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OwnerAnthony Henry Joseph Fraser, Peter Antony Farrar +2inventors
InventorsAnthony Henry Joseph Fraser, Peter Antony Farrar, William George Dando, John Hein
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A container comprising a container body (1) with an opening (3) defining an axis (A) passing therethrough and a cap (2) having an upper portion (6) and a skirt portion (7) for closing the opening, the container body (1) having an outwardly projecting lip (4) around the opening (3), the cap having spaced apart inwardly projecting members (8) round an inner circumference of the skirt portion (7) and the lip (4) having recesses (5) in a lower part thereof for receiving the members (8) when the cap (2) is press fitted to the container (1), the cap (2) being arranged so that its circumference is distorted into a substantially polygonal shape as portions of the cap carrying the members (8) are flexed outwards when the cap (2) is pressed over the lip (4) until the members (8) snap fit into respective recesses (5) in the lip (4), the members (8) and recesses (5) being shaped such that subsequent rotation of the cap (2) relative to the container body (1) tightens the cap (2) against the lip (4). Various tamper evident bands connected to the skirt portion (7) by friable bridges (10A, 20A, 30A, 40A) and/or tether bands (10B, 20B, 30B) are also described.
A container comprising a container body with an opening defining an axis passing therethrough and a cap having an upper portion and a skirt portion depending therefrom for closing the opening, the container body having an outwardly projecting lip around the opening, the cap having a plurality of spaced apart inwardly projecting members around an inner circumference of the skirt portion and the lip having a plurality of spaced apart recesses in a lower part thereof for receiving said members when the cap is press fitted to the container, the cap being arranged such that the circumference thereof is distorted into a substantially polygonal shape as portions thereof carrying said members are flexed outwards when the cap is initially pressed over the lip until the members snap fit into respective recesses in the lip, the members and recesses being shaped such that subsequent rotation of the cap relative to the container body tightens the cap against the lip.
A container comprising a container body with an opening defining an axis passing therethrough and a cap having an upper portion and a skirt portion depending therefrom for closing the opening, the container body having an outwardly projecting lip around the opening, the cap having a plurality of spaced apart inwardly projecting members around an inner circumference of the skirt portion and the lip having a plurality of spaced apart recesses in a lower part thereof for receiving said members when the cap is press fitted to the container body, the cap and recesses being shaped such that upon subsequent rotation of the cap relative to the container body in a loosening direction the circumference of the skirt portion is flexed into a substantially polygonal shape as the members are driven out of the respective recesses onto an external surface of the lip until the cap is free to be moved to an open position.
A container as claimed in any preceding claim having from two to six projecting members equally spaced around the internal surface of the skirt portion.
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