Closure
AssigneeObrist Closures Switzerland GmbH
InventorJamie Fox
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Abstract
A closure for a container comprises tamper-evident means for indicating if the closure has been removed from the container. The tamper-evident means is provided within the interior of the closure.
Claims12
A tamper-evident closure for a container, the closure comprising a body having a tamper-evident indicator for indicating if the closure has been removed from the container, the indicator being provided within an interior of the body, at least part of the body being non-opaque such that at least part of the indicator is visible through the body after a first opening of the closure, in which the indicator comprises a tamper-evident band, the band comprising a first annulus and a second annulus, the first and second annuli being frangibly connected together, wherein upon the first opening of the closure, the first and second annuli are split apart from each other, the first annulus being retained within the interior of the body so it is visible through the at least part of the body which is non-opaque and the second annulus being released as an annulus and dropping onto the container and retained on the container as an annulus.
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