Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
191 words
A container and safety closure means therefor, said container having a neck and an annular groove adjacent the base of said neck, said safety closure means comprising a one-piece forcefittable closure cap having a sidewall whose inner face has a beaded projection complemental to the groove in said neck and adapted to engage in said groove surface in such disposition as to prevent accidental removal of the mounted closure or cap from said container after it has been force fitted thereon and provide a seal for container contents, additional seal means between the neck of the container and said closure member, a flap portion integral with said cap and swingable hingedly therefrom, and at least one recess in said cap for receiving and retaining said flap in flush disposition relative to the top surface of said cap, said recess having at least one opening and said flap having a means for closing each such aperture for closing off and sealing such opening and said flap being swingable from said flush disposition to an open position to remove such means from such aperture without requiring removal of said cap from said container.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
191 words
A container and safety closure means therefor, said container having a neck and an annular groove adjacent the base of said neck, said safety closure means comprising a one-piece forcefittable closure cap having a sidewall whose inner face has a beaded projection complemental to the groove in said neck and adapted to engage in said groove surface in such disposition as to prevent accidental removal of the mounted closure or cap from said container after it has been force fitted thereon and provide a seal for container contents, additional seal means between the neck of the container and said closure member, a flap portion integral with said cap and swingable hingedly therefrom, and at least one recess in said cap for receiving and retaining said flap in flush disposition relative to the top surface of said cap, said recess having at least one opening and said flap having a means for closing each such aperture for closing off and sealing such opening and said flap being swingable from said flush disposition to an open position to remove such means from such aperture without requiring removal of said cap from said container.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
37 words
A container and safety closure therefor according to Claim 1, wherein said last-named means is a plug integral with said flap that is tightly engaged in said opening in said flush disposition in said cap or closure.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
A container and safety closure therefor according to claim 1, wherein said last-named means includes a tapered skirt that extends from said flap into a complemental recess about said opening in said cap.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
A container and safety closure therefor according to claim 1, wherein said groove has a further groove therein and said bead had a further bead engageable in said further groove.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
34 words
A container and safety closure therefore according to claim 1, wherein said groove has an annular bead and said beaded portion has a complementally shaped annular groove in which said annular bead is engageable.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
37 words
A container and safety closure means according to claiM 1, wherein said neck has a tapered upper portion and said closure cap has a tapered groove into which said portion fits to provide said additional seal means.