Patent ID: 8038026

Claim:
A removable locking container cover for covering a container having a neck with an outer bead, the cover comprising: a lid having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a circumferential edge; a skirt extending downward from the lid at or near the circumferential edge, the skirt having a bottom edge, an outer surface, and an inner surface shaped to extend around the outside of the container neck; and a plug seal extending from the bottom surface of the lid and concentric with the skirt, the plug seal having a smaller diameter than the skirt, the plug seal having an inner surface and an outer surface shaped to be substantially in contact with the inside of the neck of the container; the skirt including at least one integral lock panel defined by slots formed through the skirt and extending substantially vertically from the bottom edge of the skirt, the lock panel having at least one inwardly projecting locking wedge formed on an inside surface thereof and configured to engage a bottom edge of the outer bead of the container when the cover is locked onto the container so as to removably hold the cover in place on the container; wherein at least a portion of the bottom edge of the lock panel includes a scalloped contour so as to define finger recesses and the remainder of the bottom edge of the skirt is substantially parallel to the circumferential edge of the lid; and wherein the at least one locking wedge is located to correspond to the portion of the bottom edge that includes a scalloped contour.