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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2007
Craig Caldwell, Slippery Rock, PA (US);
Joseph P. Labadie, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Lance J. Novotny, Gibsonburg, OH (US);
Richard R. Johnston, Toledo, OH (US);
Craig Caldwell, Slippery Rock, PA (US);
Joseph P. Labadie, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Lance J. Novotny, Gibsonburg, OH (US);
Richard R. Johnston, Toledo, OH (US);
Other;
Abstract
A container assembly includes a container having an unthreaded finish portion and a closure having a downwardly depending sidewall and blocking structure provided at a lower end of the sidewall for securing the closure on to the unthreaded finish portion. The sidewall is provided with a predetermined area of weakness so that in the event that an attempt is made to remove the closure from the container the predetermined area of weakness will rupture, leaving the closure with insufficient structural integrity to be successfully reapplied to the container. The container assembly has particular utility for use in packaging brand-name comestibles such as ketchup for restaurant use. It will frustrate efforts by the restaurant to replenish the brand-name comestible with a cheaper replacement within a dispensing container that is still labeled with the brand of the original product.