Patent ID: 7703617

Claim:
An efficient manufacturable safety bayonet closure comprising: a top wall and a depending annular sidewall, said annular sidewall having a plurality of closure bayonet lugs projecting inward therefrom, each of said plurality of closure bayonet lugs are substantially aligned in a horizontal plane spaced from said top wall, each of said bayonet lugs having a lug top surface forming an angle of incidence with said annular sidewall, said angle of incidence being greater than 90° and at most about 150°; a biasing spring resiliently engageable with said top wall of said closure and engageable with a rim of a container to bias said closure bayonet lugs against a container neck finish; wherein said closure bayonet lugs have two opposing sidewalls angled towards each other, said lug sidewalls having an inner top edge and an inner bottom edge, said inner top edges of said two opposing sidewalls being a first distance from one another, said inner bottom edges of said two opposing sidewalls being a second distance from one another, said second distance being greater than said first distance, and wherein an inner front wall joins the opposing sidewalls, said inner front wall is being tapered in the direction of said lug top surface from a larger width near said inner bottom edges to a smaller width near said inner top edges.