The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 1986
Filed:
May. 31, 1985
Herbert V Dutt, Sarasota, FL (US);
Sun Coast Plastics, Inc., Sarasota, FL (US);
Abstract
A tamper-evident closure, having a lower band attached by connecting ribs to the lower edge of the skirt portion of a cap, is disclosed. The attaching ribs for the lower band extend radially inwardly, and are adapted to engage radially outwardly extending fins on a container adapted to receive the closure, so that rotation of the cap will fracture the connecting ribs to detach the tamper-evident ring from the cap. The lower band also incorporates along its bottom edge an inwardly extending shoulder which engages the lower edges of the container fins, when the cap is in place. The cap incorporates a thumb tab for lifting the cap off the container. When this is done, the lifting motion will fracture the connecting ribs to detach the tamper-evident ring from the cap. Thus, either rotational or lifting movement of the cap provides visible evidence that the cap has been moved.