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The present invention relates to a securing system (500). The securing system (500) is comprised of a first device having a first opening, and a first connecting portion formed at or frangibly connected to the periphery of the first opening; and a second device having a second opening, and a second

The present invention relates to a securing system (500). The securing system (500) is comprised of a first device having a first opening, and a first connecting portion formed at or frangibly connected to the periphery of the first opening; and a second device having a second opening, and a second connecting portion formed at the periphery of the second opening. The first connecting portion is engaged with the second connecting portion for connecting the first opening with the second opening. The first connecting portion is essentially configured to non-reattachably deform, or frangibly detached from the periphery of the first opening, when the first device is caused to be disconnected from the second device at the connected first and second openings for disabling the first device from being re-attachable with the second device at the first and second openings. The first device is also further adapted to serve as an intermediate connector between a third and the second devices at the second and a third openings. The first device is adapted to be non-detachably connected to a third device. If the first and the second devices are non-reattachably connected, when the first device is caused to be disconnected from the second device, the third device, which is non-detachably connected to the first device, is disabled from being re-attachable with the second device.

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1. A securing system comprising: a first device, comprising a first opening, and a first connecting portion formed at a first periphery that forms the first opening;a second device, comprising a second opening, and a second connecting portion formed at a second periphery that forms the second openin

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A securing system comprising: a first device, comprising a first opening, and a first connecting portion formed at a first periphery that forms the first opening;a second device, comprising a second opening, and a second connecting portion formed at a second periphery that forms the second opening;the first connecting portion configured to be engaged with the second connecting portion for connecting the first opening with the second opening,the first connecting portion configured to non-reattachably deform when the first device is caused to be disconnected from the second device at the connected first and second openings for disabling the first device from being re-attachable with the second device at the first and second openings, andthe first periphery comprising a tapered key that intermeshes with a tapered slot in the second periphery, the second periphery comprising a U-shaped groove adjoining the slot and positioned parallel to the slot, and the tapered slot and the U-shaped groove extending into an inner surface of the second periphery that faces the first periphery. 2. A securing system of claim 1 wherein the first connecting portion comprises: at least one securing element formed thereat, and the second connecting portion comprises at least one receiving element formed thereat, the securing element is configured to be received and retained in the receiving element when the first connecting portion is connected to the second connecting portion; andthe securing element is retained at the receiving element in such a manner that the action of disconnecting the first device and the second device at the connected first and second openings would non-reattachably deform the securing element or the first connecting portion for disabling the first device from being re-attachable with the second device at the first and second openings. 3. A securing system of claim 2 wherein: the first device is adapted at the first opening to be not re-attachable with the second device at the second opening once the connected first and second openings are caused to be disconnected; andthe second connecting portion is capable to engage a first connecting portion of a replacement first device that has not been attached to the second device and has not been non-reattachably deformed as a result of disconnection from a second device at the corresponding openings. 4. A securing system of claim 1 wherein the first periphery comprises: at least one collar formed at an engagement wall thereof, and the second periphery comprises at least one receiver formed at an engagement wall thereof;the collar is configured to be correspondingly received into the receiver when the first and second openings are in the connected position; andthe collar is further configured to restrict substantially any movement of the first opening as relative to the second opening. 5. A securing system of claim 1 wherein: the first connecting portion is adapted as a non-reattachable portion frangibly connected to the first periphery; andthe non-reattachable portion is configured to be frangibly detached from the first periphery when the first device is caused to be disconnected from the second device at the connected first and second openings. 6. A securing system of claim 5 wherein: the first device comprises at least one frangible connecting element formed along the connection between the non-reattachable portion and the first periphery; andthe frangible connecting element is for frangibly connecting the non-reattachable portion to the first periphery. 