

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Claims

1. In combination, a fitment and a closure therefor, said fitment comprising a spout having an interior and an exterior formed with internal first engagement means, attachment means for attaching said fitment vicinal an aperture in a container, said closure having a top a skirt having an interior and an exterior, said skirt depending from said top formed with external second engagement means engageable with said first engagement means, and breakable means interconnecting a portion of said fitment and said skirt, said breakable means being positioned so that said closure cannot be moved relative to said fitment without breaking said breakable means, first tamper-evident mean on said fitment, second tamper-evident means on said closure cooperable with said first tamper-evident means to restrain removal of said skirt from said spout after said first and second tamper-evident means are brought into engagement, at least one of said tamper-evident means being frangible, said tamper-evident means being discrete from breakable means.

2. The combination of Claim 1 in which said first engagement means and said second engagement means comprise mating threads.

3. The combination of Claim 2 wherein said frangible means consists of at least one gate.

4. The combination of Claim 1 in which said first and second engagement means have a friction fit.

5. In combination, a fitment and a closure therefor, said fitment comprising a spout formed with internal first engagement means, attachment means for attaching said fitment vicinal an aperture in a container, said closure having a top, a skirt having an interior and an exterior, said skirt depending from said top, formed with external second engagement means engageable with said first engagement means, and breakable means interconnecting a portion of said fitment and said skirt, said breakable means being positioned so that said closure cannot be moved relative to said fitment without breaking said breakable means, and said breakable means comprises a tamper-evident tear band interconnecting said spout and the exterior of said skirt and a tear tab connected to said tear band, thereby by pulling said tear tab said tear band is removed and said closure may be separated from said fitment.

6. The combination of Claim 5 in which in initial condition said skirt is only partially inserted within said spout.

7. The combination of Claim 5 which further comprises at least one frangible bridge connecting said tear tab to said top disk whereby said bridge must be broken before removal of said tear tab.

8. The combination of Claim 5 in which said first engagement means comprises a seal member on the interior of said spout engageable with the exterior of said skirt.

9. The combination of Claim 5 in which said second engagement means comprises a collar on the exterior of said skirt which engages the interior of said spout.

10. The combination of Claim 1 in which said attachment means comprises a flange connected to said spout and extending outward therefrom adapted to be adhered to said container.

11. The combination of Claim 1 in which said attachment means comprises a ring fitting through said aperture and a barb on said ring.

12. The combination of Claim 11 which further comprises a sealing member extending from said ring inside said spout.

13. The combination of Claim 12 which further comprises a second sealing member extending outward of said ring to engage the exterior of said container.

14. The combination of Claim 1 which said second tamper-evident means comprises a tamper-evident band surrounding and spaced outward of said skirt, said band being connected to said skirt by second frangible means, and restraining said band functioning after initial engagement of said first and second engagement means to restrain removal of said closure from said fitment so long as said second frangible means is intact.

15. The combination of Claim 14 which further comprises first and second cooperating locking means on said band and said fitment, respectively, to restrain, after said initial engagement, rotation of said closure relative to said fitment while said band is in position prior to fracture of said second frangible means.

16. The combination of Claim 15 in which said first locking means comprises a pawl and said second locking means comprises a ratchet interfitting with said pawl said band.

17. The combination of Claim 1 for use with a container having a panel formed with a hole wherein said fitment further comprises a seallng member extending inward from adjacent the bottom of the interior of said spout to engage said skirt.

18. The combination of Claim 17 in which said member seals against the exterior of said skirt.

19. The combination of Claim 2 in which said closure is formed to be applied to said fitment by axial movement, said threads being capable of distorting to slip over each other during said movement.

20. The combination of Claim 14 in which said skirt is formed with external gripping ribs, the lower ends of at least some of said ribs being joined to said band by bridges, said bridges comprising said second frangible means.

21. In combination a closure and a fitment for attachment to a container for initial sealing, dispensing, and reclosure of said container, said closure comprising a plug portion having a top and a cylindrical skirt depending from said top, and first engagement means on the exterior of said cylindrical skirt, said fitment comprising a spout portion having an internal wall and second engagement means on said internal wall, said first and second engagement means being angularly positioned such that they can be brought into complementary registration with a unidirectional axial force sufficient to insert the plug portion into the spout portion, said plug and spout being integrally joined together through a line of weakness so that said plug and sprout may be formed simultaneously in a single shot injection molding cycle, first tamper-evident means on said fitment, second tamper-evident means on said closure cooperable with said first taper-evident means to restrain movement of said skirt relative to said spout after said first and second tamper-evident means are brought into engagement by said unidirectional axial force at least one of said tamper-evident means being frangible.

22. The combination of Claim 21 wherein said line of weakness is adjacent to and extends the circumference of said closure.

23. The combination of Claim 22 wherein said line of weakness is formed by a plurality of discrete bridges angularly spaced around the circumference of said fitment.

24. An integrally molded combination of thermoplastic material comprising a fitment and a closure initially joined together, said fitment comprising a round spout formed with internal threads, attachment means extending outward from said spout adapted to be adhered to the panel of a container surrounding a hole formed in said panel, and fitment locking means on the exterior of said fitment, said closure having a top a round skirt depending from said top formed with external threads adapted to mate with said internal threads, a tamper-evident band surrounding and spaced outward from said skirt, frangible means interconnecting said band and skirt, said band comprising closure locking means engageable with said fitment locking means to restrain rotative movement of said closure relative to said fitment prior to breaking said frangible means, and the upper edge of said spout extending outside the lower outer edge of said external threads and joined thereto by plastic material forming a gate.

25. The combination of Claim as in which said spout has a substantially axially extending inner wall, said internal threads being formed projecting inward of said inner wall and said skirt has a substantially axially extending outer wall spaced inward of said inner wall, said external threads being formed projecting outward of said outer wall.

