Tamper-proof container
First Claim
1. IN COMBINATION, A CONTAINER HAVING A BODY PORTION WITH AN OPENING THEREIN DEFINED BY AN ANNULAR WALL, A CUP-SHAPED PUSH-ON, SCREW-OFF CLOSURE HAVING AN ANNULAR WALL IN COAXIAL RELATION WITH SAID CONTAINER WALL, SAID CONTAINER WALL HAVING SPACED APART THREADS THEREON, SAID ANNULAR CLOSURE WALL HAVING A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED RADIALLY INWARDLY EXTENDING LUGS ENGAGING SAID THREADS, SAID THREADS HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT CIRCUMFERENTIALLY EXTENDING LOWER SURFACES SPACED EQUALLY WITH SAID LUGS, THE FREE ENDS OF SAID THREADS BEING SHAPED TO RECEIVE AND GUIDE SAID LUGS TO POSITIONS BENEATH THEIR RESPECTIVE FLAT SURFACES UPON AN AXIAL MOVEMENT OF SAID CLOSURE TOWARD SAID CONTAINER, SAID LUGS BEING SHAPED TO PREVENT REMOVAL OF SAID CLOSURE IN AN AXIAL DIRECTION RELATIVE TO SAID CONTAINER AND TO HOLD SAID CLOSURE IN TIGHT SEALING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID CONTAINER, SAID CLOSURE BEING REMOVABLE FROM SAID CONTAINER BY ROTARY MOVEMENT OF SAID CLOSURE RELATIVE TO SAID CONTAINER, AND BEING REPLACEABLE THEREON BY AN OPPOSITE ROTARY MOVEMENT, AND A BUTTON EXTENDING RADIALLY OUTWARDLY FROM SAID CONTAINER WALL, AND SAID CLOSURE WALL HAVING A RECESS THEREIN RECEIVING SAID BUTTON WHEN SAID CLOSURE IS FIRST ASSEMBLED ONTO SAID CONTAINER, SAID BUTTON HAVING A FRANGIBLE CONNECTION WITH SAID CONTAINER.
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1. IN COMBINATION, A CONTAINER HAVING A BODY PORTION WITH AN OPENING THEREIN DEFINED BY AN ANNULAR WALL, A CUP-SHAPED PUSH-ON, SCREW-OFF CLOSURE HAVING AN ANNULAR WALL IN COAXIAL RELATION WITH SAID CONTAINER WALL, SAID CONTAINER WALL HAVING SPACED APART THREADS THEREON, SAID ANNULAR CLOSURE WALL HAVING A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED RADIALLY INWARDLY EXTENDING LUGS ENGAGING SAID THREADS, SAID THREADS HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT CIRCUMFERENTIALLY EXTENDING LOWER SURFACES SPACED EQUALLY WITH SAID LUGS, THE FREE ENDS OF SAID THREADS BEING SHAPED TO RECEIVE AND GUIDE SAID LUGS TO POSITIONS BENEATH THEIR RESPECTIVE FLAT SURFACES UPON AN AXIAL MOVEMENT OF SAID CLOSURE TOWARD SAID CONTAINER, SAID LUGS BEING SHAPED TO PREVENT REMOVAL OF SAID CLOSURE IN AN AXIAL DIRECTION RELATIVE TO SAID CONTAINER AND TO HOLD SAID CLOSURE IN TIGHT SEALING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID CONTAINER, SAID CLOSURE BEING REMOVABLE FROM SAID CONTAINER BY ROTARY MOVEMENT OF SAID CLOSURE RELATIVE TO SAID CONTAINER, AND BEING REPLACEABLE THEREON BY AN OPPOSITE ROTARY MOVEMENT, AND A BUTTON EXTENDING RADIALLY OUTWARDLY FROM SAID CONTAINER WALL, AND SAID CLOSURE WALL HAVING A RECESS THEREIN RECEIVING SAID BUTTON WHEN SAID CLOSURE IS FIRST ASSEMBLED ONTO SAID CONTAINER, SAID BUTTON HAVING A FRANGIBLE CONNECTION WITH SAID CONTAINER.
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Current AssigneeDon A. Haynes
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Original AssigneeDon A. Haynes
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InventorsHaynes, Don A.
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Application NumberUS04/167,581Time in Patent Office1,086 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current215/252CPC Class CodesB65D 41/34 Threaded or like caps or ca...B65D 41/3404 with ratchet-and-pawl mecha...B65D 41/3409 the tamper element being in...
