Patent ID: 7594587
Filing Date: 2009-09-29
Classification: A47G

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, a bottom, a circumferential edge, and a spout hole; a skirt extending downward from the lid at or near the circumferential edge, the skirt having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface shaped to extend around the outside of the container neck; a plug seal extending from the bottom of the lid and concentric with the skirt, the plug seal having a smaller diameter than the skirt, the plug seal being connected to the bottom of the lid, the plug seal having an inner surface and an outer surface, the outer surface is shaped to fit snugly against the inside of the neck of the container; and a plurality of integral locks, each lock having an inwardly projecting locking wedge configured to engage a bottom edge of the outer bead of the container when the cover is locked onto a container so as to removably hold the cover in place on the container, one of the locks being a flexing lock, and two of the locks are non-flexing locks, the flexing lock and the non-flexing locks each being formed on the inside surface of the skirt, wherein the non-flexing locks are spaced apart from one another and are each formed on the inside surface of the skirt more than 90 degrees from the center of the flexing lock so that no non-flexing lock is located less than 90 degrees from the center of the flexing lock.