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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:
Dec. 27, 1988
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward J Towns, Morristown, NJ (US);
Edward M Brown, Livingston, NJ (US);
Assignee:
TBL Development Corporation, Livingston, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
215250 ; 206807 ; 215350 ; 220214 ; 220258 ; 220278 ; 220377 ;
Abstract
A container closure providing tamper indication includes tines therein in engagement with a tamper-indicating assembly which is nested in the closure and retained therein by the tines up to the point of telltale activation on container opening. The closure includes a member adapted to engage the tamper-indicating assembly subsequent to telltale activation both to remove the assembly from secured relation to a container and to retain the assembly with the closure in the course of its removal from the container and reapplication thereto.