7. A securing system of claim 6 wherein the securing element comprises: a tapered key formed at the engagement wall of the non-reattachable portion and the receiving element comprises a tapered slot and a corresponding groove adjoining the tapered slot; andboth the tapered slot and the groove are formed at the engagement wall of the second periphery. 8. A securing system of claim 7 wherein: the tapered key is adapted to be slotted into the tapered slot when the non-reattachable portion is being engaged to the second connecting portion; the cross-section of the tapered key tapers towards a slotting direction;the cross-section of the tapered slot is tapered in such a manner to cooperatively receive the tapered key;the tapered cross-sections are formed in such a manner that allows both contacting surfaces of the tapered key and slot to compress against each other; andthe groove is located in front of the tapered slot according to the slotting direction. 9. A securing system of claim 8 wherein the tapered key and slot are adapted to be resiliently displaceable such that the tapered key is actuatable into the groove in the slotting direction for securing the connection between the first opening and the second opening. 10. A securing system of claim 9 wherein: the groove is defined such that the tapered key once actuated into the groove is prevented from being actuated out from the groove and from moving back to the tapered slot when the non-reattachable portion is being disconnected from the second connecting portion in a disconnecting direction;the groove is configured to retain the tapered key therein such that the non-reattachable portion is enabled to be detached from the first periphery at the at least one frangible connecting element; andthe groove is defined such that the tapered key can be removed from the groove. 11. A securing system of claim 10 wherein: to engage the non-reattachable portion with the second connecting portion, the tapered key is caused to be slotted into the corresponding tapered slot in the slotting direction while simultaneously, the collar is correspondingly slotted at the distal end of the receiver such that the non-reattachable portion is in a slotted position;the tapered key is then caused to be actuated into the groove with further force is being accordingly applied and the collar is then correspondingly pushed to a stalled position at the proximal end of the receiver such that the non-reattachable portion is in the secured position; andat the secured position, the movement of the first periphery in relative to the second connecting portion is restricted by the collar at the receiver. 12. A securing system of claim 11 wherein to disconnect the first device from the second device at the connected first and second openings, the collar are caused to be pushed in the corresponding disconnecting direction towards the distal end of the receiver while the groove retains the tapered key therein such that the continual application of force results to the frangible connecting element to rupture subsequently causing the non-reattachable portion to be detached from the first periphery at the at least one frangible connecting element. 13. A securing system of claim 11 wherein the receiver is of a length sufficient for allowing the tapered key to be slotted into the tapered slot position and the tapered key to be actuated into the groove position. 14. A securing system of claim 13 wherein when the non-reattachable portion is in the secured position, the receiver is adapted to retain the collar at the proximal end thereof such that the tapered key is prevented from further traversed out from the groove in the slotting direction. 15. A securing system of claim 14 wherein: the tapered key, the tapered slot, the groove, the collar, and the receiver are accordingly orientated in a sideways position such that the tapered key is caused to be slotted sideways in the slotting direction into the tapered slot and the collar is simultaneously caused to be slotted sideways in the slotting direction into the receiver; andthe tapered key is subsequently caused to be actuated sideways into the groove. 16. A securing system of claim 14 wherein: the tapered key, the tapered slot, the groove, the collar, and the receiver are orientated substantially along a spiraling path such that the tapered key is caused to be slotted in a spiraling slotting direction into the tapered slot and the collar is simultaneously caused to be slotted in the spiraling slotting direction into the receiver; andthe tapered key is subsequently caused to be actuated in the spiraling slotting direction into the groove. 17. A securing system of claim 14 wherein: the tapered key, the tapered slot, the groove, the collar, and the receiver are orientated in a substantially vertical position such that the tapered key is caused to be slotted downwards in the vertical slotting direction into the tapered slot and the collar is simultaneously caused to be slotted in the vertical slotting direction into the receiver; andthe tapered key is subsequently caused to be actuated in the vertical slotting direction into the groove. 18. A securing system of claim 14 wherein: the tapered key, the tapered slot, the groove, the collar, and the receiver are orientated in a substantially inclined direction such that the tapered key is caused to be slotted in a substantially inclined direction into the tapered slot and the collar is simultaneously caused to be slotted in the substantially inclined direction into the receiver; andthe tapered key is subsequently caused to be actuated in the substantially inclined direction into the groove. 