Child resistant package
US4844284A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 14, 1988 |
| Grant date | Jul 4, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 14, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65D50/045
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A child-resistant package includes a tray with a compartment therein for receiving articles to be packaged, and a cover member slideably received on the tray and movable relative to the tray between opened and closed positions. The cover member is a flexible member having a top wall and peripheral sidewalls. The peripheral sidewalls of the cover member overlie peripheral sidewalls of the tray and latching members on the sidewalls of the cover member and tray cooperate to retain the cover member in a closed position relative to the tray. The latching members are released by applying an inward pressure to the top wall of the cover member, to thereby bias the sidewalls of the cover member outwardly relative to the sidewalls of the tray. An abutment member on the tray prevents such inward deflection of the top wall of the cover member in the event that a child bites down on the package in the forward region thereof. Preferably a peripheral skirt is provided on the tray for overlying lower marginal surfaces of the peripheral walls of the cover member, to thereby prevent a child from wedging his or her teeth between the peripheral walls of the cover member and tray, and thereafter prying…
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