Safety rings for liquid containers

摘要

An integrally formed lid retainer collar (16) for a container ( 10) having a first annular portion (29) adapted, in use, to span a rim region (14) of a container (10) with a closure lid (11) closing an open mouth region of said container (10), said collar ( 16) including a first radially inner leg (30) means depending in a first direction from said first annular portion (29) engageable in use in a hollow annular space defined by a retainer rib of said lid (11), said collar (16) further including a radially outer second leg (31) means depending from said first annular portion (29) in said first direction including an engagement region (15) engageable underneath an outer flange (13) of said container (10), said collar (16) being characterized by an at least partial circumferential region of weakness (35) enabling at least a zone of said engagement region to be disengaged from said outer flange (13) of said container (10).