19. A securing system of claim 14 wherein: the first device further comprises a closure configured for detachably closing the mouth of the first device; the first periphery further comprises a first connecting component formed at the outer wall thereof;the closure comprises a head, a skirt extending from the head, and a closure connecting component formed at the inner wall of the skirt; andthe closure connecting component is configured to be engaged with the first connecting component such that the closure is secured at the mouth of the first device. 20. A securing system of claim 19 wherein: the closure connecting component comprises a securing thread, and the first connecting component comprises a receiving thread; andthe securing thread is configured to be correspondingly engaged with the receiving thread. 21. A securing system of claim 20 wherein: a receptacle is adapted as the first device, and an inlet is adapted as the second device;the receptacle comprises a mouth portion and a securing portion; the mouth portion is adapted as the first opening;the securing portion is adapted as the non-reattachable portion; the non-reattachable portion is frangibly connected to the first periphery;the non-reattachable portion is configured to act as an extension from the mouth portion;the inlet is the second opening; the inlet is configured for a dispensing conduit of a dispensing device;the inlet comprises a receiving portion formed at the periphery of the inlet; andthe receiving portion is adapted as the second connecting portion. 22. A securing system of claim 21 wherein: the dispensing conduit is an applicator detachable from the dispensing device and the receptacle is a package configured to be non-reattachably connected to the inlet of the applicator; andthe securing system is configured to prevent adaptation of other packages to be connected with the applicator, to prevent re-using or refilling a package that has been disconnected from the applicator, and to facilitate one-time usage of a package with the applicator. 23. A securing system of claim 22 wherein the receptacle is configured to be filled with pourable material selected from the group consisting of granular or like material, liquid and other pourable items. 24. A securing system of claim 20 wherein the first device is non-detachably connected to a third device; and the first opening is extended through the first device as a conduit thereof. 25. A securing system of claim 24 wherein: the first periphery further comprises an inner connecting component formed on the inner wall thereof;the third device comprises a third opening; a third periphery, that forms the third opening;a third connecting component formed on the outer wall thereof; andthe inner connecting component is non-detachably engaged with the third connecting component such that the first device and the third device are non-detachably connected at the first and the third openings. 26. A securing system of claim 25 wherein: the first device is non-detachably engaged with the third device by means of a plunger fixture;the first device is non-detachably mounted onto the third device; andthe plunger fixture is placed on top of the first device, and force is applied to the plunger fixture from the top such that the inner connecting component is non-detachably engaged with the third connecting component. 27. A securing system of claim 26 wherein the first device comprises at least one indicative marking for guiding a user to connect the first device to the third device; the first and third devices are connected at the first and the third openings in accordance to the position of the indicative marking in relative to the third connecting component. 28. A securing system of claim 27 wherein: a receptacle is adapted as the third device;the receptacle comprises of a mouth portion;the mouth portion is adapted as the third opening;the periphery of the mouth portion, which is adapted as the third periphery, comprises a receptacle connecting component formed at the outer wall thereof, which is adapted as the third connecting component;the receptacle connecting component comprises a receiving thread; andthe indicative marking is positioned substantially between the ends of the receiving thread for guiding the first and third devices to be connected at the first and the third openings. 29. A securing system of claim 28 wherein: the first device is an intermediate connector between the second and the third devices at the second and the third openings; an inlet is adapted as the second device;the inlet is the second opening;the inlet is configured for a dispensing conduit of a dispensing device;the inlet comprises a receiving portion formed at the periphery of the inlet; andthe receiving portion is adapted as the second connecting portion. 30. A securing system of claim 29 wherein: the dispensing conduit is an applicator detachable from the dispensing device and the receptacle is a package configured to be non-reattachably connected with the inlet of the applicator by means of the first device; andthe securing system is configured to prevent adaptation of other packages to be connected with the applicator, to prevent re-using or refilling a package that has been disconnected from the applicator, and to facilitate one-time usage of a package. 31. A securing system of claim 30 wherein the receptacle is configured to be filled with pourable material selected from the group consisting of granular or like material, liquid and other pourable items.