Patent ID: 6659297
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
A tamper-indicating closure of integrally molded plastic construction, which comprises:a base wall having a peripheral skirt with at least one internal thread for affixing the closure to a container, a tamper-indicating band frangibly connected to said skirt, a stop element extending from said band, a plurality of circumferentially spaced drain openings extending axially through said stop element or through said band or through both said band and said stop element, and a plurality of circumferentially spaced channels extending axially along said skirt through said internal thread, at least some of said channels being axially aligned with said drain openings, said drain openings being uniformly circumferentially spaced around said closure, and said channels being non-uniformly circumferentially spaced around said closure, said internal thread having a lead-in adjacent to said base wall, and said channels being at lesser circumferential spacing from each other at said lead-in than spaced from said lead-in.