US 7,604,139 B1Granted

Resealable, tamper evident closure

AssigneeInternational Plastics and Equipment Corporation

InventorCharles J. Long, Jr.

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Abstract

A tamper evident closure for a container having a bead provided on the outside surface of the neck thereof. The closure includes a top section and an outer skirt extending downwardly from the top section. The outer skirt includes a tamper evident strip extending along only a portion of the outer perimeter. The tamper evident strip is connected to a remaining portion of the outer skirt by a tear membrane, wherein the tamper evident strip may be separated from the remaining portion along the tear membrane. A first lug is provided at least partially on an inner surface of the temper evident strip and one or more second lugs are provided on an inner surface of the remaining portion of the outer skirt. The first lug and the one or more second lugs are each adapted to engage the bead on container to secure the closure to the container.

Claims13

Dependent claims

A tamper evident closure for a container, said container having a neck having an outside surface, said outside surface having a bead, comprising:

a top section;
an outer skirt extending downwardly from said top section, said outer skirt having an outer perimeter, said outer skirt having a tamper evident strip extending along only a portion of said outer perimeter, said tamper evident strip being connected to a remaining portion of said outer skirt by a tear membrane, wherein said tamper evident strip may be separated from said remaining portion along said tear membrane;
and
a first lug provided at least partially on an inner surface of said tamper evident strip and one or more second lugs provided on an inner surface of said remaining portion, said first lug and said one or more second lugs each for engaging said bead, wherein at least a first portion of said first lug is provided on said inner surface of said tamper evident strip, wherein a second portion of said first lug is provided on said inner surface of said remaining portion and wherein said tear membrane extends over said first lug at least between said first portion of said first lug and said second portion of said first lug.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.