초록

A seal breaker to break the seal of a container includes the container cap having either one or more slots with an adjacent rigid portion capable of penetrating the seal or one or more pointed projections capable of penetrating the seal or one or more pointed projections.

대표청구항 ▼

1. A container seal breaker for a container having a cap over a seal extending over a top opening in the container, said seal breaker comprising: a container cap;said container cap having at least one notch slit wide enough to engage over the edge of the container,said container having a rigid secti

1. A container seal breaker for a container having a cap over a seal extending over a top opening in the container, said seal breaker comprising: a container cap;said container cap having at least one notch slit wide enough to engage over the edge of the container,said container having a rigid section adjacent to said notch slit, said rigid section adjacent said notch slit capable of exerting force against the seal of the container with sufficient force to rupture the seal;said at least one slot of said container cap is a curved side slot, wherein a circular contour of a segment of said container cap forms one side of said curved side slot matching an inside diameter of the top opening during cutting of the seal. 2. A container seal breaker for a container having a cap over a seal extending over a top opening in the container, said seal breaker comprising: a container cap;said container cap having at least one molded point extending outwardly from said cap at a selected location on a peripheral edge of said cap. 3. The container seal breaker as in claim 2 wherein said at least one point extends from a peripheral side edge of said container cap. 4. The container seal breaker as in claim 2 wherein said at least one point extends from the bottom peripheral edge of said container cap. 5. A container seal breaker for a container having a cap over a seal extending over a top opening in the container, said seal breaker comprising a rigid tab bonded to the top surface of a seal sealing a top of a medicine or other commodity container,a bottom surface of said bonded tab having a pointed region protruding from said bottom surface of said bonded tab;wherein, when pressed in the vicinity of said bonded region, said bonded tab and said pointed region will penetrate the seal, wherein said seal can then be removed by grasping torn edges of the seal after said seal is punctured by said pointed region of said bonded tab. 6. The container seal breaker as in claim 5 wherein said pointed region is a line extending across said bonded tab. 7. The container seal breaker as in claim 5 wherein said pointed region is a pointed projection on said bonded tab. 8. The container seal breaker as in claim 5 wherein said pointed region is an edge of said bonded tab.