A container cover for use with a container having a neck. The cover includes a lid, a skirt extending downward from the circumference of the lid, and a concentric plug seal extending from the lid inside the skirt. The cover also may include vent holes in the lid. The skirt preferably includes six lo
A container cover for use with a container having a neck. The cover includes a lid, a skirt extending downward from the circumference of the lid, and a concentric plug seal extending from the lid inside the skirt. The cover also may include vent holes in the lid. The skirt preferably includes six lock panels. The sides of the lock panels are defined by vertical slots in the skirt, and each lock panel features at least one inwardly-projecting lock. When the cover is locked on the container, the locks engage a lip on the container neck. When a user wishes to remove the cover, the user pulls up on the edge of a lock panel, disengaging the locks from the container lip and removing the cover.
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1. A removable locking container cover for covering a container having a neck with an outer bead, the cover comprising: a lid having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a circumferential edge;a skirt extending downward from the lid at or near the circumferential edge, the skirt having a bottom edge
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A removable locking container cover for covering a container having a neck with an outer bead, the cover comprising: a lid having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a circumferential edge;a skirt extending downward from the lid at or near the circumferential edge, the skirt having a bottom edge, an outer surface, and an inner surface shaped to extend around the outside of the container neck;a plug seal extending from the bottom surface of the lid and concentric with the skirt, the plug seal having a smaller diameter than the skirt, the plug seal having an inner surface and an outer surface shaped to be substantially in contact with the inside of the neck of the container; anda plurality of slots formed in the skirt and extending substantially vertically from the bottom edge of the skirt, the slots being spaced apart from one another around the skirt, each pair of adjacent slots defining a lock panel such that a plurality of lock panels are formed on the skirt, each lock panel having at least one lock formed on an inside surface thereof and projecting inwardly therefrom, the lock being adapted to engage a bottom edge of the outer bead of the container when the cover is locked onto the container so as to removably hold the cover in place on the container;wherein the at least one lock on each lock panel is located adjacent to one of the slots defining the lock panel, such that the lock is closer to the one of the slots than to the other of the slots; andwherein two locks are located adjacent to and on opposite sides of half of the slots, and no locks are located adjacent to the other half of the slots. 2. The container of claim 1 wherein the slots are substantially equally spaced around the circumference of the skirt so as to form substantially equally sized lock panels. 3. The container cover of claim 1, wherein the lid further includes at least one hole extending through the lid so as to allow air to pass through the at least one hole. 4. The container cover of claim 3, wherein the lid comprises a sloping transition section between a lower annular surface and a central upper surface, and wherein the at least one hole is a plurality of holes formed in the sloping transition surface. 5. The container cover of claim 1, wherein the bottom edge of the skirt includes a molded bead projecting radially outward from the skirt on each locking panel so as to provide an area of increased thickness. 6. The container cover of claim 5, wherein the bead is continuous around the entire skirt and extends around the periphery of each slot. 7. The container cover of claim 1, wherein the lid further comprises a plurality of holes passing through the top and bottom surfaces of the lid, each hole located approximately above a lock. 8. The container cover of claim 1, wherein the skirt includes at least one shoulder extending radially outward from, and concentric with, the circumferential edge of the lid, the skirt extending downward from the shoulder, the shoulder having a diameter larger than the circumferential edge, and configured to provide a resting area for the bottom edge of the skirt of a second cover stacked on the cover. 9. A removable locking container cover for covering a container having a neck with an outer bead, the cover comprising: a lid having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a circumferential edge;a skirt extending downward from the lid at or near the circumferential edge, the skirt having a bottom edge, an outer surface, and an inner surface shaped to extend around the outside of the container neck;a plug seal extending from the bottom surface of the lid and concentric with the skirt, the plug seal having a smaller diameter than the skirt, the plug seal having an inner surface and an outer surface shaped to be substantially in contact with the inside of the neck of the container; anda plurality of slots formed in the skirt and extending substantially vertically from the bottom edge of the skirt, the slots being spaced apart from one another around the skirt, each pair of adjacent slots defining a lock panel such that a plurality of lock panels are formed on the skirt, each lock panel having at least one lock formed on an inside surface thereof and projecting inwardly therefrom, the lock being adapted to engage a bottom edge of the outer bead of the container when the cover is locked onto the container so as to removably hold the cover in place on the container;wherein the at least one lock on each lock panel is located adjacent to one of the slots defining the lock panel, such that the lock is closer to the one of the slots than to the other of the slots; andwherein at least a portion of the bottom edge of each lock panel includes a scalloped contour so as to define finger recesses; andwherein the slots are alternately formed in the skirt at points corresponding to lowermost points and uppermost points on the bottom edge of the skirt resulting from the scalloped contour, such that in each pair of adjacent slots, one slot is longer than the other. 