Jar with closure lid and security seal

Abstract

A jar with closure lid and security seal, in which the seal consists of a profiled piece having an annular portion which is firmly fixed to the lid and another annular portion which becomes fixed to the jar when the lid with the seal attached is closed for the first time, the seal being broken when the lid is opened for the first time, to leave said two annular portions secured to the lid and to the jar respectively.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A jar with closure lid and security seal, in which the jar has a neck defining the jar access aperture, the lid is screwable onto said neck to close the jar, and the security seal retains the lid on the neck and is broken when the lid is unscrewed from the neck for the first time, the neck having a free edge and a base, wherein an annular rib projects outwards from the neck in proximity to its base, the security seal comprising a first and a second ring joined together by a plurality of breakable appendices, said first ring having a profiled portion firmly engagable in a profiled seat presented by the lid, and said second ring having a plurality of lips projecting towards the ring axis and having their free ends positioned below said annular rib of the neck on which the seal is applied.  
     
     
         2 . Ajar with lid and seal as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said profiled seat of the lid consists of an annular recess provided in the free edge of that skirt part of the lid to be superposed on the outer surface of said neck, the profiled portion of said first ring of the seal being forcedly inserted into and retained in said annular recess of the lid.  
     
     
         3 . A jar with lid and seal as claimed in claims  1  and  2 , wherein said lips project from the lower edge of the second ring.