MUMBAI, India, Nov. 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517095250 A) filed by Berry Global, Inc., Evansville, U.S.A., on Oct. 3, for 'tamper evident closure.'

Inventor(s) include Gift, Steven; and Bond, Frank.

The application for the patent was published on Nov. 14, under issue no. 46/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A child-resistant closure, comprising: an inner shell and an outer shell; wherein the inner shell includes at least one inner lug; wherein the outer shell includes at least one outer lug; wherein the outer lug is movable relative to the inner lug between an engaged position and a disengaged position; wherein in the disengaged position the outer lug is able to rotate past the inner lug when rotated in an opening direction; wherein in the engaged position the outer lug engages the inner lug when rotated in an opening direction to cause opening direction rotation of the inner shell; and an annular band disposed on the inner shell between an inner shell top panel and a shelf; wherein the shelf is disposed axially lower than the top panel; wherein the at least one inner lug extends upwardly from the shelf."

The patent application was internationally filed on Mar. 29, 2024, under International application No.PCT/EP2024/058763.

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