Secure Sample Collection Bottle

A secure specimen sample bottle comprising:

• a base receptacle having an interior space for receiving and holding a specimen, the base receptacle having an open first end and teeth formed along an inner surface of the base receptacle;
• a lock ring that has a first end and an opposing second end, the first end including an enclosed space defined by a protrusion and the opposing second end including a plurality of flexible fins that are configured to interlockingly mate with the teeth of the base receptacle so as to prevent removal of the lock ring from the base receptacle and resulting in the lock ring covering the open first end of the base receptacle, the plurality of flexible fins interlockingly mating with the teeth only after the lock ring and base receptacle mate to one another;
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• a removable cap that is coupled to the lock ring.

A secure specimen sample bottle comprising:

• a base container having an interior space for receiving and holding a specimen, the base container having an open first end with first threads being formed at the open first end and a plurality of locking protrusions formed along an inner surface of the base receptacle between the first threads and a closed second end of the base receptacle;
• a lock ring that has a first end and an opposing second end, the first end including an enclosed hollow space and the opposing second end including a plurality of flexible fins that are configured to interlockingly mate with the locking protrusions so as to prevent removal of the lock ring relative to the base container, the lock ring further including second threads formed proximate the first end and third threads formed proximate the second end, the third threads being configured to mate to the first threads and are positioned such that plurality of flexible fins lock with the locking protrusions only after the first and third threads mate to one another;
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• a removable cap that is coupled to the lock ring.