10. A removable locking container cover for covering a container having a neck with an outer bead, the cover comprising: a lid having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a circumferential edge;a skirt extending downward from the lid at or near the circumferential edge, the skirt having a bottom edge, an outer surface, and an inner surface shaped to extend around the outside of the container neck;a plug seal extending from the bottom surface of the lid and concentric with the skirt, the plug seal having a smaller diameter than the skirt, the plug seal having an inner surface and an outer surface shaped to be substantially in contact with the inside of the neck of the container;a plurality of slots formed in the skirt and extending substantially vertically from the bottom edge of the skirt, the slots being spaced apart from one another around the skirt, each pair of adjacent slots defining a lock panel such that a plurality of lock panels are formed on the skirt, each lock panel having at least one lock formed on an inside surface thereof and projecting inwardly therefrom, the lock being adapted to engage a bottom edge of the outer bead of the container when the cover is locked onto the container so as to removably hold the cover in place on the container; anda plurality of stop ribs connected to the inside of the skirt and to the bottom of the lid, the stop ribs being spaced apart from the plug seal, the stop ribs being disposed so that when all of the locks engage the container outer bead, substantially all of the stop ribs touch the top of the container neck so as to limit vertical movement of the cover on the container;wherein the at least one lock on each lock panel is located adjacent to one of the slots defining the lock panel, such that the lock is closer to the one of the slots than to the other of the slots. 11. A removable locking container cover for covering a container having a neck with an outer bead, the cover comprising: a lid having a top surface, a bottom surface, a circumferential edge, and a center section, the center section including a lower annular section, a sloping transition section, an upper section, and a plurality of holes formed in the center section extending through the top and bottom surfaces so as to allow air to pass through the lid;a skirt extending downward from the lid at or near the circumferential edge, the skirt having a bottom edge, an outer surface, and an inner surface shaped to extend around the outside of the container neck;a plug seal extending from and formed integral with the bottom surface of the lid and concentric with the skirt, the plug seal having a smaller diameter than the skirt, the plug seal having an inner surface and an outer surface adapted to substantially contact the inside of the neck of the container;wherein the skirt is formed of six integral lock panels, each lock panel having at least one inwardly projecting lock formed on the inner surface of the skirt and configured to engage a bottom edge of the outer bead of the container when the cover is locked onto the container so as to removably hold the cover in place on the container, each lock panel having two sides, each side being defined by a slot formed though the skirt and extending substantially vertically from the bottom edge of the skirt;wherein the locks on adjacent lock panels are grouped in pairs, each pair of locks being located immediately adjacent to and on opposite sides of three of the slots, and spaced apart from and on opposite sides of the other three of the slots. 12. The cover of claim 11, wherein at least a portion of the bottom edge of the skirt includes a scalloped contour so as to define finger recesses. 13. The cover of claim 11, wherein the bottom edge of the skirt includes a molded bead projecting radially outward from the skirt on each locking panel so as to provide an area of increased thickness for grasping by a user's fingertips. 14. The container cover of claim 13, wherein the bead is continuous around the entire skirt and extends around the periphery of each slot. 15. The container cover of claim 11, further comprising a plurality of stop ribs connected to the inside of the skirt and to the bottom of the lid, the stop ribs being spaced apart from the plug seal, the stop ribs disposed so that when the locks engage the outer bead the stop ribs substantially touch the top of the container neck, thereby limiting vertical movement of the cover on the container. 16. The container cover of claim 11, wherein the skirt further includes a shoulder projecting radially outward from, and substantially concentric with, the circumferential edge of the lid, the shoulder having a diameter that is larger than the diameter of the circumferential edge, and which is configured to be concentric with the bottom edge of the skirt of a second cover when stacked on the cover. 17. The container cover of claim 16, wherein the lid further includes three bypass holes passing through the top and bottom surfaces of the lid, the bypass holes located on substantially the same diameter as the shoulder, each hole located approximately above a lock. 18. A removable locking container cover for covering a container having a neck with an outer bead, the cover comprising: a lid having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a circumferential edge;a skirt extending downward from the lid at or near the circumferential edge, the skirt having a bottom edge, an outer surface, and an inner surface shaped to extend around the outside of the container neck;a plug seal extending from the bottom surface of the lid and concentric with the skirt, the plug seal having a smaller diameter than the skirt, the plug seal having an inner surface and an outer surface shaped to be substantially in contact with the inside of the neck of the container; anda plurality of slots formed in the skirt and extending substantially vertically from the bottom edge of the skirt, the slots being spaced apart from one another around the skirt, each pair of adjacent slots defining a lock panel such that a plurality of lock panels are formed on the skirt, each lock panel having at least one lock formed on an inside surface thereof and projecting inwardly therefrom, the lock being adapted to engage a bottom edge of the outer bead of the container when the cover is locked onto the container so as to removably hold the cover in place on the container;wherein at least a portion of the bottom edge of each lock panel includes a scalloped contour so as to define finger recesses; andwherein the lock on each lock panel is located on a circumferential end of the lock panel immediately adjacent to the slot separating that lock panel from an adjacent lock panel, and wherein for any pair of adjacent lock panels, the lock on one lock panel is positioned on a different circumferential end of the lock panel than the lock on the other lock panel of the pair.
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