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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kent Gearhart, Newburgh, IN (US);
Christopher Clodfelter, Evansville, IN (US);
Assignee:
Rexam Medical Packaging Inc., Evansville, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 4/134 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 4/134 ;
Abstract
A closure for a container is provided with a tamper indicating band attached to a lower terminating end of a skirt wherein the tamper indicating band is provided with an outer surface of varying diameters from the attaching point of the tamper indicating band to the skirt and the lower terminating end of the tamper indicating band. A plurality of folding fingers are hingedly connected to the retaining band terminating end and the thicknesses of the folding fingers increase from the connection of the folding fingers to the lower retaining end to a preselected position of the folding fingers.