Title:
TAMPER-EVIDENT CLOSURE FOR CONTAINER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/170287
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A tamper-evident closure for a container (2), comprising a shell (1) including a break line (7) and a tearable strip (8) extending across the break line (7), such that upon first opening the strip (8) is torn apart. A closure (10) comprising a first portion (25, 30, 37) including inner (25) and outer (30) parts, and a second portion (20, 36); the first (25, 30, 37) and second (20, 36) portions initially joined by a break line (40) and the outer part (30) movable relative to the inner part (25) from a first position in which at least part of the first (25, 30, 37) and second (20, 36) portions are adjacent each other to a second position in which there is a gap (G) therebetween, and locking means for irreversibly locking the closure (10) in the second position upon first opening so that the gap (G) cannot be closed.
Inventors:
MCPHERSON ALEXANDER DONALD MEIKLEM (GB)
Application Number:
PCT/EP2014/057552
Publication Date:
February 19, 2015
Filing Date:
April 14, 2014
Export Citation:
Assignee:
OBRIST CLOSURES SWITZERLAND (CH)
International Classes:
B65D41/62; B65D49/04; B65D55/08
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2009010722A1 | 2009-01-22 |
Foreign References:
| BE701123A | 1967-12-18 | |||
| FR2578783A1 | 1986-09-19 | |||
| GB1376403A | 1974-12-04 | |||
| GB158342A | 1921-01-31 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
BRYERS LLP et al. (Bath Bath and North East Somerset BA1 2PH, GB)
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