Patent ID: 6158604
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A cap for a container comprising:an internal part and an external part relatively movable with respect to one another between closed, intermediate and open cap positions;complementary structures protruding from said internal and external parts for dictating relative positions of the internal and external parts as the parts are initially joined together;interengaging elements on the internal and external parts for securing a selected portion of one of said internal and external parts to the other of said internal and external parts after joining the parts together; anda breakable seal between said selected portion of said one of the internal and external parts and the remainder of said one of the internal and external parts which, when broken, allows the internal and external parts to move relative to one another;wherein the interengaging elements are interlocking hooks and flanges, defined on the internal and external parts, distributed around said complementary structures.