Thread on-non-removable cap for a threaded neck container
AssigneeRexam Closures, Inc.
InventorGary V. Montgomery
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Abstract
A removal resistant closure cap for a container having a standard threaded neck is disclosed. The cap does not have a thread complementary to the container neck thread but has an inwardly projecting circumferential bead with an intersecting projection extending downwardly from the bead at the helix angle of the container neck thread. When the container neck is engaged by the cap with a threading rotation, the cap projection will engage the container neck thread, and the cap bead will snap over the container neck thread, permanently retaining in the cap on the container neck.
Claims6
A removal resistant cap and container assembly comprising:
- a container having a threaded neck with said thread having a helix angle;
- a cap having a top and a cylindrical skirt depending from the periphery of said top;
- said skirt having an inwardly projecting circumferential bead with an inside diameter having a close fit with said container neck, and said bead being located below said top a distance greater than the axial extent of said container thread;
- a linear projection on said skirt intersecting said bead and extending downwardly from said bead generally at the helix angle of said container thread;
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- a rotary seal between said closure and said container neck;
- wherein when said container neck is engaged by said cap in a threading manner, said projection will engage said container neck thread and displace said bead over said container neck thread, so said cap is axially aligned and in sealing relationship with said container neck and wherein said cap is blocked from threaded removal by said container neck thread engaging with said circumferential bead.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.