26. The combination of Claim 25 in which said plastic thread run-out material is frangible whereby axial movement of said closure relative to said fitment causes said run-out material to break, said internal and external threads and said skirt and said spout being flexible, whereby said threads may be distorted to slip past each other and then inter-engage to assemble and seal said closure and said fitment together.

27. The combination of Claim 26 wherein said axial movement to assemble said closure and said fitment together occurs at least partially during the ejection motion of the part from the mold.

28. A fitment for use with a closure of the type having a top a skirt depending from said top formed with external engagement means, said fitment comprising a spout formed with internal engagement means engageable with said external engagement means, attachment means for attaching said fitment vicinal an aperture in a container, and integral frangible means interconnecting a portion of said fitment and said skit, said frangible means being positioned so that said closure cannot be moved relative to said fitment without braking said frangible means, first tamper-evident means on said fitment, second tamper-evident means on said closure cooperable with said first tamper-evident means to restrain movement of said skirt relative to said spout after said first and second tamper-evident means are brought into engagement, at least one of said tamper-evident means being discrete from said frangible means.

29. A fitment according to Claim 28 in which said first engagement means and said second engagement means comprise mating threads.

30. A fitment according to Claim 28 in which said attachment means comprises a flange extending outward from said spout adapted to be adhered to said container.

31. A fitment according to Claim 28 in which said attachment means comprises a ring fitting through said aperture and a barb on said ring.

32. A fitment according to claim 28 which further comprises a sealing member extending inward from the interior of said spout.

33. A fitment according to Claim 31 which further comprises a second sealing member extending outward of said ring to engage the exterior of said container.

34. A fitment according to Claim 28 for use with a container having a panel formed with a hole which further comprises a sealing member extending inward from the interior of said spout to engage said skirt.

35. A fitment according to Claim 34 in which said member is adapted to seal against the exterior of said skirt.

36. A fitment for use with a closure having a plug portion having a top and a cylindrical skirt depending from said top, and first engagement means on the exterior of said cylindrical skirt, said second engagement means comprising internal threads, said fitment comprising a spout portion having an internal wall and second engagement means on its internal wall, said first and second engagement means being angularly positioned such that they can be brought into complementary registration with a unidirectional axial force sufficient to insert the plug portion into the spout portion, said plug and spout being intergrally joined together through a line of weakness so that said plug and spout may be formed simultaneously in a single shot injection molding cycle.

37. A fitment according to Claim 36 wherein said line of weakness is adjacent to and extends the circumference of said spout portion.

38. A closure cap for use with a fitment having a spout formed with internal first engagement means and attachment means for attaching said fitment vicinal an aperture in a container, said closure comprising a top a skirt depending from said top formed with external second engagement means engageable with said first engagement means, said second engagement means comprising external threads and integral frangible means interconnecting a portion of said fitment and said skirt, said frangible means being positioned so that said closure cannot be moved relative to said fitment without breaking said frangible means.

39. A closure according to Claim 38, wherein said fitment is formed with first tamper-evident means and in which said closure further comprises a tamper-evident band surrounding and spaced outward of said skirt, said band being engageable with said first tamper-evident means and being connected to said skirt through second frangible means, said second frangible means restraining movement of said closure relative to said fitment after initial engagement of said first and second engagement means so long as said first and second frangible means are in engagement.

40. A closure cap for use with a fitment having a spout formed with internal first engagement means, attachment means for attaching said fitment vicinal, an aperture in a container, and first tamper evident means said closure comprising a top, a skirt depending from said top formed with external second engagement means engageable with said first engagement means, and integral frangible means interconnecting a portion of said fitment and said skirt, said frangible means being positioned so that said closure cannot be moved relative to said fitment without breaking said frangible means, a tamper-evident band surrounding and spaced outward of said skirt, said band engaging said first tamper-evident means and being connected to said skirt through second frangible means, said second frangible means restraining removal of said closure from said fitment after initial engagement of said first and second engagement means so long as said second frangible means is intact, said first tamper-evident means and said band restraining movement of said closure relative to said fitment while said band is in position prior to fracture of said second frangible means, said first engagement means comprising a pawl and said second engagement means comprising a ratchet on said skirt interengaging with said pawl.

41. A closure according to Claim in which said skirt is formed with external gripping ribs, the lower ends of at least some of said ribs being joined to said band by bridges, and bridges comprising said second frangible means.

42. A closure for use with a fitment for attachment to a container for initial sealing, dispensing, and reclosure of said container, said fitment having a spout portion having an internal wall and internal engagement means on said internal wall, said closure a plug portion having a top and a cylindrical skirt having an interior and an exterior, depending from said top, and external engagement means on the exterior of said cylindrical skirt, said internal and external engagement means being angularly positioned such that they can be brought into complementary registration with a unidirectional axial force sufficient to insert the plug portion into the spout portion, said plug and spout being initially intergrally joined together through a line of weakness so that said plug and spout may be formed simultaneously in a single shot injection molding cycle.

43. A closure according to Claim 44 wherein said line of weakness is adjacent to and extends the circumference of said closure.

44. A closure according to Claim 44 wherein said line of weakness is formed by a plurality of discrete bridges angularly spaced around the circumference of said fitment.

45. The combination of Claim 5 in which said attachment means comprises a ring fitting through said aperture and a barb on said ring.

46. The combination of Claim 47 which further comprises a sealing member extending from said ring inside said spout.

47. The combination of Claim 48 which further comprises a second sealing member extending outward of said ring to engage the exterior of said container.

48. The combination of Claim 14 in which said second tamper-evident means comprises angularly spaced bridges.

49. A closure according to Claim 40 in which said second frangible means comprises angularly spaced brides.