Tamper evident container closure

Claim 2

A tamper evident container and container closure arrangement comprising an interengaging container neck and freely rotatable container neck cap, cooperative means on said container neck and cap operable to impart to the cap permanent visual evidence of tampering in response to rotation of the cap in any direction to a cap release position, and separate cooperative means on said container neck and cap operable to impart to the cap permanent visual evidence of tampering as a result of prying the cap upwardly to separate it from the container neck.

Claim 3

A tamper evident container and container closure arrangement as defined in claim 1, and the separate cooperative means comprising an upwardly open annular recess on the container neck substantially aligned axially with the side wall of said cap and the lower edge portion of the cap side wall engaging within said annular recess when the cap is applied to the container neck.

Claim 4

A tamper evident container and container closure arrangement as defined in claim 2, and the container neck having an external annular dust ring thereon, said annular recess comprising a recess in the top face of the dust ring, and the lower edge portion of the cap comprising a radially thin dependent annular extension skirt on the cap side wall projecting downwardly into said recess and being permanently visually damaged by any effort to pry the cap upwardly to dislodge it from the container by insertion of a prying implement into said recess.

Claim 5

A tamper evident child-resistant closure for a container having a neck and a dust ring on said neck, a closure cap appliable to the neck and having an annular side wall engaging telescopically over the neck in axially opposing relation to said dust ring, releasable interlocking means on said neck and cap side wall resisting lifting of the cap from the neck except in one release position and allowing free rotation of the cap in any direction, tamper evident means on the cap and container neck to permanently visually indicate rotation of the cap in any direction to its release position, and tamper evident means on said dust ring and cap side wall in interfitting relationship while the cap is held on said neck by said releasable interlocking means.

Claim 6

A tamper evident child-resistant closure for a container having a neck and a dust ring on said neck, a closure cap appliable to the neck and having an annular side wall engaging telescopically over the neck in axially opposing relation to said dust ring, releasable interlocking means on said neck and cap side wall resisting lifting of the cap from the neck except in one release position and allowing free rotation of the cap in any direction, tamper evident means on the cap and container neck to permanently visually indicate rotation of the cap in any direction to its release position, and tamper evident means on said dust ring and cap side wall in interfitting relationship while the cap is held on said neck by said releasable interlocking means.

Claim 7

A tamper evident child-resistant closure for a container as defined in claim 4, and said tamper evident means on said dust ring and cap side wall comprising a continuous recess in the top face of the dust ring, and a depending extension skirt on the lower edge of the cap side wall adapted to be permanently deformed by any cap prying implement.

Claim 8

A tamper evident child-resistant closure for a container as defined in claim 5, and said extension skirt being comparatively thin radially and substantially thinner than the thickness of the cap side wall from which it depends.