Patent ID: 6237790
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A cap for closing a round container neck opening, the cap comprising,a top for covering the neck opening,a skirt depending downwardly from the top, the skirt including a cylindrical portion having a lower peripheral edge,a rigidity bead adjacent the lower peripheral edge for preventing ovalization, the rigidity bead projecting radially from the skirt a radial distance dimensioned to prevent a person from engaging a bottom of the rigidity bead to leverage the cap up off the container neck,an inward projection located on an interior surface of the cylindrical portion, the inward projection positioned directly opposite the rigidity bead, the inward projection being downwardly angled and inwardly tapered, anda locking bead positioned on an interior surface of the skirt intermediate the top and the rigidity bead for holding the cap on the container, the locking bead projecting radially inwardly from the skirt,wherein the skirt has a thickness dimension which allows ovalization, and wherein the rigidity bead and the inward projection are dimensioned to inhibit ovalization of the skirt.