Patent ID: 6276544
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A security closure in combination with a bottle, said security closure and bottle comprising:a cap having internal threading with a predetermined large number of starts;a bottle having external threading mating with said internal threading of said cap and further having bottle mounted cap orientation lead-in means;a sleeve comprising sleeve mounted cap orientation lead-in means configured to match said bottle mounted cap orientation lead-in means, said sleeve mounted cap orientation lead-in means comprised of teeth distributed circumferentially at regular intervals in said sleeve, said teeth each being formed from a longer central rib forming a tip and two set-back lateral ribs, each of said teeth having a width, said width also defining the space between each of said teeth and an adjacent tooth, with said number of teeth being equal to said number of starts of the internal threading;wherein said cap is connected to said sleeve by way of a line of weakening and wherein said sleeve is angularly and axially restrained on said bottle such that, when said sleeve mounted cap orientation lead-in means and said bottle mounted cap orientation lead-in means are mated, said cap and said sleeve are oriented angularly relative to said bottle and said cap and said sleeve are fitted axially on said bottle.