Patent ID: 8087539
Filing Date: 2012-01-03
Classification: A47J,B65D,H05B

Abstract:
1. A removable locking container cover for covering a container having a neck with an outer bead, the cover comprising: a lid having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a circumferential edge; a skirt extending downward from the lid at or near the circumferential edge, the skirt having a bottom edge, an outer surface, and an inner surface shaped to extend around the outside of the container neck; a plug seal extending from the bottom surface of the lid and concentric with the skirt, the plug seal having a smaller diameter than the skirt, the plug seal having an inner surface and an outer surface shaped to be substantially in contact with the inside of the neck of the container; and a plurality of slots formed in the skirt and extending substantially vertically from the bottom edge of the skirt, the slots being spaced apart from one another around the skirt, each pair of adjacent slots defining a lock panel such that a plurality of lock panels are formed on the skirt, each lock panel having at least one lock formed on an inside surface thereof and projecting inwardly therefrom, the lock being adapted to engage a bottom edge of the outer bead of the container when the cover is locked onto the container so as to removably hold the cover in place on the container; wherein the at least one lock on each lock panel is located adjacent to one of the slots defining the lock panel, such that the lock is closer to the one of the slots than to the other of the slots; and wherein two locks are located adjacent to and on opposite sides of half of the slots, and no locks are located adjacent to the other half of the slots.