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US 12,122,570 B2Granted
Package with child-safety closure
AssigneeBerry Global, Inc.
InventorsJacob B. Robison, Adam D. Beaty, Steven Gift, John A. Vassallo, Chelsea Howard
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Abstract
A child-resistant package includes a vial and a closure configured to mount on the vial to cover a mouth opening into a product-storage chamber of the vial. A child-resistant feature cooperates with the closure and the vial to block unwanted removal of the closure from the vial.
Claims17
A child-resistant package comprises
- a vial including a side wall, a floor coupled to the side wall and cooperating with the side wall to define a product-storage chamber, and a plurality of closure retainers coupled to an outer surface of the side wall outside of the product-storage chamber, the plurality of closure retainers spaced circumferentially from one another about an axis of rotation,
- a closure including a top wall, a side wall being arranged to extend downwardly away from an outer perimeter of the top wall, and a plurality of closure anchors coupled to an inside surface of the side wall of the closure and spaced circumferentially from one another about the axis of rotation, the closure configured to mount on the vial to assume an installed position closing a mouth formed in the vial when rotated relative to the vial about the axis of rotation in a closure-installation direction until each of the closure retainers overlies a corresponding closure anchor to block separation of the closure from the vial along the axis of rotation,
- a closure-release control mechanism including a movable release element mounted on the outer surface of the side wall of the vial for movement relative to the vial, and a locking tab coupled to the movable release element and arranged to engage one of the closure anchors to block rotation of the closure about the axis of rotation in a closure-removal direction when the closure is in the installed position on the vial, and
- a retainer motion blocker coupled to the side wall of the closure and located above and aligned circumferentially with the one of the plurality of closure anchors engaged with the locking tab when the closure is in the installed position to block vertical movement of the one of the plurality of closure anchors relative to the locking tab,
- wherein the retainer motion blocker has a circumferential length that is less than a circumferential length of each of the plurality of closure retainers.
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A canister comprising
- a container including a body formed to include a product-storage chamber and a mouth arranged to open into the product-storage chamber and a plurality of closure retainers coupled to an outer surface of the body outside of the product-storage chamber and located adjacent to the mouth, the plurality of closure retainers spaced circumferentially from one another about a vertical axis,
- a closure including a top wall, a side wall arranged to extend downwardly away from an outer perimeter of the top wall, and a plurality of closure anchors coupled to an inside surface of the side wall of the closure and spaced circumferentially from one another, the closure configured to mount on the container to assume an installed position closing the mouth formed in the container when rotated relative to the container about the vertical axis in a closure-installation direction until each of the closure anchors rests beneath a corresponding one of the closure retainers to block separation of the closure from the container along the vertical axis,
- a closure-release control mechanism comprising a movable release element mounted on the outer surface of the body for movement relative to the container, and a locking tab coupled to the movable release element and arranged to engage one of the closure anchors to block rotation of the closure about the vertical axis in a closure-removal direction when the closure is in the installed position on the container, and
- a retainer motion blocker coupled to the side wall of the closure and located above and aligned circumferentially with the one of the plurality of closure anchors engaged with the locking tab when the closure is in the installed position to block vertical movement of the one of the plurality of closure anchors relative to the locking tab, and the retainer motion blocker has a circumferential length that is less than a circumferential length of each of the plurality of closure retainers,
- wherein each of the closure retainers is spaced apart partially from a side wall of the container such that a hollow space is formed between an outer surface of each closure retainer and the side wall of the container, and
- wherein each closure retainer includes a support rib that extends outward away from the side wall of the container through the hollow space.
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A canister comprising
- a container including a body formed to include a product-storage chamber and a mouth arranged to open into the product-storage chamber and a plurality of closure retainers coupled to an outer surface of the body outside of the product-storage chamber and located adjacent to the mouth, the plurality of closure retainers spaced circumferentially from one another about a vertical axis,
- a closure including a top wall, a side wall arranged to extend downwardly away from an outer perimeter of the top wall, and a plurality of closure anchors coupled to an inside surface of the side wall of the closure and spaced circumferentially from one another, the closure configured to mount on the container to assume an installed position closing the mouth formed in the container when rotated relative to the container about the vertical axis in a closure-installation direction until each of the closure anchors rests beneath a corresponding one of the closure retainers to block separation of the closure from the container along the vertical axis,
- a closure-release control mechanism comprising a movable release element mounted on the outer surface of the body for movement relative to the container, and a locking tab coupled to the movable release element and arranged to engage one of the closure anchors to block rotation of the closure about the vertical axis in a closure-removal direction when the closure is in the installed position on the container, and
- a retainer motion blocker coupled to the side wall of the closure and located above and aligned circumferentially with the one of the plurality of closure anchors engaged with the locking tab when the closure is in the installed position to block vertical movement of the one of the plurality of closure anchors relative to the locking tab,
- wherein the retainer motion blocker has a circumferential length that is less than a circumferential length of each of the plurality of closure retainers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.