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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1994
Thomas P Rapchak, New Castle, PA (US);
Michael Marino, New Castle, PA (US);
West Penn Plastics, New Castle, PA (US);
Abstract
An improvement for a tamper evident resealable cap for use on a bottle, the cap having an upstanding spout that is registerable with an opening in the center of the cap and a sealing plug of a smaller diameter positioned thereabove on multiple upstanding legs extending from the spout. The improvement is directed towards a detachable annular ring secured to the cap by a plurality of frangible elements thereabout, the ring is arranged for restrictive registration with a locking shoulder that extends from the top of the cap body. The cap body has a tamper evident band secured to the cap by a plurality of circumferentially spaced frangible elements with a plurality of annularly spaced radially inwardly extending annular projections and is registerable with a neck portion of the bottle to prevent rotation in one direction without removal of the tamper evident ring.