Plastic plug with overcap, including wrench and method
View Patent ↗A closure for a container opening according to one embodiment comprises a plug including a series of projections and being constructed and arranged to be received within the container opening and an overcap constructed and arranged for being attached to the plug so as to close off an interior of the plug and create an assembly. The projections being constructed and arranged for interfit with a specialized wrench socket for threadedly advancing the plug into the container opening.
1. A container closure system for installing a closure into a container opening, said container closure system comprising:
a threaded closure including a plug and a removable overcap which is initially secured to said plug, said plug being constructed and arranged with an exposed plurality of a first form, said overcap being positioned radially inwardly of said plurality of a first form; and
a wrench having a handle and a socket head constructed and arranged with a plurality of a second form that is constructed and arranged to interfit with and be positioned over said exposed plurality of a first form, said handle being attachable to said socket head whereby turning of said socket head by use of said handle results in turning of said threaded closure, wherein said plurality of a first form is constructed and arranged as an annular ring of raised projections, and wherein said plurality of a second form is constructed and arranged as an annular ring of recesses.
2. The container closure system of claim 1 wherein said plug includes interior wrench forms and said overcap is initially attached to said plug and constructed and arranged to close off access to said interior wrench forms.
3. The container closure system of claim 1 wherein each raised projection of said annular ring is constructed and arranged with a part-hemispherical shape.