Security cover for beverage cans and other containers
OwnerScott Van Rixel, Benjamin L. Sitler +1inventors
InventorsScott Van Rixel, Benjamin L. Sitler, Justin Stevens
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Abstract
A security cover system and apparatus for beverage cans and other containers. The system includes a security cap that is installed upon the top of an unopened container for containing an adult beverage or the like. The cap is adapted for secure installation upon the top of a container having a top with a circumferential rim, such as an aluminum beverage can. The cap has catches engagable with the rim of the container. The system includes an opener tool with a specially shaped key portion thereon. The opener engages with a complementary slot in the cap to permit an authorized person, using the opener tool, to remove the cap from the container.
Claims24
A security covering system for a container having a top with a perimetric rim, the system comprising:
- a cap having a central axis and further comprising:
- a lid;
- an exterior wall coaxial with the central axis and descending from a periphery of the lid;
- at least one hooked catch extending upwardly from the exterior wall and inwardly toward the central axis;
- a swell formed integrally with and protruding outwardly from the exterior wall, aligned circumferentially with the at least one catch, and defining therein a key slot into which a key is insertable, wherein the key slot defines a recess having a nonrectilinear vertical cross-sectional shape extending radially outward through the swell.
A method for providing security against unauthorized opening of a container having a top with a perimetric rim, the method comprising:
- providing a cap having a central axis and comprising:
- a lid;
- an exterior wall coaxial with the central axis and descending from a periphery of the lid;
- at least one hooked catch extending upwardly from the exterior wall and inwardly toward the central axis;
- a gasket mounting flange, coaxial with the central axis, descending from a bottom surface of the lid to define a gasket space between the mounting flange and the exterior wall;
- a swell, aligned circumferentially with the at least one catch, protruding outwardly from the exterior wall, and defining therein a key slot into which a key is insertable, wherein defining the key slot comprises providing a recess having a nonrectilinear vertical cross-sectional shape extending radially outward through the swell;
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- disposing a gasket upon the gasket mounting flange, the gasket comprising:
- an inside wall adjacent an inside face of the mounting flange;
- an outside wall situated within the gasket space and in contact with the exterior wall;
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- a bottom sealing surface;
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- contacting the top of the container with the bottom sealing surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.