Safety cap for containers

Claim 1

A SAFETY CAP FOR CONTAINER, COMPRISING: (A) AN INNER CAP MEMBER PROVIDED WITH MEANS FOR SEALING ENGAGEMENT WITH A CONTAINER; (B) AN OUTER CAP MEMBER TELESCOPICALLY MOUTNTED OVER SAID INNER CAP MEMBER AN NORMALLY ROTATABLE INDEPENDENTLY THEREOF AND MOVABLE LONGITUDINALLY THEREOF; (C) A PLATE MOUNTED IN SAID OUTER CAP MEMBER; (D) MEANS FOR RELEASABLY CONNECTING SAID PLATE TO ONE OF SAID CAP MEMBERS; (E) DRIVE CLUTCH MECHANISM FOR CONNECTING SAID CAP MEMBERS TOGETHER FOR POSITIVE DRIVE ACTION FOR ROTATION OF THE INNER CAP MEMBER WHEN THE OUTER CAP MEMBER IS ROTATED IN ONE DIRECTION TO REMOVE THE SAFETY CAP FROM A CONTAINER, AND FOR TORQUE LIMITING, RELEASABLE DRIVE ACTION FOR ROTATION OF THE INNER CAP MEMBER WHEN THE OUTER CAP MEMBER IS ROTATED IN ANOTHER DIRECTION TO ATTACH THE SAFETY CAP TO THE CONTAINER, AND INCLUDING, (1) CLUTCH DRIVEN MEANS ON THE OTHER OF SAID CAP MEMBERS, AND (2) CLUTCH DRIVE MEANS ON SAID PLATE SELECTIVELY ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID CLUTCH DRIVEN MEANS; AND (F) SPRING MEANS MOUNTED BETWEEN SAID CAP MEMBERS FOR NORMALLY BIASING THE CLUTCH DRIVE AND DRIVEN MEANS APART TO INOPERATIVE POSITIONS TO ALLOW INDEPENDENT ROTATION OF THE OUTER CAP MEMBER RELATIVE TO THE INNER CAP MEMBER.