Patent ID: 7712619

Claim:
A screw closure for containers with a top from which extends a surrounding skirt, said screw closure comprising: a holding device for fixing the screw closure to the container; and a security band positioned on the edge of the skirt facing away from the top and which is connected to the screw closure via a predetermined breaking line, said security band being provided with at least one elongation zone preferably enabling the security band to extend across its circumferential direction, said security band being further provided with an upper region and a lower region, the elongation zone being located between said upper and said lower region of said security band, and the security band further having at least one elastic region that is formed by the lower part of the security band between a holding strip and an elastic band; wherein said holding strip is formed by a first portion of said security band and connects the upper region and the lower region to the skirt to retain the upper region and the lower region on the skirt when the screw closure is completely separated from the container, said first portion being free of both predetermined breaking lines and elongation zones, and wherein said elastic band is formed by a second portion of said security band, said second portion being provided with the predetermined breaking line and the elongation zone.