Claims
- 1. A tamper indicating closure comprising
- a plastic closure which includes a base wall and a depending peripheral skirt having threads adapted to interengage threads of a container, and
- a tamper indicating band attached to said skirt by one or more weakened portions defining a line of severing,
- an annular flange extending axially upwardly and inwardly from said tamper indicating band toward said base wall of the closure, and
- said flange comprising a first continuous annular flange portion connected to the inner surface of said tamper indicating band by a hinge spaced radially inwardly from said inner surface of said band,
- said flange being bent intermediate its ends such that a second portion extends inwardly at a greater angle to the axis of said closure than said first portion being adapted to engage beneath a bead on a container,
- said second portion comprising a plurality of circumferentially spaced segments separated by narrow slots extending upwardly and inwardly from the continuous flange,
- said band having a plurality of circumferentially spaced recesses constructed and arranged such that when the closure is being applied to a container, a part of each segment extends into the adjacent recess.
- 2. The tamper indicating closure set forth in claim 1 wherein said recesses and segments are complementary in shape.
- 3. The tamper indicating closure set forth in claim 2 wherein the recesses have a circumferential width substantially equal to the circumferential width of said segments.
- 4. The tamper indicating closure set forth in claim 3 wherein the axial height of each said recess is greater than the axial height of each said segment.
- 5. The tamper indicating closure set forth in any one of claims 1-4 including a plurality of circumferentially spaced projections on the inner surface of said band between said segments such that when the segments engage an annular bead on a container when the closure is being removed from a container, the projections extend into the slots between said segments to assist in maintaining concentricity of the tamper indication closure on the container.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/535,803 filed Sep. 28, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,611,446, which continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/239,141 filed May 6, 1994, now U.S. Pat, No. 5,462,184 which is a division of application Ser. No. 08/224,365 filed Apr. 7, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,370,520 which was a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/987,035 filed Dec. 7, 1992, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,310,069, which was a divisional of application Ser. No. 07/822,001 filed Jan. 16, 1992, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,219,507, which was a division of application Ser. No. 07/386,391 filed Jul. 27, 1989, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,090,788.
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