A locking cap apparatus includes a cap assembly having an outer cap and an inner cap received within the outer cap, and further includes lock setting members. The outer cap includes an actuator coupled with a plunger. The plunger and the actuator are movable within and relative to the outer and inne
A locking cap apparatus includes a cap assembly having an outer cap and an inner cap received within the outer cap, and further includes lock setting members. The outer cap includes an actuator coupled with a plunger. The plunger and the actuator are movable within and relative to the outer and inner cap. The cap assembly is rotatably and releasably coupled with external threads of a bottle. The plunger has a locked position, an unlocked position, and a lock change position, where the outer cap is rotatable relative to the bottle when the plunger is in the locked position, unlocked position, and optionally in the combination change position. Lock setting members are interactively coupled with the shaft of the plunger.
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1. A locking cap apparatus comprising: a cap assembly including an outer cap and an inner cap received within the outer cap, the outer cap including an actuator coupled with a plunger, the plunger movable within and relative to the outer and inner cap, the actuator movable relative to the outer and
1. A locking cap apparatus comprising: a cap assembly including an outer cap and an inner cap received within the outer cap, the outer cap including an actuator coupled with a plunger, the plunger movable within and relative to the outer and inner cap, the actuator movable relative to the outer and inner cap;the cap assembly rotatably and releasably coupled with external threads of a bottle;the plunger having a locked position, an unlocked position, and a lock change position;the outer cap is rotatable relative to the bottle when the plunger is in the locked position, and unlocked position;the inner cap is rotatable relative to the outer cap when the plunger is in the locked position;the inner cap is not rotatable relative to the outer cap and rotates with the outer cap when the plunger is in the unlocked position, the plunger engaged with the inner cap and couples the inner cap with the outer cap in the unlocked position; andthe cap assembly further including lock setting members. 2. The locking cap apparatus as recited in claim 1, further comprising an anti-tamper device coupled with the cap assembly. 3. The locking cap apparatus as recited in claim 2, wherein the anti-tamper device is a sticker disposed over fasteners, where removal of the fasteners allow disassembly of the cap assembly from the bottle. 4. The locking cap apparatus as recited in claim 1, further comprising at least one resilient member disposed between the plunger and the cap assembly. 5. The locking cap apparatus as recited in claim 1, further comprising at least one adapter coupled with the bottle, the adapter including a second locking member, the first and second locking members adapted to interact with one another, wherein the adapter includes internal threads and the internal threads are threadingly coupled with external threads of the bottle. 6. The locking cap apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the lock setting members further include tumblers interactively coupled with a shaft of the plunger. 7. The locking cap apparatus as recited in claim 6, wherein the plunger includes projections received by the tumblers. 8. The locking cap apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the inner cap includes one or more projections adapted to engage with a coupling member. 9. The locking cap apparatus as recited in claim 1, the cap assembly further includes a lock change lock out having an access position and a lock out position, where the in the lock position, the plunger cannot be disposed in the lock change position. 10. The locking cap apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the outer cap spins freely relative to the bottle when the plunger is in the combination change position. 11. A method comprising: rotatably coupling a cap assembly of a locking cap apparatus to a bottle, the cap assembly including an outer cap and an inner cap received within the outer cap, the outer cap including an actuator coupled with a plunger, the plunger movable within and relative to the outer and inner cap, the cap assembly rotatably and releasably coupled with external threads of a bottle, the plunger having a locked position, an unlocked position, and a lock change position, the outer cap is rotatable relative to the bottle when the plunger is in the locked position, unlocked position, and combination change position, the inner cap is rotatable relative to the outer cap when the plunger is in the locked position, the plunger engaged with the inner cap and couples the inner cap with the outer cap in the unlocked position, the inner cap is not rotatable relative to the outer cap and rotates with the outer cap when the plunger is in the unlocked position, the cap assembly further including lock setting members;placing the plunger in a lock change position;setting the lock setting members to a setting; andplacing the plunger in the locked position. 12. The method as recited in claim 11, wherein placing the plunger in the unlocked position includes coupling the inner cap with the outer cap, and rotating the outer cap rotates the inner relative to the bottle. 13. The method as recited in claim 11, wherein placing the plunger in the locked position includes depressing the actuator. 14. The method as recited in claim 11, wherein placing the plunger in the locked position includes releasing the actuator. 15. The method as recited in claim 11, further comprising actuating a combination lock member and preventing the lock setting member from being re-set while the combination lock member is actuated. 16. The method as recited in claim 11, further comprising disposing an adapter on the bottle and coupling the cap assembly with the adapter. 17. The method as recited in claim 11, further comprising depressing the actuator and placing the plunger in the combination change position, including disengaging the plunger from one or more tumblers. 18. The method as recited in claim 11, further comprising securing the inner cap with the outer cap when the plunger is in an unlocked position, including disposing a coupling within spokes on an upper portion of the inner cap. 19. The method as recited in claim 11, further comprising unlocking the cap includes rotating the cap while depressing the cap toward the bottle.
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Hamer, Douglas Taylor, Bottle cap with combination lock.
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