Patent ID: 6253940
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A tamper-indicating closure of integrally molded plastic construction, which includes a base wall having a peripheral skirt with an internal thread for securing the closure to a container, a tamper-indicating band connected by frangible means to an edge of said skirt, a shoulder on said skirt conically flaring radially outwardly between said thread and said frangible means, and a stop flange extending axially and radially from an edge of said band remote from said skirt for abutment with a container to inhibit removal of the closure absent fracture of said frangible means,wherein a plurality of circumferentially spaced openings are molded into and extend radially through said conically flaring shoulder on said skirt between said frangible means and internal thread, said opening being spaced from frangible means, and wherein a plurality of circumferentially spaced openings extend axially through said band adjacent to said flange, through said flange adjacent to said band, or through both said flange and said band.