Nonrefillable closure for containers

Claim 1

A NONREFILLABLE BOTTLE CLOSURE COMPRISING: A HOLLOW CASING ADAPTED TO FIT AT LEAST PARTIALLY WITHIN THE NECK OF A BOTTLE, THE HOLLOW CASING HAVING AN INTEGRAL BALL SEAT FORMED INWARDLY OF THE LOWER END OF THE CASING; A VALVE MEMBER INSERTED WITHIN THE CASING, THE VALVE MEMBER COMPRISING A SHAFT HAVING AN UPPER AND LOWER END, A DISC INTEGRALLY SECURED TO THE UPPER END OF THE SHAFT, A PLURALITY OF PROJECTIONS EXTENDING RADIALLY OUTWARDLY FROM THE SHAFT INTERMEDIATE THE UPPER AND LOWER ENDS THEREOF AND DEFINING FIRST AXIAL OPENINGS BETWEEN EACH PROJECTION, A PLURALITY OF AXIALLY EXTENDING TINES TURNED RADIALLY INWARDLY AT THEIR UPPER ENDS AND INTEGRALLY SECURED TO THE LOWER END OF THE SHAFT, THE TINES AND RADIAL PORTIONS THEREOF FORMING A CAGE, THE RADIAL PORTION OF THE TINES DEFINING SECOND AXIAL OPENINGS BETWEEN EACH RADIAL PORTION OF THE TINES, EACH FIRST OPENING BEING ALIGNED WITH A LINE SO AS TO DIVERT THE LIQUID THROUGH THE VALVE MEMBER IN AN IRREGULAR PATH AND SO AS TO PREVENT A WIRE FROM BEING INSERTED STRAIGHT THROUGH THE FIRST AND SECOND OPENINGS; A BALL MEMBER POSITIONED WITHIN THE CAGE AND RETAINED AT LEAST PARTIALLY THEREIN BY THE BALL SEAT OF THE HOLLOW CASING; AND MEANS FOR SECURING THE CASING WITHIN THE NECK OF THE BOTTLE.