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Capsules (10) such as used for administering medicines, foods, and the like, are formed by a pair of sections (12, 14) locked to one another by a latching assembly (28) including a projecting member (30) provided on one of the sections and a keeper or abutment (34) provided on the other of the secti

Capsules (10) such as used for administering medicines, foods, and the like, are formed by a pair of sections (12, 14) locked to one another by a latching assembly (28) including a projecting member (30) provided on one of the sections and a keeper or abutment (34) provided on the other of the sections. By this arrangement, the projecting member and the abutment will snap together when the associated sections are matingly joined so as to resist separation.

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Locking apparatus for a capsule to be used for internal consumption, comprising, in combination: (a) a hollow first section having an open end and a closed end; (b) a hollow second section having an open end and a closed end and mateable at the open end thereof with the first section at the open end

Locking apparatus for a capsule to be used for internal consumption, comprising, in combination: (a) a hollow first section having an open end and a closed end; (b) a hollow second section having an open end and a closed end and mateable at the open end thereof with the first section at the open end thereof to form an enclosure; and (c) latching means associated with the first section and with the second section for locking the first section to the second section, the latching means including a projecting member provided on the first section and an abutment provided on the second section and arranged for lockingly engaging the projecting member, the projecting member comprising an annular flange, and the abutment being arranged extending inwardly of the second section and cooperatively interengageable with the annular flange to form locking means for permitting the first section and the second section to be separated only by forces at least partially destructive of at least the first section; and (d) wherein the annular flange comprising a recessed portion extending toward the open end of the first section and offset inwardly of the first member, and terminating in an open one-half of a torus forming an annular facing the closed end of the first section, with the abutment comprising an anchor ring extending inwardly from an outer surface of the second section and opening toward the closed end of the second section, and being arranged for lockingly engaging with the one-half of a torus of the projecting member, the outer surface of each of the first section and the second section being cylindrical and of substantially equal diameters for matingly engaging one another.