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US 5,816,421 AGranted
Closure cap having an unpleasant tasting coating
AssigneeRexam Plastics Inc.
InventorsChristopher Clodfelter, Gary V. Montgomery
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Abstract
A closure cap includes a top wall with recesses therein wherein the recesses have an unpleasant tasting material therein to discourage infants and small children from placing the closure caps in their mouths and biting down on the caps.
Claims6
A closure cap to prevent a child from placing the cap in the mouth comprising:
- a top wall with at least one recess to receive an unpleasant tasting material therein;
- an unpleasant tasting material disposed within said recess to produce an unfavorable taste causing the removal of the cap from the mouth;
- a cylindrical sidewall extending downwardly from said top wall;
- and,
- attaching means to said sidewall for cooperating with mating attaching means on a neck of a container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.