Patent ID: 6926162

Claim:
A closure container combination apparatus with a tamper indicating band arrester, comprising: a closure having a top wall and skirt depending from a peripheral edge of said top wall; said skirt having a thread extending radially inward from an inner surface thereof; a tamper indicating band releasably connected to said skirt by a plurality of frangible webs; an annular step extending inwardly from an inner surface of said tamper indicating band; a tamper indicating bead extending radially inwardly from said tamper indicating band, said bead positioned axially below said annular step and having a substantially horizontal upper surface and inhibiting lateral force components; a corresponding container with a container neck and a finish bead having an upper portion defined by a first diameter and a lower portion defined by a second diameter each extending about said container neck, said first diameter and said second diameter joined by a finish bead transition surface extending radially outward from said upper portion to said lower portion, and said finish bead having a substantially horizontal lower surface extending from said neck; said annular step operably engaging said finish bead transition surface when said closure is in a fully applied position on the container; and, said tamper indicating bead being positioned below said lower portion of said finish bead and having a smaller diameter than said lower portion of said finish bead.