Reclosure cap for bottles

Claim 1

A BOTTLE RECLOSURE CAP COMPRISING A CAP BODY, SAID CAP BODY INCLUDING AN END WALL AND A DEPENDING PERIPHERAL SKIRT, SAID PERIPHERAL SKIRT HAVING AN INWARDLY DIRECTED PERIPHERAL RIB SPACED FROM THE END WALL OF THE CAP BODY, A LOCKING RIB SECURED TO THE PERIPHERAL RIB BY A COMPLEMENTARY PERIPHERAL GROOVE, A RESILIENT GASKET IN SAID CAP BODY POSITIONED BETWEEN THE LOCKING RIB AND THE END WALL, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE POINTS OF THE LOCKING RIB BEING LESS THAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE POINTS OF A LIP DEFINING A MOUTH OF A CONTAINER, AND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN A LOWER SURFACE OF A CONTAINR, AND THE LOCKING RIB BEING LESS THAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN UPPERMOST AND LOWERMOST PERIPHERAL SURFACES OF THE CONTAINER LIP WHEREBY THE GASKET IS COMPRESSED UPON THE APPLICATION OF THE RECLOSURE CAP TO A CONTAINER BY TILTING THE CAP BODY UNTIL A PORTION OF THE LIP OF THE BOTTLE IS ENGAGED BETWEEN A PORTION OF THE CAP BODY AND THE LOCKING RIB, AND UPON SUBSEQUENT SLIDING MOVEMENT OF THE CLOSURE CAP, THE REMAINING UNENGAGED PORTION OF THE LOCKING RIB IS ENGAGED ABOUT AND BENEATH THE LIP OF THE BOTTLE WITH THE INHERENT FORCES OF THE COMPRESSED GASKET MAINTAINING THE LOCKING RIB IN LOCKING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CONTAINER LIP.