# US 11,027,897 B2 · Child-resistant safety container systems and methods > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,027,897 B2 - Document ID: US11027897B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/554,973 - Filed: 2019-08-29 - Published: 2020-03-12 - Granted: 2021-06-08 - Earliest claimed: 2018-09-07 - Applicants: Charles Volk - Inventors: Charles Volk - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11027897B2 ## CPC - B65D 50/067: {using integral or non-integral accessories, e.g. tool, key (B65D50/062, B65D50/064, B65D50/065 take precedence)} - A01K 97/04: Containers for bait; Preparation of bait - B65D 3/04: essentially cylindrical - B65D 25/32: Bail handles, i.e. pivoted {rigid} handles of generally semi-circular shape {with pivot points on two opposed sides or wall parts of the conainter} - B65D 55/06: Deformable or tearable wires, strings or strips (caps or cap-like closures with tear-strips B65D41/32); Use of seals - B65D 55/10: Locking pins {(destructible locking pins B65D55/06)} - B65D 2215/04: requiring the combination of different actions in succession - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES - A01K: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS ## Abstract Systems and methods for providing improved child-resistant safety container systems. Exemplary container systems include a container body having a registration mark and two apertures, a cap body having a registration mark and two apertures, and a locking pin. The container body and cap body can be configured so that when they are engaged, there is alignment between the registration marks of the container and cap bodies, and there is vertical alignment and radial alignment between respective apertures of the container and cap bodies so as to allow insertion of the locking pin through the apertures. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A child-resistant safety container system for holding a substance, the system comprising: (a) a tubular container body having an open top portion, a closed bottom portion, and a registration mark, wherein the open top portion comprises a cylindrical wall having an inner diameter and an outer diameter, wherein the cylindrical wall of the open top portion defines a central longitudinal axis, wherein the cylindrical wall of the open top portion includes a first aperture disposed at a first radial location on the cylindrical wall and a second aperture disposed at a second radial location on the cylindrical wall, and wherein the first radial location and the second radial location define an axis that intersects the central longitudinal axis defined by the cylindrical wall of the open top portion; (b) a tubular cap body having a closed top portion, an open bottom portion, and a registration mark, wherein the open bottom portion comprises a cylindrical wall having an inner diameter and an outer diameter, wherein the cylindrical wall of the open bottom portion defines a central longitudinal axis, wherein the cylindrical wall of the open bottom portion includes a first aperture disposed at a first radial location on the cylindrical wall and a second aperture disposed at a second radial location on the cylindrical wall, and wherein the first radial location and the second radial location define an axis that intersects the central longitudinal axis defined by the cylindrical wall of the open bottom portion; and (c) a bendable locking pin having a first linear length, a second linear length, and a semicircular length, wherein the semicircular length has a first end and a second end, wherein the first linear length has an inner end and an outer end, and the outer end is coupled with the first end of the semicircular length, wherein the second linear length has an inner end and an outer end, and the outer end is coupled with the second end of the semicircular length, and wherein the first linear length and the second linear length are aligned along a common axis; wherein the inner diameter of the open bottom portion of the cylindrical wall of the tubular cap body is greater than the outer diameter of the cylindrical wall of the tubular container body, wherein the first linear length of the bendable locking pin extends through (i) the first aperture of the cylindrical wall of the open top portion of the tubular container body and (ii) the first aperture of the cylindrical wall of the open bottom portion of the tubular cap body, wherein the second linear length of the bendable locking pin extends through (i) the second aperture of the cylindrical wall of the open top portion of the tubular container body and (ii) the second aperture of the cylindrical wall of the open bottom portion of the tubular cap body, and wherein the registration mark of the tubular container body and the registration mark of the tubular cap body are aligned when (i) the first aperture of the cylindrical wall of the open top portion of the tubular container body is adjacent the first aperture of the cylindrical wall of the open bottom portion of the tubular cap body, and (ii) the second aperture of the cylindrical wall of the open top portion of the tubular container body is adjacent the second aperture of the cylindrical wall of the open bottom portion of the tubular cap body. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The container system of claim 1, wherein the first aperture of the tubular container body and the second aperture of the tubular container body are radially separated by an angle of 180 degrees, and wherein the first aperture of the tubular cap body and the second aperture of the tubular cap body are radially separated by an angle of 180 degrees. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The container system of claim 1, wherein the first aperture of the tubular container body and the second aperture of the tubular container body are radially separated by an angle that is less than 180 degrees, and wherein the first aperture of the tubular cap body and the second aperture of the tubular cap body are radially separated by an angle that is less than 180 degrees. