Tamper evident closure and associated method.

摘要

A container closure 24 having a brittle resin thereon adapted to fracture when the closure 24 is tampered with, to provide evidence of such tampering, has an upwardly open groove or recess 50, 52, 54 therein to retain a portion of the brittle resin. In some embodiments, (Figures 1 to 6) the closure is resilient and is a snap-fit on the container (22). In another embodiment, (Figures 7 to 10), the closure comprises a pivotable portion (104) and a fixed portion (102). The pivotable and fixed portions have grooves which are filled with a brittle resin. When the rotatable portion is pivoted away from the fixed portion to open the container, a portion of the resin fractures, thus indicating tampering with the container. In another embodiment, (Figures 11 to 19), the tamper evident closure comprises a closure body (202) having an end wall (224) and a skirt (220) depending from the end wall and a closure lid movably secured to the closure body. The end wall and the closure lid define an upwardly open recess. A cured brittle layer (260) is disposed in the upwardly open recess such that a portion of the layer contacts the end wall and another portion of the layer contacts the closure lid, whereby relative movement of the closure lid away from the end wall will cause a readily visible irreversible fracture of the layer and separation of at least one piece of the layer from the closure lid and the end wall. An associated method is also provided.