Sprayer cap guard

In a spray bottle having a spray mechanism attached to a bottle by a collar, a packaging guard, including:

• a collar lip with an outside diameter v extending from a bottom portion of an exterior of the collar;
• a cap guard with an inside diameter s larger than the outside diameter v of the collar lip and having an interior lip with an inside diameter w smaller than the outside diameter v of the collar lip;
• and
• wherein the interior lip of the cap guard engages the collar lip when the cap guard is placed substantially over the collar to secure the cap guard in a position over the collar in which the exterior of the collar is substantially covered.

A method of limiting access to the interior of a screw top container, including the steps of:

• closing the screw top container with a screw cap having a collar lip with an outside diameter v extending from a bottom portion of an exterior of the screw cap;
• providing a cap guard with an inside diameter s larger than the outside diameter v of the collar lip and having an interior lip with an inside diameter w smaller than the outside diameter v of the collar lip;
• sliding the cap guard over the screw cap;
• and
• engaging the interior lip of the cap guard with the collar lip of the screw cap thereby securing the cap guard in a position over the screw cap in which the exterior of the screw cap is substantially covered.

A method of rendering a screw top container non-refillable, including the steps of:

• closing the screw top container with a screw cap having a collar lip with an outside diameter v extending from a bottom portion of an exterior of the screw cap;
• providing a cap guard with an inside diameter s larger than the outside diameter v of the collar lip and having an interior lip with an inside diameter w smaller than the outside diameter v of the collar lip;
• sliding the cap guard over the screw cap;
• and
• engaging the interior lip of the cap guard with the collar lip of the screw cap, thereby securing the cap guard in a position over the screw cap in which the exterior of the screw cap is substantially covered.