Folding finger tamper-indicating band arrester

1. A tamper indicating band arrester, comprising:

a closure having a top wall and an annular skirt depending from said top wall;

an internal thread helically extending about an inner surface of said annular skirt;

a tamper-indicating band frangibly connected to a lower edge portion of said annular skirt by a frangible connection;

said tamper-indicating band having a first plurality of folding fingers of a first length and a second plurality of folding fingers of a second length, said folding fingers of said first length being shorter than said folding fingers of said second length;

said first and second plurality of folding fingers extending from substantially the same elevational position along said tamper-indicating band;

a container having at least one external thread helically extending about a neck, and at least one neck bead extending about said neck beneath said thread;

said folding fingers of said first length engaging a lower surface of said at least one neck bead;

said folding fingers of a second length extending above said neck bead.

2. The tamper-indicating band arrester of claim 1 , said container neck comprising a first neck bead and a second neck bead.

3. The tamper-indicating band arrester of claim 2 , said folding finger of said second length being longer than a distance between said first neck bead and said second neck bead.

4. A tamper-indicating band arrester, comprising:

a container neck having at least one thread helically extending along said neck and an upper neck bead and a lower neck bead extending about the circumference of said container neck below said at least one container neck thread;

a closure having a top wall and an annular skirt depending from said top wall;

at least one thread helically extending about an inner surface of said skirt and engaging said container neck thread;

a tamper-indicating band depending from a lower peripheral edge of said skirt by a frangible connection;

a plurality of folding fingers extending from said tamper-indicating band, said fingers having a first length and at least three of said folding fingers having a second length wherein said first length is shorter than said second length;

said folding fingers of said second length extending upwardly from a lower portion of said tamper-indicating band above said upper neck bead;

said second length being greater than a distance between said upper neck bead and said lower neck bead.

5. A tamper-indicating band arrester comprising:

a container neck having at least one thread helically extending about said neck and at least one neck bead extending about the circumference of said container neck;

a closure having a top wall and a skirt depending from said top wall;

at least one thread helically extending about an inner surface of said skirt;

a tamper indicating band integrally molded in one piece with and depending from a lower portion of said closure skirt having a plurality of folding fingers of a first length and a plurality of folding finger of a second length wherein said fingers of said second length are longer than said fingers of said first length and extend upwardly from a lower end of said fingers of said second length between said at least one neck bead and said inner surface of said closure skirt.

6. The tamper-indicating band arrester of claim 5 , said folding fingers of said second length extending vertically.

7. The tamper-indicating band arrester of claim 5 , said folding fingers of said second length extending above said at least one neck bead.

8. The tamper-indicating band arrester of claim 5 , said folding fingers of said second length centering said closure on said container neck during removal.

9. The tamper-indicating band arrester of claim 5 wherein said plurality of folding fingers of said second length comprise at least three folding fingers of said second length.