Bottles and jars – Closures – Frangible member or portion
Patent
1993-11-16
1995-12-05
Garbe, Stephen P.
Bottles and jars
Closures
Frangible member or portion
215321, B65D 4134
Patent
active
054721067
ABSTRACT:
A tamper resistant closure and a method of installing and removing that closure relative to a container where the container has a neck with external threads thereon and a ring located beneath the threads. The closure has a central portion with a periphery and a skirt extending from the periphery, a tear strip extending from the skirt, a tamper evident band extending from the tear strip and a movable flange extending from the band. The tear strip is affixed between the skirt and the band by a plurality of severable tabs. The flange is hinged to the tamper evident band and has equally spaced windows in it to make it flexible so that it can be stretched over the ring. When the closure is installed on the container, the flange is forced against an interior of the band and overrides the ring. Once the flange has overridden the ring, a free edge of the flange moves inward to rest against an outer surface of the neck beneath the ring. The closure can then not be removed from the container without first severing the tabs as the flange will not override the ring during removal of the closure. When the tear strip is removed, there is a relatively large gap between the skirt and the band, making it readily apparent that the contents of the container may have been tampered with. Once the tear strip has been removed, the closure functions in a conventional manner for opening and closing the container. The screw thread on the closure is made up of elongated bubbles located end to end.
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Garbe Stephen P.
Pano Cap (Canada) Limited
Schnurr Daryl W.
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