Patent · US Expired

Child resistant closure assembly

US4385711A · kind A · utility

15Cited by
1References
5Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 24, 1981
Grant dateMay 31, 1983
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 24, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65D2543/00944
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An improved plastic container and closure comprising an open end container having a bottom and side wall extending upwardly therefrom; a cylindrical collar connected to the side wall through an annular transverse wall, the collar and annular transverse wall having at least one vertical slot therein, the side wall below the upper edge of the container having an external annular shoulder; and a closure defining a circular disk and a cylindrical skirt extending from the periphery thereof, the skirt on the inside thereof having an annular shoulder spaced from the disk a distance greater than the distance of the shoulder on the container from its upper edge so that when the closure is fitted over the container the skirt fits between the container wall and collar and the shoulder on the skirt snaps over the shoulder on the container to maintain the closure in a fitted position.

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