Rcap

Claim 2

A storage overcap for a container, said overcap comprising a body having an open end and a closed end, lip means adjacent said open end for detachably securing said overcap to one end of a container, cover means separably secured inside said body at a position lengthwise of said lip means such that said cover means is spaced from the end restrains the container when the overcap is secured to the container end,said container end having an external bead, said body having a side wall, said side wall having a first groove adjacent said lip for mating with said bead and a second groove for receiving said cover, said cover being a disc suitable for effecting a snap fit of a rim thereof into said second groove, pull means extending from a face of said cover lying toward the open end of said body when said rim is engaged in said second groove, said pull means is a tab of substantially the same thickness as said cover extending from said rim, said tab being foldable inward along said face to a position such that said second groove restrains said tab against unfolding when said rim is engaged in said second groove.

Claim 3

The invention as defined in claim 1, wherein said face has a depressed portion, said pull means being a knob extending from said depressed portion.

Claim 4

The invention as defined in claim 1, wherein said cover is a flexible disc having a pull member on said face normally outward of said chamber.

Claim 5

The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein said cover has a grid of reinforcing ribs with a plurality of crests thereof in a common plane.

Claim 6

A storage overcap for a container, said overcap comprising a body having an open end and a closed end, lip means adjacent said open end for detachably securing said overcap to one end of a container, cover means separably secured inside said body at a position lengthwise of said lip means such that said cover means is spaced from the end of the container when the overcap is secured to the container end, said container end having an external bead, said body having a side wall, said side wall having a first groove adjacent said lip for mating with said bead and a second groove for receiving said cover, said cover being a disc suitable for effecting a snap fit of a rim thereof into said second groove, said lip is resiliently distensible for a snap fit over said container end, said body side wall includes internal shoulder means facing said closed end, said shoulder means overlapping the rim of said cover so as to retain said cover upon insertion of said cover into said body, the extent of said overlap being greater than the amount of distension of said side wall at said shoulder means corresponding to maximum distension of said lip normally required for effecting said snap fit, whereby said body retains said cover during application of said overcap while said container is Upright.

Claim 7

A storage overcap for a container, said overcap comprising a body having an open end and a closed end, lip means adjacent said open end for detachably securing said overcap to one end of a container, cover means separably secured inside said body at a position lengthwise of said lip means such that said cover means is spaced from the end of the container when the overcap is secured to the container end, said container end having an external bead, said body having a side wall, said side wall having a first groove adjacent said lip for mating with said bead and a second groove for receiving said cover, said cover being a disc suitable for effecting a snap fit of a rim thereof into said second groove, said lip is resiliently distensible for a snap fit over said container end, said body side wall includes internal shoulder means facing said closed end, said shoulder means overlapping the rim of said cover so as to retain said cover upon insertion of said cover into said body, the extent of said overlap being greater than the amount of distension of said side wall at said shoulder means corresponding to maximum distension of said lip normally required for effecting said snap fit, whereby said body retains said cover during application of said overcap while said container is Upright.