Patent ID: 6619492
Filing Date: 2003-09-16
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A security closure for a bottle having a neck with a ramp having a minimum external diameter and a maximum external diameter, the minimum external diameter of the ramp being closer to an opening at the top of the neck of the bottle, the security closure comprising a stopper cap having an end wall, a stop connected to said end wall, a skirt attached to said end wall by said stop and longitudinal axis Xâ€”X perpendicular to said end wall of the stopper cap, said skirt extending from said stop parallel to said longitudinal axis Xâ€”X; a security seal attached to said skirt; and an inner sleeve having an upper edge, said upper edge having an inner diameter selected to be in a range between the minimum external diameter and the maximum external diameter of the ramp of the neck of the bottle, and said upper edge snap-fitting over said ramp of said neck of said bottle, said stop attached to said skirt radially extending towards said longitudinal axis Xâ€”X and abutting said upper edge of said sleeve.