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The container system of claim 1, wherein the tubular container body comprises a compostable material selected from the group consisting of a kraft paperboard and a compostable plastic. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The container system of claim 1, wherein the tubular cap body comprises a compostable material selected from the group consisting of a kraft paperboard and a compostable plastic. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The container system of claim 1, wherein the locking pin comprises a recyclable material selected from the group consisting of a metal and a plastic. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The container system of claim 1, wherein the first and second apertures of the tubular cap body are separated from a bottom surface of the closed top portion of the tubular cap body by a distance D2, wherein the first and second apertures of the tubular container body are separated from a top rim of the open top portion of the tubular container body by a distance D1, and wherein distance D1 is equal to distance D2. ### Claim 8 A child-resistant safety container system for holding a substance, the system comprising: (a) a container body having an open top portion, a closed bottom portion, and a registration mark, wherein the open top portion comprises a wall, wherein the wall of the open top portion defines a central longitudinal axis, wherein the wall of the open top portion includes a first aperture disposed at a first radial location on the wall and a second aperture disposed at a second radial location on the wall, and wherein the first radial location and the second radial location define an axis that intersects the central longitudinal axis defined by the wall of the open top portion; (b) a cap body having a closed top portion, an open bottom portion, and a registration mark, wherein the open bottom portion comprises a wall, wherein the wall of the open bottom portion defines a central longitudinal axis, wherein the wall of the open bottom portion includes a first aperture disposed at a first radial location on the wall and a second aperture disposed at a second radial location on the wall, and wherein the first radial location and the second radial location define an axis that intersects the central longitudinal axis defined by the wall of the open bottom portion; and (c) a bendable locking pin having a first linear length, a second linear length, and an intermediate length, wherein the intermediate length has a first end and a second end, wherein the first linear length has an inner end and an outer end, and the outer end is coupled with the first end of the intermediate length, wherein the second linear length has an inner end and an outer end, and the outer end is coupled with the second end of the intermediate length, and wherein the first linear length and the second linear length are aligned along a common axis; wherein the first linear length of the bendable locking pin extends through (i) the first aperture of the wall of the open top portion of the container body and (ii) the first aperture of the wall of the open bottom portion of the cap body, wherein the second linear length of the bendable locking pin extends through (i) the second aperture of the wall of the open top portion of the container body and (ii) the second aperture of the wall of the open bottom portion of the cap body, and wherein the registration mark of the container body and the registration mark of the cap body are aligned when (i) the first aperture of the wall of the open top portion of the container body is adjacent the first aperture of the wall of the open bottom portion of the cap body, and (ii) the second aperture of the wall of the open top portion of the container body is adjacent the second aperture of the wall of the open bottom portion of the cap body. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The container system of claim 8, wherein the first aperture of the tubular container body and the second aperture of the tubular container body are radially separated by an angle of 180 degrees, and wherein the first aperture of the tubular cap body and the second aperture of the tubular cap body are radially separated by an angle of 180 degrees. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The container system of claim 8, wherein the first aperture of the tubular container body and the second aperture of the tubular container body are radially separated by an angle that is less than 180 degrees, and wherein the first aperture of the tubular cap body and the second aperture of the tubular cap body are radially separated by an angle that is less than 180 degrees. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The container system of claim 8, wherein the container body comprises a compostable material selected from the group consisting of a kraft paperboard and a compostable plastic. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The container system of claim 8, wherein the cap body comprises a compostable material selected from the group consisting of a kraft paperboard and a compostable plastic. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The container system of claim 8, wherein the locking pin comprises a recyclable material selected from the group consisting of a metal and a plastic. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The container system of claim 8, wherein the first and second apertures of the tubular cap body are separated from a bottom surface of the closed top portion of the tubular cap body by a distance D2, wherein the first and second apertures of the tubular container body are separated from a top rim of the open top portion of the tubular container body by a distance D1, and wherein distance D1 is equal to distance D2.