(19)
(11) EP 0 109 593 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
14.08.1985 Bulletin 1985/33

(43) Date of publication A2:
30.05.1984 Bulletin 1984/22

(21) Application number: 83111026

(22) Date of filing: 04.11.1983
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 12.11.1982 US 441109
22.11.1982 US 443608
17.12.1982 US 450531
14.01.1983 US 457886
14.01.1983 US 457885
28.01.1983 US 462085
14.02.1983 US 466088
17.02.1983 US 467230
12.09.1983 US 531007
19.10.1983 US 542191

(71) Applicant: TBL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
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(72) Inventors:
  • Towns, Edward J.
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  • Brown, Edward M.
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  • Lester, William M.
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(54) Tamper-Indicative closures and containers


(57) A container closure for providing tamper indication includes a closure member defining container closing expanse, a tamper-indicating element in the closure interiorly of the closure member and an element movable with the closure member for both retaining the tamper-indicating element with the closure member and for selectively tearing the tamper-indicating element upon opening movement of the closure. The retaining-tearing element is inaccessible through the closing expanse of said closure member and the closure affords visibility therethrough of the tamper-indicating element.






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