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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2004
Kenneth S. Bloom, Bloomdale, OH (US);
Stephen A. Eilertson, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Wendell D. Willingham, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Kenneth S. Bloom, Bloomdale, OH (US);
Stephen A. Eilertson, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Wendell D. Willingham, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Berry Plastics Corporation, Evansville, IN (US);
Abstract
A tamper-indicating closure that includes a base wall having a cylindrical skirt for removably engaging a container finish. A tamper band is frangibly connected to the skirt, and a plurality of wings extend inwardly from an inner surface of the tamper band for engagement with a container finish. The wings are resiliently flexibly connected to the inner surface of the band along lines that are disposed at a counterclockwise angle with respect to the axis of the skirt as viewed from inside the skirt.