Patent ID: 7080749

Claim:
A drum closure overcap for application over a primary dispensing closure on industrial size containers comprising an integrally molded plastic cap having a disc like top wall surrounded by a depending skirt terminating in a first free edge, an annular locking bead formed on the interior of said cap skirt, a circumferentially enlarged tamper detecting band surrounding a major exterior surface portion of the height of said cap skirt terminating in a second lowermost free edge, said band radially spaced from said skirt and connected thereto at spaced intervals by radially extending frangible connecting webs, a tear strip formed in said cap defined by a pair of weakened score lines extending upwardly across said cap skirt and laterally into said top wall, said tamper detecting band in one area integrally connected to said cap skirt adjacent the skirt end of said tear strip and radially protruding gripping means on said band disposed diametrically opposite said tear strip to enable separation of said frangible connecting webs so that the band can be subsequently grasped for destructive removal of said cap by tearing said strip along said score lines across said skirt and into said top wall and said score lines in said top wall terminating spaced from said gripping means.