| CPC B29D 99/0096 (2013.01) [B29C 45/0001 (2013.01); B29C 45/0053 (2013.01); B29C 45/26 (2013.01); B29C 51/002 (2013.01); B29C 51/10 (2013.01); B29K 2023/08 (2013.01); B29K 2067/003 (2013.01); B29K 2105/0002 (2013.01); B29K 2105/0085 (2013.01); B29K 2905/02 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0041 (2013.01); B29L 2001/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/565 (2013.01); B65D 41/0414 (2013.01); B65D 41/3447 (2013.01)] | 21 Claims |

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1. A polyester resin closure that comprises:
(a) a plug seal configured to seal against an inner surface of a finish of a container when the polyester resin closure is mounted onto the finish of the container, the plug seal including,
(i) an annular wall configured to seat against a top surface of a rim of the finish,
(ii) an outer cylindrical wall extending downward from a first edge of the annular wall, wherein the outer cylindrical wall comprises internal threads or a lip configured to engage with the finish,
(iii) an inner cylindrical wall that extends downwardly from a second edge of the annular wall; and
(b) a lower wall that extends from the inner cylindrical wall, the lower wall extending across a diameter of the inner cylindrical wall, the lower wall having a concave upward shape that is configured to change shape in response to pressurized contents within an interior of the container; and
wherein the polyester resin comprises polyethylene terephthalate, polyethylene furandicarboxylate, or a copolymer of polyethylene terephthalate and polyethylene furandicarboxylate.
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