Container cap having safety locking means
OwnerHarold T. Pehrinventor
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Abstract
A one piece molded closure cap for a material dispensing container having a material dispensing valve and nozzle such as an aerosol can. The cap comprises a ring member securely mounted to the can, a closure member hingedly connected to the ring member and a tamper guard which is positioned over the dispensing nozzle and is connected to the ring member by frangible fingers. The tamper guard prevents manipulation of the dispensing valve prior to the removal thereof. In another embodiment, the ring member and closure member are molded with a nozzle which is connected to the ring member by frangible means such that the nozzle functions as a tamper guard. In another embodiment a latch is provided which has two operable positions with one position allowing the closure lid to be opened easier than by the other position.
Claims14
A closure cap for use with a material dispensing container having a material dispensing nozzle;
- said cap comprising:
- (a) a ring portion adapted to securely engage an aerosol can;
- (b) a closure member hingedly connected to said ring portion;
- (c) securing means to selectively secure said closure member in covering relationship with said nozzle such that said closure member is manipulative between a covering and a noncovering position thereof with respect to said nozzle;
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- (d) a tamper guard member removably connected to said ring portion in covering relation with respect to said nozzle and adapted to prohibit manipulation of said nozzle prior to removal of said guard member from said ring by a user of said can.
An integrally molded tamper responsive closure cap assembly for use on an aerosol can comprising:
- (a) a ring member adapted to securely engage a top portion of the aerosol can;
- (b) a closure member hingedly mounted on said ring member;
- (c) means to selectively secure said closure member in covering relation to said ring member;
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- (d) an aerosol nozzle frangibly connected by tab means to said ring member so as to not be in operable engagement with said aerosol can until the breaking of said tab means by an ultimate user.
A closure cap for use on a material dispensing container having a material dispensing member;
- said cap comprising:
- (a) a ring member adapted to securely engage said material dispensing container and be positioned about said material dispensing member;
- (b) a closure member hingedly connected to said ring member and adapted to be selectively positioned in covering relation relative to said material dispensing member such that said closure member has a covering position and a noncovering position relative to said material dispensing member;
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- (c) securing means pivotally connected to said ring member;
- said securing means being selectively adaptable to retainably engage said closure member in said covering position in a first locking position such that a substantially greater disengagement force must be exerted when secured in said first locking position than when secured in said second locking position.
A closure cap for use on a material dispensing container having a material dispensing member;
- said cap comprising:
- (a) a ring member adapted to securely engage said material dispensing member and be positioned about said material dispensing member;
- (b) a closure member hingedly connected to said ring member and adapted to be selectively positioned in covering relation relative to said material dispensing member such that said closure member has a covering position and a noncovering position relative to said material dispensing member;
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- (c) securing means hingedly connected to said ring member;
- said securing means being alternately manipulatable and adapted to selectively secure said closure in said covering position in a first position and a second position;
- said securing means comprising:
- (1) a tang positioned on said closure member;
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- (2) a tab positioned on said ring member and adapted to retainably engage said tang;
- said tab having hingeably a first position of a first depth and a second position of a second depth such that substantially more disengagement force is required to disengage said tang when retainably engaged in said first position than when retainably engaged in said second position.
In combination with a material dispensing container having a dispensing aperture, a closure cap;
- said cap comprising:
- (a) a ring member spaced from and surrounding said dispensing aperture;
- said ring member securely engaging said container;
- (b) a closure member integrally molded with said ring member and having a pivotal hinge therebetween;
- said closure member having a covering position relative to said dispensing aperture and a noncovering position wherein said closure member does not cover said dispensing aperture;
- (c) a first latch member on said ring member;
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- (d) a second latch member on said closure member;
- said first and second latch members cooperating in an overlapping and frictionally engaged relationship to secure said closure member in the covering position thereof;
- said closure member being sufficiently resilient to allow manipulation of said closure member relative to said ring member so as to separate said first and second latch members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.