Apothecary safety closure
AssigneeBlack Hole Nebula Incorporated
InventorHugh Cottingham
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Abstract
An apothecary safety closure for a bottle neck capable of preventing inadvertent opening of the bottle is provided. The safety closure includes a liner adapted to be inserted into and frictionally engaged by the bottle neck. The liner includes a recess therein and structure for effecting a removal of the liner from the bottle neck. A stopper includes a cylindrical wall portion adapted to be inserted into the liner recess and rotated therein. The cylindrical wall portion is formed with operative portions adapted to be selectively aligned with the operative structure on the liner in response to selective rotation of the stopper to effect removal of the liner from the bottle neck by the stopper.
Claims7
An apothecary safety closure adapted to be inserted in a bottle neck comprising in combination a liner adapted to be inserted in said bottle neck and be frictionally engaged thereby to effect a closure of the bottle neck, said liner defining a recess therein, said recess including first operative means disposed on said liner for effecting removal of said liner from said neck, and a stopper including an elongated cylindrical wall portion adapted to be inserted into said liner recess and be rotatable with respect thereto, said cylindrical wall including second operative means adapted to be selectively aligned with said first operative means disposed on said liner in response to selective rotation of said stopper to effect a removal of the liner from said bottleneck by said stopper.
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