Patent ID: 11939115
Assignee: BERRY GLOBAL, INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A closure for a bottle, comprising:
an inner shell having an inner cover and an inner skirt depending from the inner cover in a first axial direction, and an outer shell having a lid and an outer skirt depending from the lid in the first axial direction;
wherein the inner shell includes at least one inner lug disposed on the inner cover and extending away from the inner cover in a second axial direction opposite the first axial direction;
wherein the outer shell includes at least one outer lug;
wherein the at least one outer lug is movable in the first axial direction and the second axial direction relative to the at least one inner lug between an engaged position and a disengaged position;
wherein in the disengaged position the at least one outer lug is able to rotate past the at least one inner lug when rotated in an opening direction;
wherein in the engaged position the at least one outer lug engages the at least one inner lug when rotated in an opening direction to cause opening direction rotation of the inner shell; and
a tamper band extending downwardly from a skirt of the inner shell;
wherein the tamper band includes a portion that extends radially inwardly to engage a bead of the bottle;
wherein the at least one inner lug includes an inner edge and an outer edge and wherein the at least one inner lug extends radially outwardly from the inner edge to the outer edge;
wherein the inner cover extends from the inner skirt toward a central axis at a first angle such that the at least one inner lug is disposed downwardly farther in the first axial direction proximate the inner edge than proximate the outer edge to accommodate expected doming of the inner shell.