Container having a tamper-indicating component

摘要

A tamper-evident product and related methods of production. A container includes a neck, and a tamper-evidencing component separate from the container and carried by the neck of the container in direct contact with a corresponding portion of the container neck. The component is composed of material that has higher thermal conductivity than that of a material of the container so as to concentrate heat in the corresponding portion of the container neck. The neck is thermally responsive to application of heat pursuant to tampering with the product by at least one of the following responses: an irreversible change in visual appearance of the corresponding portion of the container neck, or fracture of the container neck at the corresponding portion of the container neck.

主权项

1. A product that includes:
a container including a neck; and a tamper-evidencing component separate from the container and carried by the neck of the container in direct contact with a corresponding portion of the container neck and composed of material that has higher thermal conductivity than that of a material of the container so as to concentrate heat in the corresponding portion of the container neck, wherein the container neck is thermally responsive to application of heat pursuant to tampering with the product by an irreversible change in visual appearance of the corresponding portion of the container neck corresponding to the component, wherein the container is composed of a base material and a thermally responsive material carried by the base material so as to visibly change appearance of the container in response to transfer of heat from the component upon application of the heat pursuant to tampering.