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A flexible tube and a container manufactured with a detachable cover that is reusable as a cap. The detachable cover includes a plastic top member and a skirt. The plastic top member has a neck and a cover. The neck is connected to the cover by a tearable ring-shaped part. The cover has a circular p

A flexible tube and a container manufactured with a detachable cover that is reusable as a cap. The detachable cover includes a plastic top member and a skirt. The plastic top member has a neck and a cover. The neck is connected to the cover by a tearable ring-shaped part. The cover has a circular plate with an interlocking mechanism, for example, at least three lugs projecting radially from a periphery of the circular plate. The skirt has a common axis of symmetry with the cover and has an inner surface that follows the periphery of the circular plate. The skirt also has a receiving mechanism, for example, at least three cavities that are positioned to receive the at least three lugs such that the skirt becomes immobilized with respect to the plastic top member. The skirt encircles the outer surface of the neck. The skirt and the cover are configured to cap the flexible tube or container after tearing the tearable ring-shaped part.

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1. An apparatus, comprising:a flexible tube; a plastic top member connected to an opening of the flexible tube, the plastic top member having, a neck having a ring-shaped inner rim that defines an outlet opening, a tearable ring-shaped part, a cover connected to the ring-shaped inner rim by the tear

1. An apparatus, comprising:a flexible tube; a plastic top member connected to an opening of the flexible tube, the plastic top member having, a neck having a ring-shaped inner rim that defines an outlet opening, a tearable ring-shaped part, a cover connected to the ring-shaped inner rim by the tearable ring-shaped part so as to provide an impervious stopper for the flexible tube prior to a user tearing the tearable ring-shaped part when opening the flexible tube for a first time, the cover having a same axis of symmetry as the outlet opening, and having, a closing portion connected to said tearable ring-shaped part; a circular plate connected to said closing portion and extending perpendicularly from the axis of symmetry, and at least three lugs projecting radially from a periphery of the circular plate; a skirt having a common axis of symmetry as the axis of symmetry of the cover, the skirt having, an open end, wherein an inner surface of the open end is at least partially cylindrical and follows a same shape as the periphery of the circular plate, except for at least three cavities formed in the inner surface that are positioned to receive the at least three lugs of the periphery of the cover, wherein the skirt is configured to be passed along a direction of the axis of symmetry over the cover such that the at least three cavities of the skirt receive the at least three lugs of the cover immobilizing the skirt with respect to the plastic top member, and to closely encircle an outer surface of the neck, and the skirt and cover are configured to cap the flexible tube after tearing the tearable ring-shaped part.