Patent ID: 6634318
Filing Date: 2003-10-21
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A closure for a hollow container which contains food and which has at least one access opening to such food, where said opening has a predetermined size, comprising:a body of material having first and second ends and first and second portions adjacent said first and second ends, respectively, said first portion having a cross-section sized to pass through said access opening, said second portion having a cross-section sized so that it will not pass through said access opening, said body of material having at least one slot extending into said body from said first end providing a means for causing said body to fracture into a plurality of pieces when subject to breaking stress, where each of said pieces is either larger or smaller than said access opening, so that when said closure is inserted in said opening and subject to said breaking stress, none of said pieces will remain lodged in said opening and block access to the inside of said container.